The Best of Punk Magazine
&#8220;This coffee-table book cherry-picks from the archive: a Patti Smith Q&A;, a carton strip (with real photos) starring Lester Bangs, and a two-page centerfold of Debbie Harry, who&#8217;s billed as &#8216;Punk Playmate of the Month.&#8217;&#8221; (Rolling Stone, 4 Star Review)The anthology is packed tighter than CBGB in the 70s on a Saturday night, with incredible interviews...art, comics, rants, killer photos, and behind-the-scenes commentary and backstory on each issue from Holmstrom. It&#8217;s not just the history of the magazine...it conjures up the spirit of an era. (Vanity Fair)&#8220;If you&#8217;re a punk fan, I&#8217;d say this hardcover is pretty essential to your collection.&#8221; (USA Today's Pop Candy)&#8220;While the thought of a hardcover, slick-papered, coffee-table book anthologizing the decidedly low-rent, ragtag Punk magazine might seem the antithesis of punk, even a curmudgeon like Johnny Rotten would have to spit a gob in appreciation of the nicely done result.&#8221; (Houston Press)&#8220;The Best of Punk is a funny, visually-stimulating time capsule commemorating the first music periodical of its kind: A subversive, savvy, often-imitated street-intellectual art showcase for punk rock purveyors at the dawn of the Eighties.&#8221; (Examiner.com)&#8220;Though it only existed from 1976-1980, Punk Magazine captured the zeitgeist of New York&#8217;s punk music scene as it emerged from a few ramshackle clubs (most notably CBGB&#8217;s and Max&#8217;s Kansas City) to the national and international stage.&#8221; (Publishers Weekly (starred review))