Books like Stranded in the Jungle by Curt Weiss

A candid memoir by Joey Ramone’s brother, Mickey Leigh, that traces the life of punk icon Joey Ramone, the unexpected front‑man of the Ramones and one of America’s most influential rock musicians.

The progenitor of American and British punk rock shares his journey, from his arrival on the streets of New York in 1967 to his rise to fame, touring with such bands as The Clash and The Sex Pistols, to his full-blown descent into drug addiction.

Selects ten songs recorded between 1956 and 2008 that embody rock and roll as a thing in itself--in the story each song tells, inhabits, and creates in its legacy.

Black Flag were the pioneers of American Hardcore, and this is their blood-spattered story. Formed in Hermosa Beach, California, in 1978, they made and played brilliant, ugly, no-holds-barred music for eight brutal years on a self-appointed touring circuit of America?s clubs, squats, and community halls. They fought with everybody?the police, the record industry, and even their own fans?and they toured overseas on pennies a day in beat-up trucks and vans. This history tells Black Flag?s story from the inside, drawing on exclusive interviews with the group?s members, their contemporaries, and the bands they inspired. It depicts the rise of Henry Rollins, the iconic front man, and Greg Ginn, who turned his electronics company into one of the world?s most influential independent record labels while leading Black Flag from punk?s three-chord frenzy into heavy metal and free jazz.

An intimate memoir of Alicia Armendariz—stage name Alice Bag—who fronted Los Angeles punk pioneers The Bags and appeared in Penelope Spheeris' film *The Decline of Western Civilization*.

A first‑person autobiography revealing the life and career of punk rock group NOFX.