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I'm not holding your coat : my bruises-and-all memoir of punk rock rebellion /

"From disaffected Catholic schoolgirl and 1970s music fanatic to instigator on the 1980s hardcore punk scene, Nancy Barile pursued freedom at a time when punk music was new and dangerous. While booking some of Philadelphia's earliest DIY shows featuring Minor Threat and SSD, and managing r...

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Main Author: Barile, Nancy.
Contributors: MacKaye, Ian, (Contributor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, New York : Bazillion Points, [2020]
Subjects and Genres:
Barile, Nancy.
Concert agents > United States > Biography.
Rock music > 1981-1990 > Anecdotes.
Punk rock music > Anecdotes.
Punk culture > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History.
Punk culture > Massachusetts > Boston > History.
Punk rock music > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History and criticism.
Punk rock music > Massachusetts > Boston > History and criticism.
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Table of Contents:
  • A conversation with Ian Mackaye
  • Introduction
  • Old school
  • Intro to jukebox
  • Surviving high school
  • Working hard in Harrisburg
  • Philly love
  • Savage pink
  • Punking it up in the big city
  • Black Flag, S.O.A. & the Kensington brawl
  • Punk fest and the Anti-Pasti drama
  • Bad Brains, Black Flag, and The big takeover
  • Bombed at a Dead Kennedys show
  • I meet my match
  • Welcome to Boston, the KKK and my baby far away
  • A Philly punk moves to Boston
  • I'm not holding your coat
  • The Ghetto Riders & a hit-and-run: a night at Buff Hall.

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