We Got the Neutron Bomb
by Marc Spitz | 
Please Kill Me
by Legs McNeil | 
England's Dreaming
by Jon Savage |
From the Velvets to the Voidoids
by Clinton Heylin | 
Get in the Van
by Henry Rollins |
Dance of Days
by Mark Andersen | 
Our Band Could Be Your Life
by Michael Azerrad | 
Sound of the Beast
by Ian Christe | 
Rip it Up and Start Again
by Simon Reynolds |
12 Days on the Road
by Noel Monk | 
Under the Big Black Sun
by John Doe |
Lexicon Devil
by Brendan Mullen |
Yeah Yeah Yeah
by Bob Stanley | 
How Music Works
by David Byrne |
Last Night a DJ Saved My Life
by Bill Brewster | 
Deep Blues: A Musical and Cultural History of the Mississippi Delta
by Robert Palmer | 
Bass Culture
by Lloyd Bradley | 
Language of the Spirit
by Jan Swafford | 
Altamont: The Rolling Stones, the Hells Angels, and the Inside Story of Rock's Darkest Day
by Joel Selvin | 
The Romantic Generation
by Charles Rosen |
Hardcore punk was an underground tribal movement created with anger and passion but ultimately destroyed by infighting and dissonance. This oral history includes photographs, discographies, and a complete national perspective on the genre.