What do you think?
Rate this book
Avant-Garde From Below: Transgressive Performance from Iggy Pop to Joe Coleman and GG Allin
409 pages, Hardcover
Published March 5, 2016
25 people want to read
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 of 1 review
December 26, 2016
Yeah, well, it's a book documenting what was truly dangerous art, even though Iggy is pop art that has since transcended its rough and ready niche. Very reminiscent of ReSearch publications, this one is a book that can expose newbies to unheard of transgressors. We all know this stuff, at least those of us who have read our way through the crazy 80s (Adam Parfrey's "Apocolypse Culture" is hallmark).
The writing, at times, seems like it's been poorly translated from another language into English. It sounds smart at times at and others clumsy. However, the essays on Iggy, Joe Coleman, and GG are insightful overviews. Better sometimes are the interviews that complement them, contemporaneous views of iconic figures.
It's a book that makes punk rock look smart, that all that music & culture served a better purpose, made us think, challenged our expectations: pranks as provocation, violence as anarchic necessity. This is a great book for a certain somebody. I enjoyed it.
The writing, at times, seems like it's been poorly translated from another language into English. It sounds smart at times at and others clumsy. However, the essays on Iggy, Joe Coleman, and GG are insightful overviews. Better sometimes are the interviews that complement them, contemporaneous views of iconic figures.
It's a book that makes punk rock look smart, that all that music & culture served a better purpose, made us think, challenged our expectations: pranks as provocation, violence as anarchic necessity. This is a great book for a certain somebody. I enjoyed it.
Displaying 1 of 1 review