Blank Generations Revisited: The Early Days of Punk Rock

by Roberta Bayley (Photographer), Roberta Bayley (Photographs), Stephanie Chernikowski (Photographs)

Six preeminent photographers show shots that launched their careers and document the acts that launched modern rock.

Genres: Music, Nonfiction, Punk, Photography, Art

200 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

Reviews

[Mark Dana Kristal · Rating 1 out of 5]

Most of the truth has been intentionally left out of this supposedly early days of Punk book. It is mostly just a vacuous photographed depiction of Roberta's Bayley's ex-boyfriend and a few of his musician associates, without any narrative about the history of Punk Rock's early days, probably because of her own embarrassing malfeasance. She takes the title of the Queen of Punk Rock on her Facebook page.LOl Roberta was a door person at CBGB for a couple of years. There were people that worked in the club for years that contributed so much more than this insignificant door woman/photographer who did more harm to the history of Punk and the place where Punk Rock began with her shenanigans, {Just one blatant example was her consumption of beers purchased from another bar, while she supposedly worked the door to benefit
CB's} than any possible good.

[Kylos · Rating 5 out of 5]

we all wish we were somewhere.
and this book wishes i were there.

[Yuuki Nakashima · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent b&w photos of musicians, such as Ramones, The Buzzcocks, Iggy Pop... They are incredibly cool!!
The captions sometimes tell us some trivia and I enjoyed it as well. I love it.