This pocket-sized 26 page guide is divided into sections corresponding to different aspects of Punk London. With the exception of Roots which is in chronological order, each is arranged by area.
Includes:: an accompanying 40x 28cm fold out map. Punk London takes us to 111 locations across the city: Malcolm McLaren & Vivienne Westwood’s Sex shop at 430 Kings Road; the Hampstead flat shared by Johnny Rotten & Sid Vicious; Saint Martin’s School Of Art, where the Sex Pistols made their debut performance; Pathway Studios in Canonbury, where The Damned recorded New Rose, the first UK punk release; The Clash’s Camden Town rehearsal space & many more locations associated with all the movement’s key figures. Written by cultural commentator Paul Gorman, Punk London charts the squats, clubs, shops & rehearsal spaces from which punk emerged & grew into a global phenomenon. It is the definitive tour of the city at a moment of feverish intensity.