Punk Avenue
Inside the New York City Underground, 1972-1982

Philippe Marcade takes us on a wild ride from his childhood in France to the punk rock streets of New York City. Marcade knew all the major players, The Dolls, The Ramones, Debbie Harry, Cookie Mueller, Sid and Nancy, etc and recounts memorable anecdotes about all of them. He also shares his own mus......more

I loved Phil's book, hahaha! I have known him since the summer of 75, in Provincetown. Philippe has a smile that could melt butter. Hands down, the best looking guy in town. There are two things that I think of when I think of Philippe....the first would be sitting on the edge of his bed when he had......more

I was a sminch too young to have experienced the first wave of NYC punk in person, though I bought all the records and devoured magazine articles about it as it was happening. This fun, charming, witty, and occasionally poignant book goes a long way towards giving the reader a street-level view of w......more

Full disclosure: my last book was also published by Three Rooms Press, and I won an ARC of this book at one of their recent readings. Also, I have a beat-to-shit old copy of Please Kill Me on my bookshelf and my first YA novel was about a kid who was obsessed with Blondie. So, it probably goes witho......more