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Run a Quick Search on "A Riot of Our Own" by Garry Barker to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "A Riot of Our Own"Browse more products related to "Garry Barker, Green Johnny and Ray Lowry"Review"[W]e see the band as innovators and agitators and decent blokes. We also get a deft account of the creative process at work, of how the band extracted great music from ordinary experiences and sensations. Without excessively touting his influence on band members, Greene reveals how his presence greatly affected them...." Publisher's noteJohnny Green was a footloose slacker who loved punk rock, stumbled into being a roadie for the Sex Pistols, then tripped again into a job pushing sound equipment for the Clash and driving their beat-up van to performances in the mean industrial towns of England. Disaffected youth anointed the Clash as their spokesmen and made the group synonymous with punk itself in the late 1970s. Eventually becoming the band's road manager, Green had a unique vantage point from which to witness the burgeoning punk rock movement while helping the band in their perpetual search for women, booze, and drugs. Green was with the Clash when they conquered America, bringing with them their bad behavior and great music, and burning out after their third, too-long tour. Written in a tell-it-as-it-was style and accompanied by contemporaneous drawings by Ray Lowry, who tagged along with the Clash on their American tour as their official "war artist, " A Riot of Our Own pierces the heart of the culture and music of punk rock and the people who lived it. AnnotationIn this candid punk rock memoir, former road manager Johnny Green shares his experiences of conquering America with the Clash. Reliving numerous instances of chaos, bad behavior, and precipitous business maneuvers, in A RIOT OF OUR OWN Green details how he accompanied the band in their "perpetual search for women, booze, and drugs." (Although, far from being the band's minder, he's frequently more incapacitated than they are.) In a narrative packed with anecdotes about musicians of whom photographer Pennie Smith once observed "Being on the road with the Clash is like a commando raid performed by [famously goofy British cartoon gang] the Bash Street Kids," Green conjures the camaraderie and sometimes the siege mentality of the Last Gang In Town. Sketches by "war artist" Ray Lowry, a cartoonist for the New Musical Express who also accompanied the Clash on its first American tour, illustrate this entertaining collection of road tales about a band who, decades after their dissolution, continue to embody the punk rock spirit. If You Enjoy "A Riot of Our Own (Paperback)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "A Riot of Our Own (Paperback)" by Garry Barker (Author)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Genres & Styles - Pop Vocal Bestsellers
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