Under The Big Black Sun - John Doe with Tom DeSavia Softcover Book

Great oral history of first wave of Los Angeles punk!

RECOMMENDED!

The A.V. Club, 4/25/16
" Under The Big Black Sun opens up L.A.'s punk-rock underbelly...Culled from the personal remembrances of roughly a dozen of the city's most prized punk-rock figures, the book digs deep into the ugly, dangerous, but nonetheless fraternal nature of the burgeoning L.A. punk scene of the late '70s and early '80s. From Hollywood over to East L.A. and south to San Pedro and Huntington Beach, Under The Big Black Sun covers the scene's considerable sprawl, from the sketchy clubs and apartment dwellings to the bands and the drug and booze-fueled chaos that followed them...The dirt dished on the bands and the music is great, but the book wisely casts a wider net to capture broader aspects of early L.A. punk culture...You-had-to-be-there style storytelling."