Most accounts of the Punk Revolution restrict themselves to recycling the same, over-familiar sources. Enter Clinton Heylin … [his] fastidious research and forensic examination of many previously unutilised original sources … moves quickly through the year, his pace matches the speed at which the scene develops. Peter Lloyd’s colour photos are equally fresh. The whole book is a glorious reminder of the romance of the pre-internet era, when it was possible to go a gig with no idea of what you were going to see or hear. Clinton and Route are to be congratulated for putting these thirteen months under the microscope and observing the fascinating creatures scurrying around.
