Shock Treatment: The Rise and Fall of Punk Rock

In this book the author goes over the punk rock era and describes how the era changed music, fashion, politics, and the music industry. It goes over major events and iconic punk bands as well as the history of the genre. The book is made to be an overview of punk and its effect on society.

Highlights include:

• The roots of punk and who predated punk
• Punk culture and politics
• Punk's commercialization and mainstream success
• The decline of punk and what replaced it
• Influential bands in punk

This book gives an overall description and explanation of what brought punk to exist and what was its downfall and highlights of everything in between!