Punk Spirit!
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Punk Spirit!

An Oral History of Punk Rock, Spirituality, and Liberation

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Punk Spirit!

An Oral History of Punk Rock, Spirituality, and Liberation

About this book

A wide cast of musicians and artists provide surprising and thought-provoking insights into punk rock from the lens of spirituality and liberation.

Punk Spirit! is an oral history that examines this movement from many unique perspectives, bringing together well-known and cutting-edge bands including Sex Pistols, Minor Threat, Dead Kennedys, The Ramones, Gang of Four, Pussy Riot, Crass, Talking Heads, Propagandhi, The Slits, Bad Religion, Shelter, Rebel Riot, Blackfire, and many others.

Punk Spirit! ventures into the emotional and personal experiences of punk artists and activists from around the world and highlights intelligent, thoughtful, and humorous discussions on liberation, spirituality, and living freely. They discuss a myriad of topics from creativity and anger to freedom from suffering and the ways that punk rock has opposed or embodied religious and moral tenets. Chapters dive deeply into a variety of interconnected realms of punk rock such as the subgenre of straight edge, Krishnacore and Taqwacore, evangelical punk concerts in southern California churches, illegal punk concerts in East German churches, anti-religious sentiment within punk rock, the vital connections between punk and self-expression, and the myriad ways punk rock has been combined with spiritual and religious traditions to illuminate ideas from science, atheism, Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and other ways of being in the world.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Contents
  4. Foreword: Beneath the mask
  5. Be punk now
  6. Introduction: The music of no music
  7. Gratitude and Acknowledgments
  8. 1 Punk and spirituality Direct Connection/Meaning and Purpose/In the Flow
  9. 2 “What we all want” Self-Expression/Authenticity/Liberation and Living Free
  10. 3 “What’s so funny about peace, love, and understanding?” Revolutionary Love and Compassion/From DIY to Do It Together/Beyond Ego
  11. 4 “Anger is an energy”
  12. 5 “Bleed for me” Self-Harm in Punk Rock
  13. 6 “All religions make me sick” Atheism/Anti-Authoritarian/Anti-War
  14. 7 The dissent of man Bad Religion and Greg Graffin/Religion vs. Science
  15. 8 “No spiritual surrender”—indigenous punk rock Blackfire and Sihasin/Observer Syndrome/Iconoclast and Anahuak Underground
  16. 9 “Jesus died for somebody’s sins ...”—Jesus and christianity in punk rock
  17. 10 “Jesus is punk”—christian punk in southern california The Altar Boys and Undercover
  18. 11 Church from below Kirche von Unten (KvU) East German Punks/Zionskirche
  19. 12 Calm for the revolution Meditation/Aware and Present/Living Free
  20. 13 “Don’t drink don’t smoke” Straight Edge/Positive Mental Attitude/Minor Threat and Bad Brains
  21. 14 Meditate and destroy Dharma Punx and Noah Levine/The Deathless
  22. 15 My buddha is punk Kyaw Thu Win and Rebel Riot in Myanmar
  23. 16 Hardcore zen Brad Warner/ODFX/Punk Rock and the Truth about Reality
  24. 17 “Not a buddhist punk band!” Ruin/Sense Field/Deathless/Buddhadatta
  25. 18 “Message of the bhagavat” Krishnacore/Raghunath Ray Cappo—Youth of Today and Shelter/Rob Fish—108
  26. 19 “Muhammad was a punk rocker” Taqwacore and Michael Muhammad Knight
  27. 20 “Avraham was a punk rocker” Jewish Punk Rock/The Heebie-Jeebies at CBGB’s/Punk Jews/Moshiach Oi!
  28. 21 Punk in the promised land Punk Rock in Israel/War in the Middle East
  29. 22 Punks for palestine Concerts in Los Angeles, California—2023
  30. 23 “Where were you on 9/11?” Haram
  31. 24 “Life is a gigantic mystery” Impermanence/Death/Paradox/Forgiveness
  32. List of interviews
  33. Bibliography
  34. Index
  35. Copyright