Punk Avenue

Inside the New York City Underground, 1972-1982

By: Phil Marcade, Legs McNeil - Foreword, Debbie Harry

Narrated by: David de Vries

Punk Avenue is an intimate look at author Paris-born Phil Marcade's first ten years in the United States where he drifted from Boston to the West Coast and back, before winding up in New York City and becoming immersed in the early punk rock scene.

From backrooms of Max's and CBGB's to the Tropicana Hotel in Los Angeles and back, Punk Avenue is a tour de force of stories from someone at the heart of the era. With brilliant, often hilarious prose, Marcade relays first-hand tales about spending a Provincetown summer with photographer Nan Goldin and actor-writer Cookie Mueller, having the Ramones play their very first gig at his party, working with Blondie's Debbie Harry on French lyrics for her songs, enjoying Thanksgiving with Johnny Thunders' mother, and starting the beloved NYC punk-blues band The Senders.

©2017 Phil Marcade (P)2018 Tantor

Great punk rock tales

The story about Sid Vicious and the vacuum cleaner was so great, I almost pissed myself. The book as a whole is definitely worth the listen!!!

I dug it

Gritty..Love this period and genre of music history… a well told tale and good narration

Great narration, entertaining book

Captures the good and the bad of a bygone era of the Punk movement in New York.

Very entertaining

A story of New York 70’s music seen through the eyes of experience. It always amazes me that the music seen was so close knit.
I really enjoyed looking up even more bands I didn’t know existed.
Well worth the listen.

Machine Gun Anecdotes

There is so much packed into this memoir. Unlike most, it doesn’t dawdle or hang out in the build up. Just fires on all cylinders reminiscing on the golden era of NYC punk.