Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk by Legs McNeil & Gillian McCain

This is an iconic book. Not just because of the story it shared but also how it shared it. It’s an oral history of the start of the Punk scene with dozens of people interviewed. The first time I saw this structure of book was when I read Meet Me in the Bathroom. It doesn’t have any type of narration, it has the people who were there tell it, which makes for an interesting read. While the original punk movement was somewhat short lived, it still had such a huge influence on style, music and beyond. I’m a sucker for music history books and this did not fail to captivate me on a genre of music I didn’t know much about.