Bomp! 2: Born in the Garage

Bomp! 2 is a heavyweight celebration of the roots of rock fandom. Eye-popping cover art by the immortal William Stout! This is the ultimate anthology of rock 'n' roll fandom from its inception to its mid/late 1970s heyday. The book includes 300 pages of reproductions from Greg Shaw's pioneering 70s era zines Who Put the Bomp and Bomp! Essays by: Jon Savage, Alec Palao, Ken Barnes, Suzy Shaw and Mike Stax - and about: 60s garage and beat, surf music, British invasion, girl groups, rockabilly, acid punk, and psychedelia. Also features obsessively detailed discographies and label listings , plus reams of readers' letters and never before published material. The sheer volume of historical information is almost mind-boggling. Also included are reprints from Shaw's obscure personal zines, Metanoia and Liquid Love, circulated in 1970-72 to just a handful of friends and fellow writers. Aside from including a huge selection of Shaw's insightful writing, Bomp! 2 also includes rare early work by celebrated rock scribes like Ken Barnes, Lester Bangs, Lenny Kaye, Richard Meltzer, Dave Marsh, Mike Saunders, Phast Phreddie and more.