MAIN BOOK PAGE | EXCERPT | AUTHOR BIO | REVIEWS TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Part 1 1 Angry Young Men: Precursors and Prototypes for Rock Rebellion Rebel Without a Cause Look Back in Anger Jack Kerouac Timothy Leary Ken Keasy Rolling Stones 2 She's Hit: Songs of Fear and Loathing Rolling Stones John's Children Garage Punk Led Zepplin Roxy Music Tim Rose Nick Caves River's Edge 3 Careers in Misogyny: The Strangers and Malcolm McLaren 4 Born to Run: Wanderlust, Wilderness and the Cult of Speed The Doors Rolling Stones PiL Gang of Four Morrissey Bob Dylan Bruce Springsteen Tom Petty Iggy Pop Lynard Skynard Easy Rider Neil Young Kraftwerk Hardcore Techno 5 Brothers in Arms: Combat Rock and Other Stories for Boys The Clash Thin Lizzy Manic Street Preachers Public Enemy U2 6 Flirting With the Void: Abjection in Rock The Stooges Sex Pistols Throbbing Gristle Birthday Party Scratch Acid Grindcore Alice in Chains Nirvana Henry Rollins Devo 7 Wargasm: Metal and Machine Music Futurists Kraftwerk Techno Motorhead Iggy Pop Radio Birdman David Bowie Led Zepplin Young Gods 8 I Am the King: Delusions of Grandeur from Jim Morrison to Gangsta Rap Jim Morrison Sex Pistols Guns N'Roses Nice Caves lou Reed Jane's Addiction Elridge Cleaver LL Cool J Miles Davis Sly Stone Gangsta Rap 9 My Way: The Cult of the Psychopath The White Negro Jim Morrison Charles Manson Sid Vicious Big Black Slacker Apocalpse Culture Part 2: Into the Mystic 1 From Rebellion to Grace: The Pscyhedelic Mother's Boy 2 Back to Eden: Innocence, Indovlence and Pastoralism Mod Marc Bolan incredible String Band The Byrds West Coast Psychedelia Van Morrison Pink Floyd Dreampop Rave Ambient House The Orb Dub Reggae Ultramarine 3 Starsailing: Cosmic Rock John Cage John Coltrane The Byrds Jimi Hendrix Tim Buckley Pink Floyd 4 Flow Motion: Can, Eno and Oceanic Rock Can Brian Eno Robert Wyatt A. R. Kane 5 Soft Boys: Nostalgia, Incest and Zen Apathy Morrissey John Lennon Elvis My Bloody Valentine Part 3: Lift Up Your Skirt and Speak 1 Double Allegiances: The History of Rock 2 One of the Boys: Female Machisma Patti Smith Chrissie Hynde Kate Bush PJ Harvey Suzi Quatro Joan Jett Heart Kim Gordon L7 3 Open Your Heart: Confession and Catharsis from Janis Joplin to Courtney Love Sinead O'Connor Suzanne Vega Joni Mitchell Liz Phair Lydia Lunch Hole Babes in Toyland Tori Amos Janis Joplin Bessie Smith 4 Woman Unbound: Hysterics, Withces and Mystics Lydia Lunch Diamanda Galas Stevie Nicks Kate Bush Siouxsie Sandy Denny Cocteau Twins 5 Who's That Girl?: Masquerade and Mastery X-Ray Spex Siouxsie Grace Jones Donna Summer Annie Lennox Joan Armatrading Janet Jackson Queen Latifa Salt-n-Pepa Grace Slick Nico 6 Un-typical Girls: Post-Punk Demystification The Slits The Raincoats The Au Pairs Delta 5 Bush Tetras 7 What a Drag: Post-Feminism and Pop Altered Images Madonna Paris is Burning 8 There's a Riot Going On: Grrrls Against Boy-Rock Riot Grrrl Bikini Kill Huggy Bear 9 Body's in Trouble Mary Margaret O'Hara Suzanne Vega Hugo Largo PJ Harvey Throwing Muses Babes in Toyland Siouxsie Hole Lunachicks 10 Adventures Close to Home: Domesticity's Tender Trap Kate Bush Lunachicks Throwing Muses Siouxsie Marianne Faithfull The Slits 11 All Fluxed Up: Rebels Against Structure Patti Smith Joni Mitchell Rickie Lee Jones The Raincoats Throwing Muses Mary Margaret O'Hara Dead Can Dance Bjork Diamanda Galas Yoko Ono Afterword Notes Bibliography Index