Joe Meno: Hairstyles of the Damned (Punk Planet Books)

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Rated 4 stars

“I was a junior in high school at the same time as Brian and although I can't claim to have discovered the Misfits or 7 Seconds that early (my husband was that cool in high school), it was both traumatic and entertaining to relive the early nineties through Meno's depiction of fashion, music and cultural trends.

The voice in this is so pitch perfect-- hitting all the hard notes (the "demons of racial intolerance, Catholic school conformism and class repression" of the blurb), but...”

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Rated 1 stars

“The main character of this story is a teenage boy, Brian, trying to discover himself. Brian is lost and angry and confused until, like many of us, he discovers punk rock. He's still angry after this, but not lost or confused. The book basically attempts to show the mental and emotional changes Brian undergoes at this time, the conclusion basically being that once he finds Punk Rock he finds himself. As I stated, this has true for many of us--myself included, so one would think I could...”