When Reading Really Rocked, volume 2: The Punk Explosion and Beyond no-tag author of Lifesaving for Beginners*

author of Lifesaving for Beginners* * * *Readers are loving Instructions for Heartbreak:‘I love a novel filled with amazing female friendships

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When Reading Really Rocked, volume 2: The Punk Explosion and Beyond no-tag author of Lifesaving for Beginners*In his inimitable and entertaining style, Adrian Moulton tells the story of Readings local music scene in the aftermath of the infamous Bill Grundy interview with the Sex Pistols which led to the explosion of punk and its DIY attitude. In the late 1970s and early 80s, hundreds of local bands were formed, new venues opened (and closed), record labels and recording studios sprang up, a network of behind the scenes technicians and promoters emerged,