Orstralia: A Punk History 1974–1989 will appeal to more than just punk history obsessives.   A new book that offers the first definitive, unprecedented account of an underacknowledged segment of Australian life and history. Orstralia: A Punk History 1974–1989 Far from punk’s more modish North Atlantic core in the late 1970s, discontented youth in Australia were enacting similar musical and cultural reckonings. Yet in spite of the Australia's purported “laid-back” national demeanour, punks there were routinely met with insult, fist, or the police baton. More subterranean than the national scandal that was punk back in “homeland” Britain, Australia’s own bands nonetheless came to be heralded internationally. Tristan Clark's Orstralia represents the first definitive account of the country’s initial years, from progenitors the Saints and Radio Birdman in the mid-70s, through the emergence of hardcore in the 1980s, to the stylistic diffusion that accompanied transition to the 1990s. Based on over 130 interviews, Orstralia documents the most renowned to the most fleeting and obscure acts the nation produced. Included are equally engrossing and shocking personal narratives befitting such a passionate and intemperate cultural form, as well as punk’s placement within broader Australian society at the time. Learn more and preorder on the new Kickstarter. Thanks to the author, we reduced shipping costs to backers in Australia and New Zealand who choose the $25 Book + e-Book level.   LEARN MORE & PREORDER   Get the Free Them All benefit bandana as a free gift when you become a new Friend of PM As a Friend of PM, you'll receive a monthly package with every new book we publish plus 50% off most everything on our website year-round. The reversible Free Them All bandana is a benefit for the Abolitionist Law Center, a nonprofit, public interest law firm and community organizing project that challenges the criminal punishment system led by people who’ve been directly impacted by the system. Quotes on the bandana: The only ones who can free us are ourselves. —Assata Shakur Nobody's free until everybody's free. —Fannie Lou Hamer Hope is a discipline. —Mariame Kaba Abolition is presence. —Ruth Wilson Gilmore Choose the $30 Print level or above, write "Bandana" in the Order Comments, and use a credit or debit card rather than Paypal. Offer ends 6/1/2024   LEARN MORE & SIGN UP       Share Share Share View as Webpage PM Press | PO Box 23912 | Oakland, CA 94623 US Unsubscribe | Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice