{"product_id":"9798887440392","title":"Orstralia","description":"Author: Tristan Clark\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9798887440392\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: PM Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Nov 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 384\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith appeal to more than just punk history obsessives, \u003ci\u003eOrstralia\u003c\/i\u003e offers an unprecedented snapshot of an underacknowledged segment of Australian life and history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFar 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\u0026amp;#x27;s purported \u0026amp;#x27;laid-back\u0026amp;#x27; national demeanour, punks there were routinely met with insult, fist, or the police baton.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore subterranean than the national scandal that was punk back in \u0026amp;#x27;homeland\u0026amp;#x27; Britain, Australia's own bands nonetheless came to be heralded internationally. \u003ci\u003eOrstralia\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on over 130 interviews, \u003ci\u003eOrstralia\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;Australia has some claim to being a punk founder nation, most obviously through the influence of the Saints and Radio Birdman. In \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrstralia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Tristan Clark explores the wider terrain to recover a vibrant prepunk, punk, and postpunk history that captures the vibrancy and excitement of a culture brimming with ingenuity and teenage verve. A brilliant book and essential reading for all those interested in punk\u0026amp;#x27;s cultural past.\u0026amp;#x27;  Matthew Worley, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNo Future: Punk Politics and British Youth Culture, 197684\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46882724970654,"sku":"ADS-9798887440392","price":39.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9798887440392.jpg?v=1779861559","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9798887440392","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}