Beyond The Music

• About the book

Punk is notorious for its loud music, aggressive attitude and safety pinned style. Less well known is the radical value system that has emerged hand in hand with the sound and aesthetic. Since the 1970s, punks have built their music, fashion and lifestyles around core values of social justice, creative freedom, community integrity, fiercely democratic politics and DIY ingenuity. From journalism to psychology, graphic design to the Occupy movement, these interviews with long standing stalwarts of the punk movement show just some of the ways punk has shaped mainstream life.