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Finalist, 2017 Indie Book Awards for Autobiography/Memoir, Foreword Reviews

Punk Avenue: The New York City Underground 1972-1982 is an intimate look at author Paris-born Phil Marcade’s first ten years in the United States where drifted from Boston to the West Coast and back, before winding up in New York City and becoming immersed in the early punk rock scene. From backrooms of Max’s and CBGB’s to the Tropicana Hotel in Los Angeles and back, Punk Avenue is a tour de force of stories from someone at the heart of the era. With brilliant, often hilarious prose, Marcade relays first-hand tales about spending a Provincetown summer with photographer Nan Goldin and actor-writer Cookie Mueller, having the Ramones play their very first gig at his party, working with Blondie’s Debbie Harry on French lyrics for her songs, enjoying Thanksgiving with Johnny Thunders’ mother, and starting the beloved NYC punk-blues band The Senders. Along the way, he smokes a joint with Bob Marley, falls down a mountain, gets attacked by Nancy Spungen’s junkie cat, become a junkie himself, adopts a dog who eats his pot, opens for The Clash at Bond’s Casino, opens a store named Rebop on Seventh Avenue, throws up in some girl’s mouth, talks about vacuum cleaners with Sid Vicious, lives thru the Blackout of 1977, gets glue in his eye, gets mugged at knife point, plays drums with Johnny Thunders’ band Gang War, sets some guy’s attache-case on fire, listens to pre-famous Madonna singing in the rehearsal studio next to his, gets mugged at gun point, O.D.s on heroin, gets saved by a gentle giant named Bill, lives at night… Never sleeps…  A very funny book.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Three Rooms Press (May 2, 2017)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1941110495
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1941110492
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 16 years and up
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 1 x 8 inches
Reviewer: Greg Gutbezahl
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: You just don't read it. You live it, right alongside Philippe. Fasten your seatbelts!
Review: Faster than one of their songs, this book flies—it's storytelling at its best —a very funny, well-written romp through his life before, during, and after the punk explosion in New York and beyond. While the writing is lively, the stories are often dark—what goes up, must come down, and Philippe survived the tragedies that befell his friends, heroin and AIDS, that took too many in the downtown scene.He makes you feel that you are not reading the book, but living it right alongside him. This recollection is such a wild ride, it makes one wish that Phil had included some of the boring bits, just to give us a chance to breathe!Phil was seemingly right there at every moment history was being made—from being at the Ramones' very first performance, to writing the French verses in Blondie's "Denis", to feeling responsible for being the one who talked Nancy Spungen into going to London to get off heroin and into the arms of a guy (who turned out of course to be Sid).His entire future ended up revolving around a chance dinner where Johnny Thunders stopped by to sample Phil's friend Bruce's tomato sauce, leading to a life-long friendship and his intro to the gestating punk scene. In that, there are lessons for anyone that change can be just around the corner, and no matter what trouble you find yourself in, there is always a way out. he was lucky to find the way out without getting lost. Tchin Tchin Philippe!

Reviewer: Hellotherestudios
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Punk Rock Must Read!
Review: I am not a writer or book reviewer, so this wont be detailed and eloquent.This book was the punk rock equivalent of "Forrest Gump". This man, Philip, was standing next to, in the room, bumping into, or in a band with EVERYONE. If something happened he was there to witness it and tell the story. The fact that it's all true is just a bonus, it'd be an incredible read even if it was pure fiction. It's fun, its heartbreaking, its FUNNY, and surprising. I had never heard of The Senders or Philip Marcade before purchasing it. I'm a fan of early punk and figured what the hell, why not since I can't afford to buy Cheetah Chrome's book until its reprinted. I am so glad I checked this out. I can not recommend it enough.

Reviewer: booknut
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Funny
Review: This is a quick funny read. Phillipe is a good story teller and gives a humorous lighthearted take on living fast in the 1970s. A great companion to Please Kill Me. A few things that stood out to me was link between the Boston underground and NYC. The personal encounters with band members of the scene, particularly Johnny Thunders. Also his take on the Ramones. His brief snapshots of the personalities and times is worth your time. It is fast moving and not overly descriptive.

Reviewer: Cow
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: MEMOIRS OF A HOOD
Review: Even without rose-tinted shades, it ain’t much of a stretch to slot 1970s downtown NYC alongside Weimar Berlin of the 1920s or the Parisian Left Bank of the 1930s. The socio-political and economic climates of each combined to fertilize an environment that was sympathetic towards creative misfits of every variety; where rules were discarded in the worlds of art, film, literature and music, and bold new ideas were bashed into shape -- their true merits and vitality only validated by the masses decades after the fact.Marcadé stumbled stateside in the early 1970s, quickly winding his way to NYC, where his world would collide not only with the nascent art [Nan Goldin] and film [Waters’ Dreamlanders] worlds, but also with the earliest rumblings of countless bands and musicians whom the laziest critics would lump together under the label of punk. Armed with a deep and sincere passion for righteous forefathers like Bo Diddley and Wynonie Harris, Marcadé left his own indelible mark on the music scene through forming The Senders -- a superb band not miles away from Mink DeVille and Dr Feelgood, but without being a cheap secondhand copy of either.His world was gritty and greasy and seldom dull, and he went beyond participation and observance by embracing it throughout the ups and the downs. And while Marcadé was absolutely an avid and eager collector of experiences, Punk Avenue would be a very different book without his natural gifts as a first-class raconteur of the highest order.It’s a fitting legacy: the book is Flip, and Flip is the book -- class, grace, style, humor, wit and, as anyone who knows him will add, charm.

Reviewer: J. Rodeck
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Takes us back to the early ‘70s CBGB’s/Max’s Kansas City scene.
Review: *Punk Avenue* takes us back to the early ‘70s CBGB’s/Max’s Kansas City incubator of punk rock.The best of it is about the Ramones. Other characters discussed in some depth are Johnny Thunders, Mink DeVille, and Nancy Spungen [Sid & Nancy].Realism and debauched humor is a plus.On the down side, too much junkie business and not enough about that music movement.Reading level: simple.

Reviewer: Justice Prevails
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Time capsule!
Review: This was written by someone I knew “ back in the day”.The book reads like Philippe is speaking.An autobiographical adventure in NYC rock and roll and life in a band in the 70’s punk scene.Great piece of history and wonderful remembrance of many who’ve gone on.Including the author.RIP Philippe.

Reviewer: Amused
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Excellently Told Memoir of NYC's Early Punk Scene
Review: Some things are too rare. Have you ever spent time with someone who is so good at telling stories, relating events, that before you know it, hours have flown by seeming like mere moments? That's the sort of thing that I'm talking about. I recently finished Punk Avenue, by Philippe Marcade, last week and I've wanted to write about it, but there was so much that is great about this book that I didn't really know where to begin. After thinking about it though, I came to the realization that it's not the amazing stories about NYC's nascent punk music scene that hit home for me. It's how utterly skilled Philippe is at conveying them. Reading this book is like sitting in wrapt attention while someone highly adept at storytelling relates their history just for you. A great read. I'd say along with Please Kill Me, Punk Avenue is an indispensable book for anyone interested in New York's punk music scene, whether you were there, whether you missed it, or even if you just love a story well told.

Reviewer: Kindle Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Having been involved in the UK punk music scene of the late 70s, and reading about what was going on in New York, in the music press, I often wondered what it was really like. Now, having read, Philippe Marcade's book, I feel that I have a much better understanding of what made punk rock such a vibrant movement in the Big Apple. I definitely recommend it.

Reviewer: Nick Pavlakovic
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: A really good read, couldn't put it down.

Reviewer: Gerry Attrick
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Having played in a band myself for 41 years , When I read this book I just related to every story in it , all the bands and venues.Most musician`s books don`t have the depth or humor of being on the road and friendship stories, this book had got the lot and plenty more.I am so glad my wife bought me this and I hope its not the last book from Phil Marcade.I'm totally hooked & just hope he has more in store to come.You have got to buy this.Gerry.

Reviewer: Elizabeth H
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: A must read for any music fan. A great memoir of the early New York Punk Scene. A real page turner. Read it in one sitting. Loved it!

Reviewer: kevin cusse
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Very interesting read loved the uk punk scene so reading about the us brought some great stories