V. Vale
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Titles: Incredibly Strange Films (1986)
RE/Search Publications
RE/Search Publications is a United States magazine and book publisher, based in San Francisco, founded and edited by V. Vale in 1980. It was the successor to Vale's earlier punk rock fanzine Search & Destroy (1977–1979).
It has published books on various underground topics. Titles include Pranks, Incredibly Strange Films, Modern Primitives and profiles of William S. Burroughs, J. G. Ballard, and others. --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RE/Search [Aug 2005]
Search and Destroy #1-6: The Complete Reprint (1996) - V. Vale
Search and Destroy #1-6: The Complete Reprint (1996) - V. Vale [Amazon.com] [FR] [DE] [UK]
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This comprehensive history of the Punk scene in America in the 1970s contains more than 30 interviews which capture all the excitement, rage, and revelations of the period's new breed of musicians. Featured are Cabaret Voltaire, Dead Kennedys, Ramones, DNA, Weirdos, Exene, Suicide, Iggy Pop, Devo, and others. Over 100 photos. --via Amazon.fr
Synopsis
By the late 1970s the Punk explosion and the Punk aesthetic spread out from Britain to New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, and into music, film, fashion and writing. The American Punk scene, far from being a poor impersonation of the British movement, soon developed an energy and talent of its own, which was documented in its own home-grown magazine, "Search and Destroy", edited by V. Vale between 1977 and 1979. Drawn from the pages of this underground magazine, this is a collection of interviews, photographs and documentation of the punk philosophy and culture. Capturing the rage, riot and revelations of the period, the book features Patti Smith, Vivienne Westwood, Nico, the Buzzcocks, the Clash, the Cramps, Siousxie, the Damned, Captain Beefheart, Throbbing Gristle, Devo, Iggy Pop, Cabaret Voltaire, the Dead Kennedys, and the Romones, alongside writers and filmmakers such as William Burroughs, J.G. Ballard, John Waters, Russ Meyer and David Lynch. --via Amazon.uk