David O’Dell’s The Story of Chinese Punk Rock
Posted: August 2nd, 2012 | No Comments »I’m no expert on music, Chinese or otherwise, though I have noticed that a number of books on the Chinese punk scene have been appearing. I’ve noted both Matthew Niederhauser’s Sound Kapital and Jonathan Campbell’s The Long Strange March to Chinese Rock & Roll. Now we have David O’Dell’s Inseparable, The Memoirs of an American and the Story of Chinese Punk Rock. I haven’t read it yet and don’t review, but only note, books on this blog – but I like the cover!
Only a small blurb on amazon (below) so I refer you to a full review in The Austin Chronicle.
He’s also speaking at the Beijing Bookworm on August 14th
David O’Dell was one of the earliest supporters of the Chinese punk rock scene that started taking shape in 1995 in Beijing. The book is a rich and uniquely personal collection of stories, over one hundred previously unreleased photos and translated song lyrics from the earliest Chinese punk bands and the dizzying development of the scene – it is unlike anything you have ever read, or ever will read, about China.
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