| |
| | Author thoroughly examines the Jewish roots of punk rock - The Boston Globe |
 | | It's not just that punk pioneers such as Lou Reed, Blondie's Chris Stein, and half of the legendary Ramones, Joey and Tommy, were Jewish, or that the celebrated (and recently shuttered) Bowery dive CBGB, punk's original home, was owned by Hilly Kristal, a fellow Jew. |
 | | Punk, Beeber exhaustively argues, was infused with a singular Jewish sensibility forged by hardship, perseverance, and a potent cocktail of optimism and cynicism that gave the music -- and the larger cultural movement -- its twitchy swagger. |
 | | He even goes so far as to declare "No Holocaust, no punk." Yes, the roiling anger and dark humor of punk was a reaction to lingering feelings of victimization. |
| www.boston.com /ae/books/articles/2006/12/04/author_thoroughly_examines_the_jewish_roots_of_punk_rock (553 words) |
|