BOOK REVIEWS
Reviews by Ginger Coyote
Don’t Say Please The Oral History Of Die Kreuzen
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By: Sagan Jayasuriya
I was never was a huge fan of Die Kreuzen. I liked their first release a lot. But respected them as musicians. I am a fan of Butch Vig and his work with L7, Green Day, Nirvana, Tad, AFI, among so many more Die Kreuzen were ready to hit big ! .If they’d had it in ‘em to kiss corporate ass. made a small bundle of money. While they never went for that Liz Taylor Diamond ring, Die Kreuzen did not sell out, something few bands can claim. Sahan Jayasuriya’s Don’t Say Please: The Oral History of Die Kreuzen applauds their credibility
Die Kreuzen wasn’t messing around. Issuing their debut EP Cows and Beer in 1983 the band emerged with an intense hardcore sound. Their Debut full-length was balls-to-the-walls fun. The band shifted their sound with October File, going more in the direction of a Killing Joke-styled post-punk. Century Days into rock moves
"IF WE BUILD THE STAGE, CAN WE PLAY?”
★
By: Daniel Marmignon-Delmas
I lived on the West Coast, doing Punk Globe Magazine during the time all this was happening on the East Coast, in the book. But, I knew most everyone mentioned in this fabulous, fun book, having interviewed them or met them. Having the Goddess Debbie Harry write the foreword for the book was enough for me to love it. . Chris Stein provided some killer photos. Stories from the wonderful Jayne County, Andy Shernoff, Sesu Coleman, Bob Gruen, the talented Bebe Buell, and Sylvain Sylvain only added to this book.
Danny Donegan is a rad French dude who became an honorary American by being a music journalist based out of Portland, Oregon, for many years, during which time he conducted countless interviews and wrote a colossal amount of articles. Oddly enough, not for Punk Globe.
If We Build The Stage Can We Play is a fascinating romp through time, a pivotal history committed to paper for posterity, and vital for anyone equally obsessed by those days, the music of which changed the world for all of us who heard and felt it.