PUNK: The Best of PUNK Magazine

Foreword by Deborah Harry and Chris Stein Introduction: A Visit to PUNK Magazine by Gary Storm Prologue 1972-1975 "Systematic Destruction of Public Property" ISSUE ONE November/December 1975 Punk Dump Cover: Lou Reed Editorial Page incident at dave's corner Cars and Girls Lou Reed: Rock 'n' Roll Vegetable The Ramones Joe Do-It-Yourself Sixties Protest Song ISSUE TWO January/February 1976 The Next Big Thing! Cover: Patti Smith The Blood-Sucking Leeches ISSUE THREE March 1976 Blitzkrieg Pop Cover: Ramones Editorial David Johansen Do-It-Yourself Down Home Blues Number Ramones Heartbreakers From "Blank Generation" by Richard Hell Father no's Best ISSUE FOUR April 1976 "Search and Destroy" Cover: Iggy Pop New York Briefs Punk of the Month/Personality Analysis via Fartology Poop Scoop An Afternoon with Iggy Pop Do-It-Yourself Porno Novel Blondie Book review: I, A Groupie Theresa Stern Lester Bangs versus Handsome Dick Manitoba ISSUE FIVE Summer 1976 Stalled in Neutral Cover: The Monkees N.Y. Briefs Mr. Neutral Patti Smith Graffiti Contest Winners Bowie Falls to Earth! ISSUE SIX October 1976 "The All-American Boy" Cover: The Legend of Nick Detroit The Legend of Nick Detroit Advertisements ISSUE SEVEN Fall 1976 PUNK Grows Up Cover: Patti Smith TV News Richard Meltzer Interview Dead Boys Eddie & The Hot Rods Letter from R. Crumb Alice Cooper Goes to Hell/Punk of the Month Alcoholix Assembly Blitzkrieg Kid ISSUE EIGHT Winter 1976-77 "The Death of PUNK" Cover: Sex Pistols Illustration by Screaming Mad George Frank Zappa Sex Pistols Punk of the Month The Rock Concert Company ISSUE TEN Spring 1977 There Is No Ged Cover: Blondie PUNK Mag Benefit News Interview with Brian Eno The Damned in New York Blondie on Tour Dex & Ruf ISSUE ELEVEN Summer 1977 Summer of Sam Cover: Dictators Advertisements News An Experience on the Road Th . . . They're Dead Boys The Dictators Story Ronnie Toast John Cale PUNK's Cut-Out Page Blackout Funnies New York World Records Archi Venus PUNK's Top 99 ISSUE TWELVE Fall/Winter 1977 PUNK Sells Out? Cover: Robert Gordon Punk of the Month/McIdi's Disposable Devo Helen Wheels Robert Gordon Ramones' Color the Cretin Hop/CBGB Cartoon PUNK Top 99 ISSUE FOURTEEN Winter 1978 Shooting the Pistols Cover: Sex Pistols Ramones/Talking Tits Death to the Enemy News Dorian Zero Edith Massey AC/DC Sex Pistols: The Harder They Fall Meet The Avengers ISSUE FIFTEEN Spring/Summer 1978 The Monster That Ate PUNK Magazine Cover: Mutant Monster Beach Party Punk of the Month/Advertisements Mutant Monster Beach Party Subcsribe ISSUE SIXTEEN Fall 1978 The Last Annual PUNK Awards Cover: DiscoManiac News Boomtown Rats Betty's Big Day Sis Vicious and Nancy Spungen Interview Somebody Stop Me! ISSUE SEVENTEEN Spring 1979 Dead Mag Walking Cover: The Clash News Destroy All Monsters The Kennedy Assassination Reviews ISSUE EIGHTEEN Summer 1979 It's The End, the End of the '70s Cover: The Ramones Subscription Advertisement Lou Reed: A Nice Guy? Rock 'n' Roll High School Lyrix The Summer 1979 PUNK Club Guide Rock 'n' Roll High School Advertisement