Well researched and covering 4000 bands, 10,000 records, 1000 small labels, 400 fanzines and also listing radio stations, record shops and venues across the US and overseas.

This fat, wonderful book has every single, EP, and album that could possibly be considered punk or new wave, along with brief bio/historical notes on the bands and lots of b&w album-cover photos; the Stop Press page at the back includes the first recordings by the Eurythmics and Los Lobos, among others.