punk, 28, 33–34, 37, 58, 61–71, 151, 242, 265, 270, 292, 327, 349, 401–413; antecedents of, 77–78; dada and, 17, 184–191, 199, 224, 292, 408; as fad, 71, 74–75; Los Angeles, 28, 89, 304; McLaren and origins of, 11, 12, 65; New York, 45; nihilism of, 8; shock of, 75–77; social roots of, 65–67; story of, 72–73; swastika motif of, 109–110, 235; vision of ugliness in, 67–70; unemployment and, 12; Zurich, 89. See also specific bands
Pursuit of the Millennium, The (Cohn), 85, 220, 276, 289, 298
Quatermass and the Pit. See Five Million Years to Earth
Rada, Pravoslav, 342
Radio Stars, 74
Raincoats, 5
Rambo movies, 97
Ramones, 77
Ranters, 25, 277, 279, 373, 402, 406, 410
“Rational Embellishments to the City of Paris” (Lettrist International), 404
Ravachol, Jules, 389
Ravens, 241
Ray, Man, 177, 180
Ray, Nicholas, 247
Reagan, Ronald, 91, 125–128, 130, 402
Rebel, The (Camus), 43
Rebel Without a Cause (Ray), 247, 251
Red Harvest (Hammett), 193
Red River (Hawks), 369
Reed, Ishmael, 193
“Reet Petite” (Wilson), 12
Reid, Jamie, 12, 13, 28, 30, 171, 186, 265, 284, 405–408
Reinhardt, Max, 141
Reisel, René, 397, 398
Replacements, 61
Republican Freedom Party, 270
Répulicain lorrain, Le, 388–389
Republican Party, 312, 315
Resistance, French, 239, 262, 268, 270, 363, 383
Return of the Durutti Column, The (Bertrand), 384, 386–387, 390–392, 395, 407
“Return the Gift” (Gang of Four), 5, 405
reversible connecting factor, 205, 222, 223, 357–358
Revolution (magazine), 204
“Revolution, First and Forever!” (surrealist manifesto), 178, 227
Revolution of Everyday Life, The (Vaneigem), 62, 156, 223, 321
Révolution surréaliste, La (review), 288
Rhodes, Bernard, 11–12
Richelieu, Cardinal, 383
Richie, Lionel, 104
Richman, Jonathan, 37, 56–61
Richter, Hans, 180, 188
Ridgway, General Matthew, 164
“Right to Work” (Chelsea), 12
Rimbaud, Arthur, 178, 191, 231, 249, 381
Rio Grande (Ford), 310
Ripley’s Believe It or Not! (TV show), 175
“Road Runner” (Richman/Modern Lovers), 56–58, 60–61
Robespierre, Maximillien, 266
Robey, Don, 124
“Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay” (Danny and the Juniors), 77
Rock ’n’ Roll (Lennon), 352
Rogers, Ginger, 369
Rohmer, Eric, 301
Rolland, Romain, 141
Rolling Stones, 38, 61, 83
Rosenberg, Harold, 39–40, 122–123, 158
Rosenblum, David, 89
Rosenstock, Sami. See Tzara, Tristan
Rosenthal, Barbara, 309
Rotten, Johnny (John Lydon), 1–2, 6–12, 21, 31, 54, 91, 99, 145, 187, 199, 204, 384, 408–409; as antichrist, 1, 5, 6, 90; blasphemies of, 87, 88; coining of name of, 74; in final performance with Sex Pistols, 30, 33, 79, 83, 85, 105, 106, 108, 113–115; in Germany, 13, 15, 70; McLaren and, 2, 25–26, 30, 56; post–Sex Pistols music career of, 68, 413; rock ’n’ roll songs recorded by, 57, 60; situationists and, 16, 171, 284, 407; Wolcott’s review of, 285
Routine Pleasures (Gorin), 78
Roux, Jacques, 395
Roxy (London), 6, 35, 64–65, 68, 185, 190, 191
Roxy London WC 2 (Jan-Apr 77), The, 5, 188
Roxy Music, 77
Rozanov, Vasily, 62
Ruge, Arnold, 174
Rullier, Jean, 260, 287
Ruins: The Complete Works of God and the State (God and the State), 78
Ryan, Jim, 318
Sadat, Anwar, 97
Sagan, Françoise, 238
Saint ghetto de prêts (Pomerand), 236, 237
Saint-Just, Louis-Antoine de, 19, 152, 170, 266, 288, 289, 310, 313, 321, 333–334, 372; execution of, 323, 325
Salinger, J. D., 238
Salmon, Joseph, 277
“San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)” (McKenzie), 83
San Francisco Chronicle, 100, 272, 354
San Francisco Examiner, 69
Sartre, Jean-Paul, 235, 281, 387
Savage, Jon, 34
Savio, Mario, ix, 411
Schelling, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph, 178
Schérer, Maurice, 301
Schneider, Peter, 70
Schwitters, Kurt, 186
Seven Beauties (Wertmuller), 43
“Seven Day Weekend” (Bonds), 30
7 manifestes dada (Tzara), 178
“Seventeen” (Sex Pistols), 171
Sex Pistols, 1–21, 30–31, 40, 54, 74, 75, 87, 88, 102, 109, 173, 199, 214, 265, 326, 409, 410, 413; absolute demands of, 2–3, 99, 412; Adorno and, 68; banning of, 9–10, 138; Costello on, 3–4; final concert of, 30, 32–33, 79, 83–85, 105, 106, 108, 110–115; flyer for, 30, 32; McLaren’s promotion and exploitation of, 25–27, 30, 45, 56, 65, 77, 404–405; as negationists versus nihilists, 8–10, 16; punk bands sparked by, 30, 34–35, 62, 64, 67, 70–71, 103, 403, 404; situationists and, 139–140, 171; sound of, 7, 60–61; televised “fuck” of, 3, 9, 185; Townshend on, 1–2; Wolcott’s review of, 285
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Beatles), 38
Shadows of Knight, 37
“Shake, Rattle and Roll” (Turner), 402
Shattuck, Roger, 239, 283
Shelley, Mary, 203
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 132
Shoah (Lanzmann), 114
Siberian Diary (Dwinger), 43
Sinan, Rashid al-Din, 409
Sister Carrie (Dreiser), 120
Situationist International (SI), ix, 19, 22, 45–48, 85, 110, 126, 140, 167–171, 236, 249, 327–331, 377–380; Adorno and, 363–364; Bernstein in, 348–350, 378, 392–394; Clark and, 139; dada and, 21, 170, 196, 222–224, 321, 406, 407; disciples refused by, 286; exclusion of members from, 151, 385, 405; fathers of, 17, 170, 288; formal dissolution of, 377; founding of, 16, 48, 53, 122–123, 154, 164, 171, 327, 346; leaflet inspired by, 49; Lefebvre and, 132, 134, 136–137, 385; and May ’68, 16–17, 28–30, 139, 223, 327, 328, 394–395, 398–400, 404; myths of, 327–328; on Paris Commune, 117, 118, 130–132; punk and, 408, 409; reversible connecting factor of, 222, 223, 205, 357–358; on revolution in the service of poetry, 287–288; slogans of, 45–46, 377; and Strasbourg students, 328, 384–392; Trocchi in, 358–359; urban vision of, 25, 129–130; on Watts riot, 165–168. See also dérive; détournement; Internationale situationniste
Siurlai, Ravien, 199, 203, 220
Slash (magazine), 28, 30
Slaughter and the Dogs, 71
Slits, 5, 34–35, 36, 37, 69
Sly and the Family Stone, 38–39, 90
Smith, Joseph, 291
Sniffin’ Glue (fanzine), 186
Society for the Rehabilitation of Karl Marx and Ravachol, 389
Society of the Spectacle, The (Debord), 92, 119–120, 130, 154, 290, 338, 340, 393
Solidarity, 95–96, 118, 388
Songs for Swinging Lovers (Radio Stars), 74
Sonic Youth, 45, 89
Sorbonne, 204, 349, 383, 397; Occupations Committee of, 398
Sottsass, Ettore, Jr., 342
Spanish Civil War, 270, 289, 354, 387, 389
Sparticists, 105–108, 141
Spenser, Brenda, 7–8
Spielberg, Steven, 286
Spinoza, Baruch, 178
Spiritualists, 99–100
“Split” (Liliput), 5
Springsteen, Bruce, 246
Spungen, Nancy, 27, 30
“Stairway to Heaven” (Led Zeppeli
n), 44, 54, 61
Stalin, Joseph, 267
Stalinism, 158, 192, 267, 282, 289, 377, 388
Stark Fist of Removal (fanzine), 242
Starkweather, Charley, 8, 244, 245, 247–248, 250, 301
Stax Records, 38
Stendhal, 249
“Stepping Stone” (Monkees/Sex Pistols), 56
Stewart, Rod, 44, 58, 61
Stirner, Max, 178
Stooges, 37, 61, 77
Strasbourg, University of, 328, 384, 386–387, 389–391, 395
Strategies Against Architecture (Eisenstürzende Neubauten), 88
Strauss, Steve, 177
Streets (punk singles collection), 62
Strummer, Joe, ix, 33, 34
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), 166
Sturges, Preston, 78
Styrene, Poly, 75, 137, 187
“Substitute” (Who/Sex Pistols), 56
Suburban Press (journal), 406
Suicidal Tendencies, 89
Sumner, Bernard, 6
Sun Records, 58, 124
Sun Yat-sen, 204
Sur le passage de quelques personnes à travers une assez courte unite de temps. See On the Passage of a Few People Through a Rather Brief Moment in Time
surrealism, 8, 17, 20, 83, 156, 170, 184, 185, 192, 239, 266, 268, 320–321, 330, 381; dada and, 187, 188; Debord’s references to, in Hurlements, 306–307, 310; Lefebvre and, 178; lettrist denunciation of, 233, 234; Notre-Dame invasion and, 262, 288–289
Survival Research Laboratories, 89
Survivor, The (Des Pres), 43
Suso, Heinrich, 274–275, 279–280, 406
Tacky World (fanzine), 242
“Tale in Hard Time” (Fairport Convention), 78
Talking Heads, 186
Tanner, Alain, 224
Taylor, Elizabeth, 99 Taylor, James, 44, 61
Taylorism, 100, 101
Teddy Boys, 110, 251, 252
Temptations, 34
Ten Days that Shook the University (Situationist International), 389–390, 394
Tessa, 35
Thatcher, Margaret, 109–110, 125–126, 272
“Theory of the Dérive” (Debord), 360, 361
“Theses on the Cultual Revolution” (Debord), 53
There’s a riot goin’ on (Sly and the Family Stone), 38–39
Thérésa, 116, 117, 132, 137, 200
Theresa of Avila, 274
Thiers, Adolphe, 116
“32 Weeks” (Mekons), 403
This Year’s Model (Costello), 4
Thompson, Gudrun, 84
Thompson, Jim, 193
Thompson, Richard, 78
Three Flames, 242
Thriller (Jackson), 90–91, 98, 99, 102–104
Thucydides, 325
Til, Sonny, 240–244, 243
Time magazine, 293
Tlingit, 364, 368
“To Be Done with the Comforts of Nihilism” (Debord), 354
Tory Party, 109, 125, 130
Tour de feu, La (review), 249
Tourraine, Alain, 395
Tous les chevaux du roi (Bernstein), 327, 378, 392
Townshend, Pete, 1–2, 53–54
Traité de bave et d’eternit. See Treatise on Slime and Eternity
Traité d’économie nuclaire (Isou), 250
Traité de savoir-vivre à l’usage des jeunes générations. See Revolution of Everyday Life, The
Treasure Island (Stevenson), 360
Treatise on Slime and Eternity (Isou), 228, 300, 310, 317
Trip to the Moon, A (Méliès), 310
Trocchi, Alexander, 17, 162, 358–360
Trotsky, Leon, 398
Trotskyism, 282, 391
Trout Mask Replica (Captain Beefheart), 61
Truffault, François, 181
Tucholsky, Kurt, 141
Tulsa (Clark), 8
Turgenev, Ivan, 191
Turner, Big Joe, 402
“Tutti Frutti” (Little Richard), 88
Tzara, Tristan, 185–187, 191, 197, 198, 208, 216, 219, 231, 234; in Cabaret Voltaire, 179–181, 188–189, 192–194; Lefebvre and, 178, 226, 227
“Ü” (Kleenex), 5
Ubu Roi (Jarry), 191, 309
“Under the Bridges of Paris” (Morgenstern), 191
Union nationale des étudiants de France, 387
United Fruit Company, 372
Unité d’habitation, L’ (Marseilles), 346
University of California at Berkeley, Free Speech Movement at. See Free Speech Movement
Unknown Pleasures (Joy Division), 5
Up, Ari, 35
Ur (review), 258
Urban, Peter, 28, 30, 123
utopianism, 44, 136, 203, 322, 329, 345–346, 409
Vaché, Jacques, 310
van der Elsken, Ed, ix, 320, 324, 349–352, 355
Vanderhaeghe, Guy, 328
Van der Leun, Gerard, 132
Vaneigem, Raoul, 62, 68, 117, 123, 133, 156, 223–224, 265, 321, 377, 386, 406
Vargas Llosa, Mario, 177–178
Velvet Underground, 37, 38, 58, 61, 77
Ventura, Michael, 39
Verdun, Battle of, 192, 213–214
Verlaine, Paul, 191, 231
Veuillot, Louis, 115–116, 137, 139, 200
Vian, Boris, 235
Vibranaires, 240
Vicious, Sid, 27, 31, 56, 79, 109, 110
Vienet, René, 395, 399
Vietnam War, 48, 97, 411
Village Voice, 279, 285
Vincent, Gene, 34
Virgin records, 9
Visiteurs du soir, Les (Carné), 312, 313
Vollmer, Jurgen, 351, 352
Voltaire, 190, 198 von Stroheim, Erich, 300
Vox Pop, 199
Wajda, Andrzej, 96
“Wake Up” (Essential Logic), 5
Walesa, Lech, 96
Walker, Benjamin, 209
Wall Jumper, The (Schneider), 70
Warhol, Andy, 186, 213
Warner Bros., 58
Warner Communications, 39–40
War of the End of the World, The (Vargas Llosa), 177–178
Washouts Club, 282–284, 286, 287
Watts riot, 165–168, 171, 330, 378
Wayne, John, 369
“We Are the World” (USA for Africa), 104, 125
Wehara, Muddy, 72–73
Werewolf of Paris, The (Endore), 118
Wertmuller, Lina, 43
Westerberg, Paul, 61
Westmoreland, General William, 48
“Where Were You?” (Mekons), 403
Whitby, Susan. See Logic, Lora
White, Mark, 404
White Light/White Heat (Velvet Underground), 38
“White Riot”/“1977” (Clash), 10–11
Who, 1, 44, 56, 61, 77
“Whole Lot of Shakin’ Goin’ On” (Lewis), 59, 205
Wild One, The (Benedek), 246, 251
Williamson, Sonny Boy, 55
Wilson, Colin, 359
Wilson, Edmund, 48, 170–171
Wilson, Jackie, 11–12
Winterland Ballroom (San Francisco), 32–33, 78–79, 83, 84, 105, 108, 109, 111–112, 115
Wire, 5, 68
Wolcott, James, 285
Wolman, Gil J, ix, 17, 160, 163, 257, 258, 301, 311, 334, 340, 341, 342, 344–346, 347, 382, 404, 408; in Chaplin attack, 316–317; on détournement, 168, 372; exclusion from Lettrist International of, 346, 348; film by, 305–306; and formation of Lettrist International, 315, 331–332; in Hurlements, 309, 310; letter to Brau from, 323, 325, 326, 354; Lettrist International manifesto signed by, 339; and publication of Potlatch, 18, 321, 355, 364, 370; sound poetry of, 255–257, 303, 305
World According to Garp, The (Irving), 43
World War I, 179–182, 184, 204, 211, 236; German victim of, 208
World War II, 68, 158, 192, 239–240, 266–268, 283, 348
X-ray Spex, 5, 64, 65, 75, 187, 405
Youth Fr
ont, 250, 254, 309, 333, 338
Youth Uprising, 254, 255, 300
Zola, Emile, 268
“Zurich Chronicle” (Tzara), 191
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Greil Marcus was born in San Francisco in 1945. He is the author of Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock ’n’ Roll Music (1975, 2008), Dead Elvis: A Chronicle of a Cultural Obsession (1991), In the Fascist Bathroom: Punk in Pop Music, 1977–92 (originally titled Ranters and Crowd Pleasers, 1993), The Dustbin of History (1995), The Old, Weird America: The World of Bob Dylan’s Basement Tapes (originally titled Invisible Republic, 1997), Double Trouble: Bill Clinton and Elvis Presley in a Land of No Alternatives (2000), ‘The Manchurian Candidate’ (2002), Like a Rolling Stone: Bob Dylan at the Crossroads (2005), and The Shape of Things to Come: Prophecy and the American Voice (2006). He is the editor of Stranded (1979, 2008), Lester Bangs’s Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung (1987), Best Music Writing 2009 (2009), and, with Sean Wilentz, The Rose and the Briar: Death, Love & Liberty in the American Ballad (2004). With Werner Sollors, he is the editor of A New Literary History of America, published by Harvard in 2009.
Greil Marcus has written columns on music, film, books, and culture for the San Francisco Express-Times, Rolling Stone, Politicks, New West, California, the Village Voice, Artforum, Interview, Salon, the New York Times, Esquire, City Pages, and The Believer. In recent years he has taught at Berkeley, Princeton, the New School University in New York, and the University of Minnesota. He lives in Berkeley with his wife, Jenny Marcus.