We Owe You Nothing: Punk Planet Collected Interviews Expanded Edition

Punk Planet/Akashic

Keith Carman (CHARTattack)

01/22/2008 8:14pm

Revered for its punk rock staples of honesty, sincerity and ambition throughout its 13 years, Punk Planet Magazine was an essential force in understanding the inner workings of the music and politics of this unique force of art. The reprinting of select Q&A interviews in the 2001 edition of We Owe You Nothing was refined insight that offered the purest form of relating the creative drive of underground visionaries, innovators and inventors such as Black Flag, Frank Kozik, Jello Biafra, Steve Albini and others to the world through other means than their muse. Closing the "book" on this now-defunct publication, the expanded version adds insightful and emotional discussions with newer forces such as Jawbreaker, G7 Welcoming Committee and Sleater-Kinney. Engaging, prophetic and slightly depressing as it is the final word from the rag that pulled no punches, We Owe You Nothing is as vital to any anti-establishment spirit as Please Kill Me or a subscription to Maximumrocknroll... possibly more.