Global Punk is filled with people I know, contemporary punk bands I like (or at least have heard of), and theoretic models I respect. It feels intimate. I believe that anyone actively involved in DIY punk rock will experience this intimacy…it will be the book I buy for friends, and revisit for years to come. Highly recommended.

Matthew Hart, Razorcake

During my time reading Global Punk, I was surprised at how uplifted and empowered I felt. I'd guess that Dunn wasn't thinking he was writing a self-help book, but reading stories of how punk has given agency to people-and continues to do so-of all sorts of backgrounds throughout the world gave this reader some hope in the midst of an all too depressing world.

Kurt Morris, Razorcake

Kevin Dunn has produced a very good and much-needed book ... [I]t offers an enjoyable and interesting read which researchers can build upon in the future.

Popular Music

I've been waiting a long time for a book that tackled punk in all its complexity both on a global and local level and finally, Kevin Dunn has done it. In Global Punk, Dunn doesn't come across as a dispassionate observer, but an active participant in a very real and living resistant subculture, one that still resonates across the world. By reminding us how vital punk still is on a day to day basis, Dunn has created a book that truly inspires and reminds us why punk still matters and why we should never give up the hope of positive change.

Brian Cogan, Associate Professor, Department of Communications, Molloy College, USA, and author of The Encyclopedia of Punk (2010)

So, you think you know something about punk? Well, maybe you do, but Kevin Dunn has forgotten more about punk than you and I will ever know. Global Punk is a book about this punk planet, alright, and it succeeds because of Dunn's intercontinental range. He takes us to punk scenes past and present, from basements to beaches, all around the globe, where punks have drawn from their DIY toolkit to build and sustain communities fueled by music and dedicated to resistance and empowerment. He captures punk's political potency with nuance and passion, and makes it accessible. The result is something of a punk public service announcement-so pay attention!

Michael Stewart Foley, Professor, Department of American Studies, The University of Groningen, Netherlands, and author of Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (2015)

More than music, deeper than fashion, broader than mere subculture, DIY punk is a way of being; it offers resources for positing alternative spaces and resistant modes of inhabiting the world. This delightfully accessible book melds punk history and global scene reports with an introduction to fundamental ideas about the self, the social, and what politics can mean and be.

Sara R. Marcus, English and Interdisciplinary Humanities, Princeton University, USA