I devoured Punk Spirit! in two sittings. It was pure enjoyment to read – pure exhilaration! Crack open Punk Spirit! and behold a 'volatile church' where the lifeblood of a rich, complex, and passionately punk spirituality surges through every page. Incited by John Malkin's galvanizing questions, the collective voices of his interlocutors raise up a kaleidoscopic vision of punk spirit that is as vibrantly alive as it is full of surprises.

Glenn Wallis, Guitarist for Ruin, Author of An Anarchist's Manifesto

Punk Spirit! is an affirming and varied testimony to the significance of punk music and spirit in the library of humanity and existence. Explore! The Spirit of Punk reflects how in our extreme punk expression of letting go of societal norms and indoctrination, we find liberation and peace in reaching for and manifesting another state of being and its possibilities.

Yaotl Mazahua, Iconoclast, Aztlan Underground (aka Anahuak Underground)

Punk rock means many things to many people. It can be contradictory; it can be exhilarating; it can be nihilistic or it can be empowering. The best thing about punk is that everything is up for grabs and every angle and contradiction is fascinating, and this book tries to make sense of the madness and to find the meaning in the noise and the spirituality in the energy and the idealism in the anger.

John Robb, Bassist and Singer for The Membranes, Author of Punk Rock: An Oral History and The Art of Darkness: The History of Goth

Punk Spirit! is an important contribution to the ongoing conversation about how music, belief, and action intersect. John Malkin has spent decades listening deeply, and it shows – this book brings together a wide range of voices with honesty and care. For those of us who came up in punk clubs and later found a home in spiritual practice, this book isn't just interesting – it's personal.

Miguel Chen, Bassist for Teenage Bottlerocket; Author of I Wanna Be Well: How a Punk Found Peace and You Can Too and The Death of You: A Book for Anyone Who Might Not Live Forever

A skilled interviewer, John Malkin is one of a handful of punk mavens willing to explore its deep, spiritual intimations. This is a monumental collection of conversations, offering anyone with a reasonable curiosity about punk rock and spirituality the opportunity to understand their amorphous, vibrant, and sometimes revolutionary entanglements. If God is dead, punk is not dead, and the anti-establishment postures and rebellious spirit captured in Malkin's book lives on!

Ken Chitwood, Religion Scholar, Journalist, Theologian

Punk is far from dead; it is getting richer and richer. We are lucky to have John Malkin look at a very specific aspect of that world. With gems from more than 150 interviews conducted over the course of a quarter century, Punk Spirit! is an important contribution to the ever-growing oral history of one of the world's most compelling subcultures.

Gabriel Kuhn, Author of Sober Living for the Revolution: Hardcore Punk, Straight Edge, and Radical Politics