Berlin Bromley by Bertie Marshall
A cult classic, very hard to find except at extremely high prices. The cool ‘70s memoir of ‘Berlin’, Bertie Marshall, a member of the Bromley Contingent, which included Siouxsie Sioux, Steve Severin, Billy Idol and Jordan - “a spooky pack of guttersnipes that happened to be in the wrong place at the right time,” ( B. Marshall). A true insider’s tale from ‘one who was there’, this book is an enthralling personal account of the early, crucial days of punk, 1975-77, the clubs, the scene, the zeitgeist. Marshall describes Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood, their shop Sex, the birth of the Sex Pistols, London’s gay subculture, the drugs and the clothes. An ‘outsider memoir’, honest, outrageous, raw, witty and unforgettable.
Virtually as-new, from personal collection.
Paperback edition, 2007.
Illustrated with photographs from author’s collection.
Excellent condition, used, slight scuffing to front cover, uncreased spine, no internal marks.
189 pp.
Publisher: London: SAF Publishing, 2007. First paperback edition.
A cult classic, very hard to find except at extremely high prices. The cool ‘70s memoir of ‘Berlin’, Bertie Marshall, a member of the Bromley Contingent, which included Siouxsie Sioux, Steve Severin, Billy Idol and Jordan - “a spooky pack of guttersnipes that happened to be in the wrong place at the right time,” ( B. Marshall). A true insider’s tale from ‘one who was there’, this book is an enthralling personal account of the early, crucial days of punk, 1975-77, the clubs, the scene, the zeitgeist. Marshall describes Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood, their shop Sex, the birth of the Sex Pistols, London’s gay subculture, the drugs and the clothes. An ‘outsider memoir’, honest, outrageous, raw, witty and unforgettable.
Virtually as-new, from personal collection.
Paperback edition, 2007.
Illustrated with photographs from author’s collection.
Excellent condition, used, slight scuffing to front cover, uncreased spine, no internal marks.
189 pp.
Publisher: London: SAF Publishing, 2007. First paperback edition.
A cult classic, very hard to find except at extremely high prices. The cool ‘70s memoir of ‘Berlin’, Bertie Marshall, a member of the Bromley Contingent, which included Siouxsie Sioux, Steve Severin, Billy Idol and Jordan - “a spooky pack of guttersnipes that happened to be in the wrong place at the right time,” ( B. Marshall). A true insider’s tale from ‘one who was there’, this book is an enthralling personal account of the early, crucial days of punk, 1975-77, the clubs, the scene, the zeitgeist. Marshall describes Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood, their shop Sex, the birth of the Sex Pistols, London’s gay subculture, the drugs and the clothes. An ‘outsider memoir’, honest, outrageous, raw, witty and unforgettable.
Virtually as-new, from personal collection.
Paperback edition, 2007.
Illustrated with photographs from author’s collection.
Excellent condition, used, slight scuffing to front cover, uncreased spine, no internal marks.
189 pp.
Publisher: London: SAF Publishing, 2007. First paperback edition.