Well-illustrated, smartly designed ... will appeal to anyone who lived through the decade in question - THE ART BOOK The book amounts to a vibrant and powerful account of that exciting era (both in the US and UK) and successfully captures the spirit of punk - THE CRACK MAGAZINE

Mark Sladen, formerly Senior Curator at the Barbican Art Gallery, London, is Director of Exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London. Ariella Yedgar is co-curator of the exhibition Panic Attack! Art in the Punk Years at the Barbican Art Gallery