Book Description“Why am I a punk? Because I wasn’t anything before, except different And now it’s like I’m different, but with a vengeance ” It’s been months since the suicide of Darby Crash, L A punk rock icon and lead singer of the Germs He checked out on the same day John Lennon was shot: December 8, 1980 But for Rockets Redglare, it feels одьшр like yesterday Darby was the hot-as-sun center of Rockets’s world Part ringleader, part god, and all charismatic manipulator, Darby was as close to family as a hustler and street kid like Rockets might ever get Now, as Rockets amps up for another night looking for tricks and scrounging a meal, Sex Pistols and X lyrics on repeat in his head, he knows he’s come to a turning point–the scene is changing, and nothing’s as easy as it was when Darby brought him into the fold From the underground clubs to the back of the giant “H” in the Hollywood sign, Rockets and his crew of friends spend the night burning bridges, building new ones, tripping and talking and searching for answers As the dark gives way to early morning, the punks and the cops engage in their ritual standoff–and Rockets faces the ultimate choice: Should he stay or should he go?.  Austral2005 г 368 стр ISBN 0812973097.