by Lydia Lunch
First published 2019
Lydia Lunch has always lived on the edge. In this unflinching autobiography, the legendary musician and poet takes readers on a no-holds-barred journey through the gritty underground of 1970s New York. From her turbulent childhood to the rise of her pioneering no-wave bands, Lunch bares her darkest secrets and most painful experiences with uncompromising honesty. Fueled by rebellion and a thirst for self-destruction, she navigates a world of addiction, exploitation, and violence, emerging as a defiant voice for the marginalized. At the heart of her story lies a fierce determination to survive and a relentless pursuit of artistic expression, no matter the cost.
Genres: addiction, abuse, 20th-century, crime, autobiography, biography-memoir, 21st-century, dark
Vibes: dark, emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: defiant-protagonist, gritty-realism, marginalized-voices
Setting: New York
Period: 1970s
112 pages · Paperback · Seven Stories Press
Content warnings: addiction, drug-use, mental-illness, violence