Far from being "the whole story," this book focuses primarily on the punk scenes in New York and London, giving the most attention to the Clash and the Sex Pistols. It has many great photographs and profiles of important bands like the Ramones and the New York Dolls, but with the exception of Black Flag it completely glosses over American hardcore punk.

How can this book call itself the whole story when it devotes an entire chapter to Blondie, yet mentions the Dead Kennedys and Minor Threat as mere footnotes? How about Bad Brains, Circle Jerks, MDC, the Misfits and Suicidal Tendencies? ( )