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Part I: REFERENCE WORKS


• International Discography of the New Wave Vol. 1981
  
• International Discography of the New Wave, Vol. 1982-83
  by B. George and Martha Defoe [Omnibus/One Ten, 1981, 1983]
  
  
• Irish Rock - Where It's Come From - Where It's At - Where It's Going
  by Tony Clayton-Lea, Richie Taylor [Sidgwick and Jackson, 1992]
  
  
• Irish Rock: Roots, Personalities, Directions
  
• Isle of Noises : Rock and Roll's Roots in Ireland
  by Mark J. Prendergast
  1st edition [O'Brien Press, 1987]
  US edition (re-titled) [St. Martin's Press, 1990]
  
  
• It Makes You Want to Spit: An Alternative Ulster 1977-1982
  by Sean O'Neill & Guy Trelford
  1st edition [Punk Appreciation Society 1998]
  2nd edition [Reekus 2003]
  initially self-published, the Reekus edition is greatly expanded and highly recommended
  
  
• The Complete Guide To Ireland's Top Ten Hits Of The 60's
  by Eddie Kelly [Trafford 2005]
  
  
• The Complete Guide To Ireland's Top Ten Hits
  by Eddie Kelly [Original Writing 2009]
  
  
• Green Beat. The Forgotten Era of Irish Rock
  by Daragh O'Halloran [The Brehon Press 2006]
  
  
• Cork Rock: From Rory Gallagher To The Sultans of Ping
  by Mark McAvoy [Mercier Press 2009]
  
  
• Irish Folk, Trad & Blues. A Secret History
  by Colin Harper & Trevor Hodgett [Collins Press 2004]
  
  
• 77: The Year of Punk and New Wave
  by Henrik Beck Poulsen [Helter Skelter Publishing 2006]
  
  
• Punk Diary. The Ultimate Trainspotters Guide to Underground Rock, 1970-1982.
  by George Gimarc [Backbeat Books 2005]
  combines two earlier books, the Punk Diary 1970-79 (publ. 1994) and Post Punk Diary 1980-82 (publ. 1997)
  
  
• The Worldwide Megabook of Heavy Metal Bands
  by Mark Hale [Popular Culture, Ink., 1993]
  
  
• Ultimate Hard Rock Guide: UK/Europe/Scandinavia Vol.1
  by By Garry Sharpe-Young, Horst Odermatt [Bang Your Head Enterprises, 1999]
  
  

Part II: MAGAZINES & PERIODICALS


• Hot Press (1977-)
  still exists as a post-mid-life-crisis right-on-politik lifestyle magazine, but good musical coverage up to 1982 and Bill Graham remained a perceptive critic
  
  
• Hot Press Yearbooks 1979-88
  
  
• V.G.Plus, The Irish Record Collector Magazine (1996-97)
  Ran for 3 issues, launched by well known Sex Pistols collector Gavin Walsh.
  
  
  
  

Other early music magazines include: Gun (early 70s) produced by the Bolgers; Buck Out, circa 1973-74, possibly an early Stokes brothers venture (Niall Stones was definitely a contributor); Scene (c1975) which was the direct precursor of Hotpress; and others. Obviously there is also Spotlight and it's successor Starlight. In the 60s there was Hitsville. And there was regular (often excellent) music coverage in In Dublin magazine for a number of years. This section greatly needs expansion. If anyone out there thinks they can contribute to this subject, please get in touch.

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