jon savage is, like greil marcus (see "what appealed to me were its gaps...") and nik cohn (see awopbopaloobopalopbamboom: The Golden Age of Rock), a cultural commentator and music journalist. he wrote books like 'THE OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY OF THE KINKS', 'England's Dreaming: Anarchy, Sex Pistols, Punk Rock and Beyond', 'PICTURE POST IDOLS', 'THE FABER BOOK OF POP', and 'TIME TRAVEL: FROM THE SEX PISTOLS TO NIRVANA: POP, MEDIA AND SEX, 1977 - 96'.his most famous book is 'England's Dreaming: Anarchy, Sex Pistols, Punk Rock and Beyond', about the history of punk rock. Written in 1992, shortly after grunge's ascent on the music industry, 'England's Dreaming' chronicles the very beginnings of the punk genre, as well as its demise at the end of the 1970's. sjon avage interviewed dozens of people, researched hundreds of recordings and dug up nearly everything that ever was written, recorded, said or done about punk rock music. this book is as a resource for understanding so many different genres of music - as varied as industrial, gothic, techno, ska, hip hop and even nu metal - that are so popular now. Punk paved the way for experimentation, and served as a backlash to the so-called "establishment" and the formulated music of the 1970s, which had, by that time, been far removed from the innovators of rock 'n' roll music. as Other books have been written on the bands themselves - the Sex Pistols (see "be a man. be someone. kill someone..."), The Clash (see rudi can't fail), the Ramones - but none have so much as touched the comprehensiveness of this.jon savage's quote (inspired by michel foucault's thoughts about feelings of revolt, about "not wanting to be governed like this") expresses the idea that anti-establishment movements like punk-rock always cause 'cultural revolutions' that change history. in this light 'conservative' movements don't change a thing; it are the 'anti-movements' and critics that cause changes.the front sleeve of feminine is beautiful was designed by jon savage. He also wrote the introduction to 'forever delayed', a book with photographs of msp by mitch ikeda (see "me-totemo-utsukushi-i...").