An amazing journey to the glory days of the Max's Kansas City, with many fascinating stories of stars and superstars that built the legendary atmosphere of this place. With really engaging writing -- for a few moments you can spend some time with Candy Darling or Andy Warhol -- and understand the uniqueness and transience of those times.

An interesting oral history about a notorious hang out in New York. A must for fans of that era of music, or for those curious to know more about New York's historic music scene. Quite interesting.

Really comes to show you how lively music was and what a cult following it brought. These were people living a faster and more exciting life than most. Overall a fun read, I've always enjoyed reading about earlier music and scenes and how people were so involved.

Book expired before I could read it, so no review unfortunately

Music scenes are usually synonymous with places – in particular, clubs. Mersey Beat with the Cavern in Liverpool, Indie pop with Leeds during the noughties and Punk with New York – in particular clubs like CBGBs. One club that I didn’t know a lot about was Max’s Kansas City. I had heard about it, sure, any self respecting fan of music will have come across it in the annals of history but I didn’t know its diverse and fascinating history.

When I came across High on Rebellion on NetGalley I knew I had to jump at the chance to read it. Wow. Part biography of owner Mickey Ruskin and part biography of the club, High on Rebellion makes me so sad that I wasn’t part of that music scene. That I was born 30 years after it took place. If the walls of Max’s Kansas City could talk then they probably would have written this book. The book gives you insights from the people who frequented the club, people who grew up, who loved and who lived there. It has a level of truth because it isn’t written from a third party perspective.

High on Rebellion is a fascinating read and is a staple text for anyone with a love of music and the scenes in which they encapsulate.

High On Rebellion by Yvonne Sewall-Ruskin is available now.

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Oral history of Max's Kansas City, which I only knew from the Velvet Underground live album.