Jim Lindberg is best known as the singer for one of the best American punk hardcore bands from California, namely Pennywise. Jim has been shouting on stages throughout the world for three decades now and I saw him performing live with Pennywise a couple of months ago in Slovenia, at Punk Rock Holiday festival in Tolmin and they were awesome.

I also saw the movie The Other F Word with Jim as some kind of lead character in the documentary about Dads in punkrock bands and how they cope with the stress of constant touring with the band and being away from home for long not seeing their loved ones. The movie finished kinda sad for me as a fan of Pennywise with Jim leaving the band to spend more time with his family.

Fortunately, Jim returned to the band and we can enjoy Pennywise again, but I had absolutely no idea that he published a book simply called Punk Rock Dad. It took some time, but I finally put my hands and eyes on the book and read it.

First to mention, I have read the book in less than three days, it is written so beautifully that words and sentences just flow around you and then you are sad because you realized that you already finished it. Second, book is written in so much good spirit and humour that I caught myself laughing aloud in the morning while I was reading the book and enjoying my first morning coffee. Pennywise as a band and the events that transpire during tours is mentioned very little in this book, it is mainly concentrated on Jim and his tries to come to terms being a Dad, then dealing with all the sweet troubles that the first baby brings in the house and life. Jim has three daughters and beileve me, you will also laugh loud while reading the funny situations and things that happened to him while watching over kids, changing diapers, cleaning puke from bathroom tiles and so on…

Having no kids, I could not put myself in the situations Jim was, but as I said all of us who dont have kids can easily read this book. If I had to describe it in one sentence, the book is half humorous handbook in a fanzine punk way, half comedy movie.