When "Waste Your Youth" was released ten years ago, it was impossible to foresee the impact this documentary novel would have on German punk and new wave. The surprise bestseller was soon followed by a double CD of the same name and an exhibition at the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, and it also sparked the punk revival. It’s no wonder that Musikexpress chose the book as the pop event of the year. In "Waste Your Youth," all the key protagonists of the scene recount how the English punk explosion of 1977 made a German-speaking pop culture possible for the first time. Not only do bands like Fehlfarben, DAF, Palais Schaumburg, and Abwärts share their stories, but also pop musicians like Campino, Blixa Bargeld, and Nina Hagen, as well as artists socialized by punk, such as Ben Becker and Markus Oehlen.