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Our Band Could be Your Life
Michael Azerrad
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Description for Our Band Could be Your Life
Paperback. The story of post-punk indie rock in America and the bands whose do-it-yourself ethic paved the way for the grunge phenomenon of the 1990s. Beginning with the pioneering and notorious punk band, Black Flag, the story continues with Husker Du, Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr and others. Num Pages: 528 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 36. Weight in Grams: 486.
The definitive chronicle of underground music in the 1980s tells the stories of Black Flag, Sonic Youth, The Replacements, and other seminal bands whose DIY revolution changed American music forever.
Our Band Could Be Your Life is the never-before-told story of the musical revolution that happened right under the nose of the Reagan Eighties -- when a small but sprawling network of bands, labels, fanzines, radio stations, and other subversives re-energized American rock with punk's do-it-yourself credo and created music that was deeply personal, often brilliant, always challenging, and immensely influential. This sweeping chronicle of music, politics, drugs, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown US
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Weight
479g
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780316787536
SKU
V9780316787536
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Ref
99-1
About Michael Azerrad
Michael Azerrad is the author of the books Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991, and Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana. His writings on music and musicians have appeared in numerous magazines, including Rolling Stone, the New Yorker, Spin, and the New York Times. He lives in New York City.
Reviews for Our Band Could be Your Life
Azerrad has done so much interviewing that the material will be fresh even for those whose lives these bands were. - Village Voice
A timely reminder that Cobain and company were merely a key regiment in the motley al-rock army…. OUR BAND COULD BE YOUR LIFE narrates, down to the homemade posters and tour van repairs, how these bands ... Read more
A timely reminder that Cobain and company were merely a key regiment in the motley al-rock army…. OUR BAND COULD BE YOUR LIFE narrates, down to the homemade posters and tour van repairs, how these bands ... Read more