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Azerrad conducted many interviews with band members, and also conducted extensive research of old fanzines, as well as more mainstream newspapers and books. Our band could be your life - but then your life would suck! The great wrong place. The inspiration for the book occurred when Azerrad was watching a miniseries about rock music history.

According to Azerrad after exploring the punk era 'it skipped and went straight from Talking Heads to Nirvana. Did I black out for 10 minutes? I thought that someone should do something about this. The title comes from the opening line of 'History Lesson — Part II', an autobiographical song written by Mike Watt of Minutemen, one of the bands featured in the book.

Until then, Azerrad's book remains an indispensable inside look at some of the best bands that most people have never heard of. It would have been super cool if snippets of each band's music could have been included in their respective chapters, but I suppose that would have been a copyright nightmare.

You'll fall in love with D. Boon and Mike Watt, become enamored of Ian MacKaye's uncompromising attitude, and have a hard time deciding whether you hate J. Mascis or Lou Barlow more. Mostly, though, you'll be inspired to rediscover some tremendous music and appreciate it all over again with a better understanding of the lives and circumstances from which it emerged.

A terrible decision. This invaluable resource wil shed light on the aspects of indie that you never even cvonsidered - or at least I didn't.

Some of the history is rather ugly, some is good enough to be justification for the behaviors I always was like "WTF? Highly recommended. No joke! There are bleeps that censor words throughout this audiobook! How Un-Punk is that?!?! This book blasted open a door I had only ducked my head through. The audiobook adds a layer of accessibility that makes it all that much more powerful.

I can't to relisten. A must for anyone with an interest in American indie music from Minute Men to Nirvana. Censorship in the form of beeping is so beeping annoying and condescending. Don't buy. A rev beep requires fi beep words. Add to Cart failed. It chronicles the careers of several underground rock bands who, while finding little or no mainstream success, were hugely influential in establishing American alternative and indie rock, mostly through nearly constant touring and records released on small, regional independent.

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Loved each and every part of this book. I will definitely recommend this book to music, history lovers. Your Rating:. Your Comment:. Read Online Download.