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Our Band Could be Your Life 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.Read More

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  • Foyles

    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, fear, loathing, and faith is an indie rock classic in its own right.The bands profiled include:- Sonic Youth- Black Flag- The Replacements- Minutemen- Husker Du- Minor Threat- Mission of Burma- Butthole Surfers- Big Black- Fugazi- Mudhoney- Beat Happening- Dinosaur Jr.

  • Play

    It was a musical revolution that happened in the midst of Reagan's 80s: a small but sprawling network of bands labels fanzines radio stations and other subversives who re-shaped and re-energized American rock music with punk rock's revolutionary do-it-yourself credo. The music that resulted was deeply personal always challenging and immensely influential. This book traces the arc of the American indie underground in the 1980s from obscure beginnings to the point a decade later when the mainstream sat up and took notice. Beginning with the pioneering and notorious punk band Black Flag the story continues with the Minutemen Mission of Burma Minor Threat Husker Du the Replacements Sonic Youth Butthole Surfers Big Black Dinosaur Jr Fugazi Mudhoney and Beat Happening among others. Without major label support these bands depended on resourcefulness creativity and an all-powerful sense of community.

  • ASDA

    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.

  • Blackwell

    Now in paperback comes the story of the musical revolution that happened right under the nose of the Reagan Eighties, when a small but sprawling network of bands--including Black Flag, the Minutemen, Sonic Youth, and Beat Happening-...

  • 0316787531
  • 9780316787536
  • Michael Azerrad
  • 6 February 2003
  • Little, Brown & Company
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 528
  • New edition
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