Our band could be your life : scenes from the American indie underground, 1981-1991

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. This 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 reenergized American rock with punk rock'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 has been recognized as an indie rock classic in its own right. Among the bands profiled: Mission of Burma, Butthole Surfers, The Minutemen, Sonic Youth, Black Flag, Big Black, Hsker D, Fugazi, Minor Threat, Mudhoney, The Replacements, Beat Happening, and Dinosaur Jr.

this Text For Scholars Of Pop Culture And The General Reader Describes The Post-punk Indie Rock Scene In America From 1981-1991. Freelance Music Writer Azzerad Profiles 13 Innovative Bands, Focusing On Those On The Sst, Dischord, Touch & Go, And Sub Pop Record Labels. Each Chapter Is Devoted To A Particular Band, Such As Black Flag, Husker Du, The Butthole Surfers, Fugazi, And The Minutemen.

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WELCOME EPIGRAPH INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1: BLACK FLAG CHAPTER 2: THE MINUTEMEN CHAPTER 3: MISSION OF BURMA CHAPTER 4: MINOR THREAT CHAPTER 5: HÜSKER DÜ CHAPTER 6: THE REPLACEMENTS CHAPTER 7: SONIC YOUTH CHAPTER 8: BUTTHOLE SURFERS CHAPTER 9: BIG BLACK CHAPTER 10: DINOSAUR JR CHAPTER 11: FUGAZI CHAPTER 12: MUDHONEY CHAPTER 13: BEAT HAPPENING EPILOGUE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS BIBLIOGRAPHY ABOUT THE AUTHOR ALSO BY MICHAEL AZERRAD EXTRAORDINARY PRAISE FOR MICHAEL AZERRAD’S OUR BAND COULD BE YOUR LIFE NEWSLETTERS TABLE OF CONTENTS COPYRIGHT PAGE "It was a musical revolution that happened right under the nose of the Reagan Eighties: a small but sprawling network of bands, labels, fanzines, radio stations, and other subversives who reshaped and reenergized American rock music with punk rock's revolutionary do-it-yourself credo. The music that resulted was deeply personal, often brilliant, always challenging, and immensely influential. Remarkably, the stories of these now-legendary bands have never been told in any depth - until now."--Jacket This book is a series of profiles of American indie rock bands from 1981 - 1991. Black Flag, Mission of Burma, the Minutemen, Husker Du, The Replacements, the Butthole Surfers, Minor Threat, Fugazi, Big Black, Dinosaur Jr., Mudhoney, Sonic Youth, and Beat Happening -- one chapter on each, in an order that works its way through the decade chronologically. t's not surprising that the indie movement largely started in Southern California - after all, it had the infrastructure: Slash and Flipside fanzines started in 1977, and indie labels like Frontier and Posh Bov and Dangerhouse started soon afterward. Chronicles the indie rock underground movement of the 1980s, describing how a small network of bands, labels, fanzines, and radio stations redefined American rock