Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991
By Michael Azerrad
Read by Michael Azerrad and various narrators
Unabridged
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Library CD (In Stock)
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2 Formats: CD
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2 Formats: Library CD
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ISBN: 9781549198809
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ISBN: 9781549198779
| Runtime: | 21.11 Hours |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Music |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
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.
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“Azerrad crisscrosses the American landscape of nineteen-eighties ‘underground’ rock music…[and] profiles thirteen bands that came of age before Nirvana closed the gap between alternative rock and the mainstream market, and the best stories here are the most marginal…Azerrad does a fine job of demonstrating how the post-punk prime movers of the eighties echoed the original rock-and-rollers of the fifties—springing from a complacent political climate to reject the sentimental excesses of the music that preceded them.” —New Yorker
“More than just an invaluable source of knowledge…offers a glimpse into the angry, spirited us-against-the-world thump of the Minor Threats…and Husker Dus.” —Austin Chronicle
“One of the best books yet on punk, college, or indie rock and the roots of the alt-rock juggernaut.” —Booklist
Author
Author Bio: Michael Azerrad
Michael Azerrad is an American author, music journalist, editor, and musician. A graduate of Columbia University, he has written for publications such as Spin, Rolling Stone, and the New York Times. His 1993 biography Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana was named by Q as one of the fifty greatest rock books ever written. His 2001 book Our Band Could Be Your Life, a collection of profiles on prominent indie rock bands, received similar critical acclaim.
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Details
Details
| Available Formats : | CD, Library CD |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Music |
| Runtime: | 21.11 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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