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Punk Rock Etiquette: The Ultimate How-to-Guide for DIY, Punk, Indie, and Underground Bands
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Travis Nichols (Goodreads Author)
Looking to start an underground band? Don't make a move until you've read this book! So you KNOW you are destined to rock... well you're in luck -- all you need is this book! (Please note musical talent, bandmates, a car for touring, and an uncle who owns a record label might also help.) An original blend of nonfiction how-to's about all things DIY rock created by an ...more
Paperback, 96 pages
Published
September 2nd 2008
by Roaring Brook Press
(first published September 2008)
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So you want to form a band, go on tour, make some merch? This guide's got the how-to.
One of my high schoolers ordered this through LINC and returned it saying he wants to buy the thing. So I took a look then I took it home.
It's an entertaining, informative book that I liked despite the fact that I'm not now or ever plan on forming a punk band. Nichols does a good job dividing and delivering the information. Lots of DIY info, ways to be respect(ful/ed), a casual/fri...more
One of my high schoolers ordered this through LINC and returned it saying he wants to buy the thing. So I took a look then I took it home.
It's an entertaining, informative book that I liked despite the fact that I'm not now or ever plan on forming a punk band. Nichols does a good job dividing and delivering the information. Lots of DIY info, ways to be respect(ful/ed), a casual/fri...more
I was expecting something super-corny and contrived, but was pleasantly surprised. This was a cute, irreverent, and actually rather useful little guide for aspiring young punk/indie/underground musicians. I identified with a lot of the DIY spirit of my punk rock youth, and found myself laughing out loud at some of Nichols' comix and silly observations/advice regarding the underground music scene. He gets it. I would expect that other aging cynics that dabbled in punk bands like me will likely en...more
How great is this little book? Brim full of advice (and cute cartoons) for kids wanting to put together a band. It covers finding a practice space, recording at home or in a studio, and even what to expect when they go on tour.
Bringing it all together is Nichols' attitude that bands shouldn't sit around hoping to be "discovered;" they should go out and start making stuff happen on their own.
NOTE: I read about Punk Rock Etiquette from Kelly Fineman's review on ...more
Bringing it all together is Nichols' attitude that bands shouldn't sit around hoping to be "discovered;" they should go out and start making stuff happen on their own.
NOTE: I read about Punk Rock Etiquette from Kelly Fineman's review on ...more
Few things make me laugh harder than the "tour journal" mini-comic section with the revenge carrot up the nose. I completely fell in love with the art in this book when I first read it and every time I open it back up I find myself giggling. The writing is also super funny, dry, and snarky enough for even the most cynical of teens. Wish this nonfiction guidebook existed when I had teenage dreams of being a screamy lead singer of a (likely quite horrible) band.
This is a really good book if you're into punk rock. It's an easy read but a good one. It's good because it basically has all the things you need to make a punk rock, DIY, indie or an undergroud band. It helps you imagine what being in a band would be like. The part that is surprising is that it even talks about little details that you NEED to know if you want to make a band.
Ordered for 'express yrself' and just general punk rockness. It's scary that punx are now into health food and tuning their instruments, though. I say, bring on the scurvy!
The tone is annoyingly ironic and snarky, no surprise. But it's useful, a quick delightful read, and kinda smart.
The tone is annoyingly ironic and snarky, no surprise. But it's useful, a quick delightful read, and kinda smart.
If you've ever wondered what it's like to be in an indie band and what it takes to travel around the DIY-indie-circuit, this book is a must. Out of all of the books out there geared towards people who are in a band or want to start one, Punk Rock Etiquette is by far the most original, true and funny. Nichols presents the realities of touring in a "not-even-close-to-being-famous" indie band, especially those with a DIY spirit. His take on the ins and outs of the DIY-circuit and helpf...more
I'll never be in a band or anything but I picked this up from the library because it looked funny. It was pretty informative (it never hurts to learn about how other people work) and the writing style was awesomely relaxed. If you do have an indie band, it's worth checking into.
found in the youth section of the library, i thought it would be fun and interesting for my teenaged son and his aspirations of screamo-ing and death-coring the world into submission....
it was fun andinteresting. josh enjoyed it and said it was funny.
i also enjoyed it and found it funny... in places, and pretty boringin others.... but then I have no aspirations to scream the world into submission...
hmm.
the author uses cool language and interesting street words that make t...more
it was fun andinteresting. josh enjoyed it and said it was funny.
i also enjoyed it and found it funny... in places, and pretty boringin others.... but then I have no aspirations to scream the world into submission...
hmm.
the author uses cool language and interesting street words that make t...more
This was a quick, fun read; though not really all that applicable to me. The author was funny, and I do think he gave some good advice to people who are in a band or looking to be in one. Mostly it was just something that looked fun at the library, and it pretty much delivered it.
Having some good friends in bands, I'm very familiar with the whole "scene." That's why I expected this book to be hilarious. However, it wasn't nearly as funny as I had hoped.
Lots of entertaining and often funny advice! Worth reading even if you aren't in a band or prolly ever won't be in one.
This book was a fun and interesting read, with some awesome advice for budding musicians on a low-budget.
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This book completely owns your face. Buy it.
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it was cute and silly and basic. the coolest aspect of the book was it's comic strips not it's advice.
Because being nice, saying thank you and all that stuff is just sooooo punk. True story.
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