false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168029429m/29393.jpg 29393 2 Finally in paperback, the 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 rocks do-it-yourself credo and created music that was deeply personal, often brilliant, always challenging, and immensely influential. Our Band Could Be Your Life is a sweeping chronicle of music, politics, drugs, fear, loathing, and faith that is already being recognized as an indie rock classic in its own right. Among the legendary bands Azerrad writes about: Black Flag, the Minutemen, Mission of Burma, Minor Threat, Hsker D, the Replacements, Sonic Youth, Butthole Surfers, Big Black, Dinosaur Jr. Fugazi, Mudhoney, and Beat Happening. The story of the American indie underground has never been told in depthuntil now. 522136 2001 Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 total:1673|5:14|4:16|3:8|2:1|1:1| 1673 7067 2246 262 5 2 false false Wed Jan 09 07:39:36 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 09 07:47:58 -0800 2008
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What I love best ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 03 06:52:06 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 07:04:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Mar 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Feb 23 07:21:45 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 12 08:50:14 -0700 2009 of. (Embarrassing to admit as a Washingtonian). Still...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jul 31 20:55:27 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 10 02:52:03 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Mon Nov 24 16:51:57 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 17:01:31 -0800 2008 6
Basically Azerad ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Fri Jan 09 09:38:16 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 09:44:19 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 20:13:17 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 25 05:41:41 -0700 2009 interested in, but ended up going cover-to-cover. Azerrad does an excellent job of bringing that time period up and immediate. I was musically coming of age about 5 minutes into when these bands started getting signed i...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 15:50:42 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 15:53:23 -0700 2009
I learned stuff I didn't know (Greg Ginn and raymond Pettitbon are brothers? The HELL you say!) AND re-lived thi...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat May 23 09:52:31 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 09:55:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Nov 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Oct 21 09:40:56 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 24 17:01:30 -0800 2008 Spin magazine like it was my job (I was heartbroken when the changed the paper and made it smaller and took out "Genius Lessons"! END OF AN ERA, PEOPLE). It pretty much was, I guess, as an angsty-youth with the eyeliner and ridiculous clothes, and it recomme...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Sep 05 09:39:38 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 05 11:39:48 -0700 2008
Because most of the bands in the book never were huge superstars, there is a hell of a lot out there written about them.

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In this book he basically does a ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 09:29:19 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 03 09:21:41 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed May 07 07:17:27 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 07:31:38 -0700 2008 Come As You Are, which was my primary source for an non-fiction essay I wrote in 7th grade about the band (yup), and Our Band Could Be Your Life plays on Azerrad's strengths as well as the success of that ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 19 18:58:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 19 22:04:26 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sat Jan 19 12:21:15 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 19 12:33:47 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=29393