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Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991

Michael Azerrad

Paperback | Pages: 522 pages

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Title	:	Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991
Author	:	Michael Azerrad
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 522 pages
Published	:	July 2nd 2002 by Back Bay Books (first published December 20th 2001)
Categories	:	Music. Nonfiction. History. Biography. Punk

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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, Hüsker Dü, Fugazi, Minor Threat, Mudhoney, The Replacements, Beat Happening, and Dinosaur Jr.

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Original Title:	Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991
ISBN:	0316787531 (ISBN13: 9780316787536)
Edition Language:	English

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This is such a GUY book. The band histories are filled with the drama and backbiting you would expect from teenage girls, but are posited as Very Important Cultural Happenings. I guess that is the book's strength, and its entire reason for existing: documenting a whole bunch of assholes and taking them seriously, even at their most hapless and idiotic. I mean, he manages to write a deathly serious chapter on Black Flag, whereas I just giggle at the thought of Henry Rollins circa '81, standing on

I've always thought music writing was pretentious, boring, and not very good, but Our Band Could Be Your Life has proven me wrong. I may have missed this pivotal era in music history (boo!) but Michael Azerrad brings the scene and the music to life in a way that stirred up feelings in me as if I had really been there. I've always been a big fan of Black Flag, Minor Threat and Fugazi, but after reading this book I think I might actually be in love. Before I dismissed the Butthole Surfers; now I'm

I have read the chapters on Black Flag and The Minutemen and am loving this book. It revived so many old feelings and memories, and I didn't know it was possible to love Mike Watt any more than I already did, but I find myself even more enamored of The Minutemen. Next I think I'll skip to the Husker Du chapter--should be interesting in light of Bob Mould's recent 'coming-out' memoir.I just finished the book and absolutely adored it. I think Azerrad does a brilliant job of tracing the geography

Some parts of this book have aged poorly, Steve albini does not come across as a witty provacateur but decidedly as an asshole edge Lord. Dots are connected in ways that made me say "oh I don't know about that seems like a leap", and the lack of women, poc, and queer ppl feels sucky especially when all importance seems to be given to white men inventing themselves through sheer glorious violence and american manishness. I do love reading books about "rock" and generally enjoyed gossipy and

Surprisingly disappointing collection of stories about bands I suddenly remembered I didn't care all that much about in the first place. I had read about all my favorites -- the Replacements, Husker Du, Minutemen -- while standing in the aisles of Barnes and Noble, so I had already hit the high points. After a couple of chapters, the stories kinda meld into one -- two weirdos meet in high school and start playing songs, then meet another goofball and go on tour; they aren't very good and the

This book has immense personal significance for a reason I'll get to in a moment.The book itself is a grand overview of, as the title notes, the indie underground music scene in the U.S. throughout the '80s. Anyone remotely curious about the times, the manners, and the tunes should pick this up. You'll not only get a hint of how the crews in question got going, but perhaps learn about a band or two that you didn't know about.The other thing that struck me about the book was the way it portrayed

Michael Azerrads Our Band Could Be Your Life is a thirteen band look at what it was like back in the bad old days of U.S. independent underground rock. The profiles of Black Flag, The Minutemen, Mission Of Burma, Minor Threat, Husker Du, The Replacements, Sonic Youth, The Butthole Surfers, Big Black, Dinosaur Jr, Fugazi, Mudhoney and Beat Happening tell the story of how the indie music scene came to be.The story, in a nutshell, is that a few key bands decided, since there was no chance for