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

Author: Michael Azerrad

Narrator: Phil Elverum, Stephin Merritt, Jon Wurster, Corey Taylor, Merrill Garbus, Michael Azerrad, Colin Meloy, Fred Armisen, Laura Jane Grace, Dave Longstreth, Jeff Tweedy, Jonathan Franzen, Sharon Van Etten

Unabridged: 21 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/21/2019

Synopsis

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 YouthBlack FlagThe ReplacementsMinutemenHusker DuMinor ThreatMission of BurmaButthole SurfersBig Black FugaziMudhoneyBeat HappeningDinosaur Jr.

About Michael Azerrad

Michael Azerrad is a rock journalist, author and drummer. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Mojo, Spin and the New Yorker. He frequently appears on television as a commentator on rock music and was most recently the editor-in-chief of the Talkhouse. He is the author of the books Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana and Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981–1991.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Pamela on August 26, 2014

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 t......more

Goodreads review by brian on June 07, 2022

as a kid i assumed punk & hardcore was right-wing; from the safe confines of long island it seemed the nose-ringed mohawked shirtless skinheads were all about death and destruction and i naturally figured they'd be so inclined to support the party which always seemed so gleeful about dropping bombs......more

Goodreads review by La Crosse County Library on April 25, 2022

4.5/5 stars As consumers/listeners of music, there is a collective tendency to assume that the individuals behind classic records transcend the monotony and challenge of everyday life due to the impressive standing of their artistic legacy. It's not too often, especially now in 2022, that Bob Dyl......more

Goodreads review by Meagan on July 15, 2016

This is right up there with "Please Kill Me" and "The True Adventures of The Rolling Stones" as one of those foundational rocknroll books with a "You Are There" feeling throughout. Basically, if you were under the impression that punk died when Mick Jones got kicked out of The Clash and wasn't reviv......more

Goodreads review by Kerry on November 16, 2009

I'm going to be candid here...wait, when am I not? This book is really only for the hard-core music fans. The ones that want to know everything about it. From the formation and inspiration of the music to the gritty work ethics so many musicians and bands take to make it. What I love best about this......more

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