Where Are Your Boys Tonight?, Chris Payne
Where Are Your Boys Tonight?, Chris Payne
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Where Are Your Boys Tonight?
The Oral History of Emo's Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008

Author: Chris Payne

Narrator: Graham Halstead, Chris Abell

Unabridged: 13 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 06/06/2023

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

An explosive oral history of emo’s takeover from 1999 to 2008, featuringMY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, FALL OUT BOY, PARAMORE, PANIC! AT THE DISCO, TAKING BACK SUNDAY, JIMMY EAT WORLD, DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL, AND MANY MOREIf Meet Me in the Bathroom traced New York City's early 2000’s rock scene, Where Are Your Boys Tonight? gives the inside story of the turn-of-the-millennium emo subculture that became bigger than anyone thought possible. There was Pete Wentz, the Fall Out Boy leader who launched a litany of scene-stealing bands and preposterous side-hustles, and Gerard Way, the wizard behind My Chemical Romance and The Black Parade. Panic! At the Disco and Paramore emerged soon after—a pair of intrepid outsiders who got massive playing by their own rules. As they ascended, MySpace took over the internet and the age of influencers dawned, with emo its choice aesthetic. Music journalist Chris Payne experienced emo's mainstream takeover from sweaty crowds and mosh pits growing up in New Jersey. In Where Are Your Boys Tonight? he offers an authoritative, impassioned, and occasionally absurd account told through interviews with more than 150 people, from the scene's biggest bands, producers, and managers to the teenage fans who helped redefine American music culture. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

About Chris Payne

Chris Payne is a journalist whose writing has appeared in publications like Vulture, Stereogum, The Ringer, Alternative Press, and Billboard, where he spent seven years as a staff writer and podcast host covering alternative and independent music. Earlier, he served two years as music director of the College of New Jersey’s WTSR. He was born in New Brunswick, NJ, grew up in Colonia, NJ, and now resides in Brooklyn.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nev on May 30, 2023

I had such a blast reading this book. So many of these bands played a huge part in my youth, but I didn’t know all that much about the behind the scenes stories at the time. Middle school me in 2003 wasn’t spending a lot of time researching bands online. If you have an affinity for emo bands from th......more

Goodreads review by Jordan on May 11, 2024

An undeniably impressive feat of research undone by glossing over the core of misogyny and sexual violence that made the scene rot from within. The book does address the problem - and the allegations against Jesse Lacey - but it doesn’t dive into it, and it really needs to. Can you fit everything in......more

Goodreads review by Juan on June 05, 2023

He basically said, “Yo, you need to meet Wentz.” And I was like, “I don’t fucking like that dude.” This was a wild ride. I will admit that I don’t read a lot of non-fiction in this vein, so I don’t know how normal this format is, but Where Are Your Boys Tonight? is an oral history that mixes together......more

Goodreads review by Tanisha on July 06, 2023

a 4.5 rounded up -- I would've loved a longer epilogue from Payne talking about his experiences/feelings of the scene as a whole, but also understand that he refrained from doing so to let his interviews (over 300 hours!) speak for themselves. A lovely nostalgic book! What a treat to read some of my......more

Goodreads review by Kurt on September 12, 2023

This is super my kind of thing. I'm gonna put on Gerard Way eye makeup for the next couple days and really freak out all my students......more

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