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Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 Paperback - 2002 - 1st Edition

by Michael Azerrad

Now in paperback comes the story of the musical revolution that happened right under the nose of the Reagan Eighties, when a small but sprawling network of bands--including Black Flag, the Minutemen, Sonic Youth, and Beat Happening--reenergized American rock. 13 photos.


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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 Youth
  • Black Flag
  • The Replacements
  • Minutemen
  • Husker Du
  • Minor Threat
  • Mission of Burma
  • Butthole Surfers
  • Big Black
  • Fugazi
  • Mudhoney
  • Beat Happening
  • Dinosaur Jr.

First line

t's not surprising that the indie movement largely started in Southern California - after all, it had the infrastructure: Slash and Flipside fanzines started in 1977, and indie labels like Frontier and Posh Bov and Dangerhouse started soon afterward.

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  • Title Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991
  • Author Michael Azerrad
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 528
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Back Bay Books, New York
  • Date 2002-07-02
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780316787536 / 0316787531
  • Weight 0.98 lbs (0.44 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.25 x 5.52 x 1.37 in (20.96 x 14.02 x 3.48 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1980's
    • Chronological Period: 1990's
  • Library of Congress subjects Rock groups - United States, Rock music - United States - History and
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001029052
  • Dewey Decimal Code 781.660

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Citations

  • Booksense '76 Jan/Feb 2003, 01/01/2003, Page 1
  • Entertainment Weekly, 07/19/2002, Page 67
  • New York Times, 07/14/2002, Page 24

About the author

Michael Azerrad is the author of the books Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991, and Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana. His writings on music and musicians have appeared in numerous magazines, including Rolling Stone, the New Yorker, Spin, and the New York Times. He lives in New York City.
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