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These kids boiled the music down to its essence, then revved up the tempos to the speed of a pencil impatiently tapping on a school desk, and. Revisiting the book that immortalized the 80s indie punk. Michael azerrad is the author of the books our band could be your life. Please read along with us in the future our next book. If the title doesnt fully clue you in, obcbyl details bands from the 80s, from minor threat to mudhoney, and uses nirvanas nevermind in. Stream tracks and playlists from nour project on your desktop or mobile device. Its a collection of stories about people creating amazing art out of sheer compulsion and love of the process. Connect with friends, family and other people you know. See more ideas about yoga, yoga fitness and workout. Share photos and videos, send messages and get updates.
Scenes from the american indie underground 19811991. Ive been meaning to do one of these what should i be listening to. On the afternoon of march 24, 2020 edt, i noted a modulated carrier on 236. About as time goes by contact he who repeats this name will have inner light. A tribute to d boon and the minutemen was a tribute album for the band the minutemen released in 1996. The first edition of the novel was published in 2001, and was written by michael azerrad. His writings on music and musicians have appeared in numerous magazines, including rolling stone, the new yorker, spin, and the new york times. It contains 35 tracks of alternative bands covering songs by the minutemen. For our first book, we wanted to pick one that many people were familiar with, so we chose michael azerrads our band could be your life. It was created on the initiative of nour ashour, famous egyptian saxophonist.
It was sometime around 1997 or 1998 when author and rock journalist michael azerrad was sitting at home watching a generic multipart history on rock n roll. The story of postpunk indie rock in america, and the bands whose doityourself ethic paved the way for the grunge phenomenon of the 1990s. Hatchette our michael azerrad our band could be your life book out of stock music journalist azerrad come as you are. Scenes from the american indie underground, 19811991 is a book by michael azerrad. Working four days a week, said nour, they can buy groceries, and in that way are supporting their family. It was a musical revolution that happened in the midst of reagans 80s. Scenes from the american indie underground 19811991 azerrad, michael on. Salesmostly through local stores and bazaarscover the salaries. 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. Our band could be your life is the neverbeforetold 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 punks doityourself credo and created music that was deeply personal, often brilliant, always. Scenes from the american indie underground 19811991 michael azerrad, author. Moderated by steve paulson executive producer, to the best of our knowledge. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this wikipedia article constitutes fair use.
Our band could be your life quotes showing of 41 rocknroll is a teenage sport, meant to be played by teenagers of all agesthey could be 15, 25 or 35. Book club, where a group of us tackle a new or renowned book of the music canon and lay out some of our thoughts. Im having another of these could not load file or assembly or one of its dependencies problems. Our band could be your life scenes from t azerrad michael. Our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. May 19, 2011 published in 2001, michael azerrads our band could be your life featured the story of thirteen seminal indie bands from 19811991. Published in 2001, our band could be your life is a history lesson on the beginnings of indie rock, long before it was even called that. It went straight from talking heads to nirvana, azerrad recalled.
The story of nirvana makes it clear through his tales of highly influential punk and indie rock bands from black flag to beat happening that his subjects could have easily been any misshapen, angstfilled, morbidly creative. The located assemblys manifest definition does not match the. Dec 20, 2001 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. First discovered at the age of 12 when in the group ntoon with his brother, he released his debut solo album southside in 2004. Our band could be your life quotes by michael azerrad.
The book tells about the history of alternative rock bands, including sonic youth, fugazi, minor threat and husker du. Easily share your publications and get them in front of issuus millions of monthly readers. Black flag, the minutement, mission of burma, minor threat, husker du, the replacements, sonic youth, butthole surfers, big. Since then, his accounts of the decades underground doityourself punk ethos has inspired a generation of music geeks, connoisseurs, and professionalsmany of whom have gone on to found or play in various contemporary indie. It was late in the evening, and the episode he caught detailed the history of punk rockor was supposed to. It chronicles the careers of several underground rock bands who, while finding little or no mainstream success, were hugely influential in establishing american alternative and indie rock, mostly through nearly constant touring and records released on small, regional independent. Our band could be your life 10th anniversary show lineup. I wasnt looking here by accident, i was looking for les5 and after almost 53 years in space and 49 years since it was suppose to have been switched off les5 2866, 1967066e had been discovered alive. Scenes from the american indie underground, 19811991 kindle edition by azerrad, michael. Our band could be your life is the neverbeforetold 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 punks doityourself credo and created music that was deeply personal, often brilliant, always challenging, and. Nour listen and stream free music, albums, new releases. It spans mostly from 1985 to 1993, and includes shows played not only at maxwells, but also the ritz, irving plaza, city gardens. Despite its subject matter detailing the histories of different bands, our band could be your life isnt really a book about music at all. Our band could be your life is the neverbeforetold 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 punks doityourself credo and created music that was deeply.
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Jul 02, 2002 michael azerrad is the author of the books our band could be your life. Published in 2001, michael azerrads our band could be your life featured the story of thirteen seminal indie bands from 19811991. Melanie chang, phd portland state university ian tattersall, phd american museum of natural history simon conway morris, phd cambridge university. 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. May 24, 2012 queens road social club sheffield 12512. Scenes from the american indie underground 19811991 by michael azerrad m. Our band could be your life scenes from t azerrad michael free ebook download as pdf file. Our band could be your life simple english wikipedia. Ebook our band could be your life as pdf download portable. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 522 pages and is available in paperback format. This is the neverbeforetold story of the musical rev. Free download or read online our band could be your life. It started out as a hobby and ended up being an international brand click on the image to read more. Our band could be your life narrates, down to the homemade posters and tour van repairs, how these bands gradually built up an audience large enough to make book description.