Your band sucks : what I saw at indie rock's failed revolution (but can no longer hear) by Fine, Jon, author instant download

Your band sucks : what I saw at indie rock's failed revolution (but can no longer hear) by Fine, Jon, author instant download

xviii, 302 pages : 25 cm, An insider's look at indie rock's pre-Internet glory days, when such defiant bands attracted fans only through samizdat networks: word of mouth, college radio, tiny record stores, and zines, Book 1. Thank you, New Jersey, good fucking night -- The importance of a tiny stage -- This is not the way to start a band -- Atlanta, ABBA, and Agnostic Front -- Life is painful, love, Bitch Magnet -- Book 2. Bandography -- What I liked -- Why we never smiled onstage -- The glory, the madness, and the van -- Doctor Rock -- Jonathan Richman has ruined rock for another generations -- Walter Mondale, George McGovern, and your shitty band that no one likes -- Book 3. What was it? -- I wouldn't be averse either -- Calgary metal -- Magnet, bitch -- I hope we don't suck -- Burutaru desu -- Many thoughts about underwear and rock-related maladies -- Goodnight to the rock and roll era -- Epilogue: staying off the bus