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Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991
Our Band Could Be Your Life Scenes from the American Indie Underground 19811991 Author:Michael Azerrad From art bands like Sonic Youth to straight edge punkers like Minor Threat and the college-radio-friendly Replacements, indie rock defied easy categories. Rejecting the mainstream, they formed their own record labels, built networks of like-minded fans and set the stage for the explosive popularity of grunge in the 1990s. In Our Band Could B... more »e Your Life, noted music journalist Michael Azerrad gives readers the gritty stories of thirteen of these bands, including their one-take recording sessions, no-budget tours and intra-band disputes. For dedicated music fans, this will be a must-have title on the groundbreaking bands that bridged punk and grunge.« less