Sellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore (1994–2007)
By: Dan Ozzi
4.40
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
NATIONAL BESTSELLER AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR "Ozzi's reporting is strong, balanced and well tol…
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1. Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements
By: Bob Mehr
4.55
Format: 488 pages, Kindle Edition
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERBased on a decade of research and reporting--as well as access to the Repl… read more
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2. Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge
By: Mark Yarm
4.27
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
Twenty years after the release of Nirvana’s landmark album Nevermind comes Everybody Loves Our Town… read more
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3. Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991
By: Michael Azerrad
4.22
Format: 522 pages, Paperback
This is the never-before-told story of the musical revolution that happened right under the nose of… read more
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"Rock'n'roll is a teenage sport, meant to be played by teenagers of all ages--they could be 15, 25 or 35. It all boils down to whether they've got the love in their hearts, that beautiful teenage spir…"-Michael Azerrad, Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991
4. American Hardcore: A Tribal History
By: Steven Blush , George Petros
3.97
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Hardcore punk was an underground tribal movement created with anger and passion but ultimately dest… read more
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"Yeah I have an attitude. You weren't subjected to what I was subjected to, so don't try to tell me how I am."-Steven Blush, American Hardcore: A Tribal History
5. NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories
By: Jeff Alulis , NOFX , Billy Joe Armstrong
4.55
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
The candid, hilarious, shocking, occasionally horrifying, and surprisingly moving New York Times be… read more
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"From 111 Mike " I never travel with drugs because I don't want to get caught at the airport, so if I ever have any coke or ecstasy left over after night of partying I tuck it in the pages of the Bibl…"-Jeff Alulis, NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories
6. Nothing Feels Good: Punk Rock, Teenagers, and EMO
By: Andy Greenwald
3.97
Format: 384 pages,
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7. Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011
By: Lizzy Goodman
4.16
Format: 622 pages, Hardcover
An intriguing oral history of the post-9/11 decline of the old-guard music industry and rebirth of … read more
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8. Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout
By: Laura Jane Grace
4.33
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
ONE OF BILLBOARD'S "100 GREATEST MUSIC BOOKS OF ALL TIME" The provocative transgender advocate and … read more
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9. Your Favorite Band Is Killing Me: What Pop Music Rivalries Reveal About the Meaning of Life
By: Steven Hyden
3.71
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
One of Amazon's Best Books of 2016 So Far Music critic Steven Hyden explores nineteen music rivalri… read more
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10. How to Ru(i)n a Record Label: The Story of Lookout Records
By: Larry Livermore
3.80
Format: 144 pages,
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11. My Damage: The Story of a Punk Rock Survivor
By: Jim Ruland , None
3.46
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Keith Morris is a true punk icon. No one else embodies the sound of Southern Californian hardcore t… read more
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12. Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk
By: Kathleen Hanna
4.46
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An electric, searing memoir by the original rebel girl and legendary front woman of Bikini Kill and… read more
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- audiobook
"She was the only woman on the whole record and hearing her gave me the first thought that someday I could be in a band."-Kathleen Hanna, Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk
13. The Nineties
By: Chuck Klosterman
3.87
Format: 370 pages, Hardcover
The Nineties: a wise and funny reckoning with the decade that gave us slacker/grunge irony about th… read more
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"The nineties were a fertile period for the self-indulgent genius."-Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties
"In the nineties, doing nothing on purpose was a valid option, and a specific brand of cool became more important than almost anything else. The key to that coolness was disinterest in conventional su…"-Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties
14. Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres
By: Kelefa Sanneh
4.17
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
An epic achievement and a huge delight, the entire history of popular music over the past fifty yea… read more
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15. 60 Songs That Explain the '90s
By: Rob Harvilla
3.92
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The 1990s were a chaotic and gritty and utterly magical time for music, a confounding barrage of ge… read more
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"There is no true, clean, definitive way to separate the art from the artist. Art fully separated from the artist ceases, in a fundamental way, to be art at all. The artist gives the art meaning."-Rob Harvilla, 60 Songs That Explain the '90s
16. None of This Rocks: A Memoir
By: Joe Trohman
4.06
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Lead guitarist and cofounder of Fall Out Boy shares personal stories from his youth and his experie… read more
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17. Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation
By: Steven Hyden
4.14
Format: None pages, Audiobook
A leading music journalist’s riveting chronicle of how beloved band Pearl Jam shaped the times, and… read more
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"One of the many musical distinctions of my lifetime that used to seem important and now is completely forgotten is the difference between “alternative"-Steven Hyden, Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation
18. Where Are Your Boys Tonight?: The Oral History of Emo's Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008
By: Chris Payne
4.41
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
An explosive oral history of emo's takeover from 1999 to 2008, featuring MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, FA… read more
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- pop culture
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" Jonathan Daniel: I mean, people knew "Sins." That song was so big everywhere. But yeah, I don't think they knew the band as much. I remember Panic! went to see Kanye in Vegas, and Pete asked Kanye i…"-Chris Payne, Where Are Your Boys Tonight?: The Oral History of Emo's Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008
" Jim Adkins: ...There was a girl who wrote us, explaining how she felt like an outsider at her school because the punk rock kids wouldn't accept her, even though she liked us and a lot of the really …"-Chris Payne, Where Are Your Boys Tonight?: The Oral History of Emo's Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008
19. Down with the System: A Memoir (of Sorts)
By: Serj Tankian
4.47
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An exhilarating, thoughtful, and beautifully written debut memoir by musician, songwriter, and lead… read more
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20. Sellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore (1994–2007)
By: Dan Ozzi
4.40
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
NATIONAL BESTSELLER AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR "Ozzi's reporting is strong, balanced and well tol… read more
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21. Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise and Fall of SST Records
By: Jim Ruland
4.03
Format: None pages, Audiobook
A no-holds-barred narrative history of the iconic label that brought the world Black Flag, Hüsker D… read more
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22. There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.” and the End of the Heartland
By: Steven Hyden
4.21
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A thought-provoking exploration of Bruce Springsteen’s iconic album, Born in the U.S.A. —a record … read more
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23. Smash!: Green Day, the Offspring, Rancid, Nofx, and the '90s Punk Explosion
By: Ian Winwood
3.83
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A group biography of '90s punk rock told through the prism of Green Day, The Offspring, NOFX, Ranci… read more
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24. I Love You So Much It's Killing Us Both
By: Mariah Stovall
3.28
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Susan Choi’s Trust Exercise meets Nick Hornby’s High Fidelity in a Black woman’s coming-of-age stor… read more
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25. Someone Who Isn’t Me
By: Geoff Rickly
4.60
Format: 258 pages, Paperback
Geoff Rickly’s debut novel Someone Who Isn’t Me is a feverish journey through the psyche of someone… read more
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"He asks me to leave, turns to his manager and says, "The epidemic of our time," as if time were the epidemic and we're all subject to its disastrous effects."-Geoff Rickly, Someone Who Isn’t Me
26. Mud Ride: A Messy Trip Through the Grunge Explosion
By: Steve Turner
3.88
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A down-and-dirty chronicle of the birth and evolution of the Seattle grunge scene—from backyard ska… read more
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27. Negatives: A Photographic Archive of Emo (1996-2006)
By: Amy Fleisher Madden
4.69
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A gorgeous hardcover time capsule of the emo music scene as it was from 1996 to 2006, featuring nev… read more
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28. Do What You Want: The Story of Bad Religion
By: Bad Religion
4.12
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From their beginnings as teenagers experimenting in a San Fernando Valley garage dubbed "The Hell H… read more
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29. Punk Paradox: A Memoir
By: Greg Graffin
4.12
Format: None pages, Audiobook
A historical memoir and cultural criticism of punk rock’s evolution, by the legendary singer-songwr… read more
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30. From the Basement: A History of Emo Music and How It Changed Society
By: Taylor Markarian
3.50
Format: 226 pages, Paperback
Explore the cultural, social, and psychological factors surrounding the genres. Though songs can be… read more
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31. In Defense of Ska
By: Aaron Carnes
3.90
Format: 334 pages, Paperback
Why doesn’t ska get its due as a rich, diverse genre the way punk, metal, hip-hop and electronic mu… read more
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"Ska deserves its moment in the sun."-Aaron Carnes, In Defense of Ska
