Mutations: The Many Strange Faces of Hardcore Punk
By: Sam McPheeters
4.13
Format: 265 pages, Paperback
How can so many people pledge allegiance to punk, something with no fixed identity? Depending on wh…
Want to Read $ 11.49"Until YOT, conservatism thrived in the germy corners of punks scenes. When it popped up in public, it took the forms of extremists, usually skinheads, people whose shitty behavior forced a fight or flight response. The Youth Crew ushered in true conservatism, the norms and boundaries of William F. Buckley's America. It wasn't just that everyone started dressing like normals. This new scene fostered normal thinking. Hard politics were out. Fuzzy platitudes were in. Bands looked the same, sounded the same, and sang about the same very limited range of experiences and emotions."-Sam McPheeters, Mutations: The Many Strange Faces of Hardcore Punk
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1. Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl
By: Carrie Brownstein
3.83
Format: 244 pages, Hardcover
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"I've always felt unclaimed."-Carrie Brownstein, Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl
"I don't want to know what's going to happen. As frightening as that is in real life, it's a crucial aspect in creativity. Being predictable is boring, and it's also disheartening and usinspiring."-Carrie Brownstein, Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl
"If someone didn’t feel included, if someone felt marginalised, they would form their own band, write their own fanzine, or just call you out on what they deemed racist or classist, sizeist, sexist, b…"-Carrie Brownstein, Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl
"I suppose we were better observers than communicators; we were all subjects to be worried over, complained about, even adored, but never quite people to be held or loved. There was an intellectual, a…"-Carrie Brownstein, Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl
2. Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991
By: Michael Azerrad
4.22
Format: 522 pages, Paperback
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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
3. 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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4. Grunge Is Dead: The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music
By: Greg Prato
4.01
Format: 478 pages, Paperback
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"YANNI “JOHNNY"-Greg Prato, Grunge Is Dead: The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music
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3.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
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3.99
Format: 380 pages, Paperback
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4.19
Format: 488 pages, Paperback
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4.31
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
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3.68
Format: 405 pages, Paperback
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4.33
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3.80
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4.13
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