The ultimate guide to one of the most revered periods and movements in American rock history. The 1980s are one of the most ridiculed and parodied epochs in popular music?"what with all the skinny lapels, synthesizers, spandex, and Aqua Net. However, music fans in the know recognize that beneath the glossy veneer broiled a revolutionary movement of self-directed, anti-corporate, punk-influenced bands that created a nationwide network from the ground up, thanks to independently recorded releases, photocopied fanzines, and self-financed tours. In Gimme Indie Rock , music journalist Andrew Earles describes 500 essential indie-rock albums released by 308 bands and artists from coast to coast in markets large and small. From giants of the movement (Black Flag, the Minutemen, Mission of Burma, Fugazi, Superchunk, Melvins, Dead Kennedys, Minor Threat, Husker Du, the Replacements, Sonic Youth, Mudhoney, Dinosaur Jr., Big Black, the Pixies), to more obscure bands which nonetheless made their own impacts (Jesus Lizard, Cows, Low, Mercury Rev, Polvo, Squirrel Bait, Karp, Bongwater, Naked Raygun, Sun City Girls, and many others) and scores of artists who still await their proper due (Fly Ashtray, Dumptruck, Truly, Man-Sized Action, Steel Pole Bathtub, godheadSilo, Sorry, Team Dresch, Further, Grifters, World of Pooh, Trumans Water, Malignus Youth, Eggs, and many more), Earles provides an exhaustive album guide to the era. Earles also features those bands that cut their teeth on the indie circuit but graduated to a greater degree of mainstream recognition in the late 1980s and early 1990s (acts like R.E.M., Soul Asylum, Urge Overkill, Hole, Smashing Pumpkins, and Nirvana), making Gimme Indie Rock is the definitive manual for the best of American indie music made between 1981 and 1996.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Quarto Publishing Group USA
ISBN-10
0760346488
ISBN-13
9780760346488
eBay Product ID (ePID)
201615735
Product Key Features
Book Title
Gimme Indie Rock : 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996
Author
Andrew Earles
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Genres & Styles / Punk, History & Criticism, Genres & Styles / Rock
Publication Year
2014
Genre
Music
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
1.2in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
21 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ml156.4.R6e27 2014
Reviews
"It's Earles' enthusiasm that carries the book. At its best, Gimme Indie Rock shows enough joy to remind its readers why books like these are made in the first place." - PopMatters.com