Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991

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The definitive chronicle of underground music in the 1980s tells the stories of Black Flag, Sonic Youth, The Replacements, and other seminal bands whose DIY revolution changed American music forever. Our Band Could Be Your Life is the never-before-told story of the musical revolution that happened right under the nose of the Reagan Eighties -- when a small but sprawling network of bands, labels, fanzines, radio stations, and other subversives re-energized American rock with punk's do-it-yourself credo and created music that was deeply personal, often brilliant, always challenging, and immensely influential. This sweeping chronicle of music, politics, drugs, fear, loathing, and faith is an indie rock classic in its own right. The bands profiled include: Sonic YouthBlack FlagThe ReplacementsMinutemenHusker DuMinor ThreatMission of BurmaButthole SurfersBig Black FugaziMudhoneyBeat HappeningDinosaur Jr. WELCOME EPIGRAPH INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1: BLACK FLAG CHAPTER 2: THE MINUTEMEN CHAPTER 3: MISSION OF BURMA CHAPTER 4: MINOR THREAT CHAPTER 5: HÜSKER DÜ CHAPTER 6: THE REPLACEMENTS CHAPTER 7: SONIC YOUTH CHAPTER 8: BUTTHOLE SURFERS CHAPTER 9: BIG BLACK CHAPTER 10: DINOSAUR JR CHAPTER 11: FUGAZI CHAPTER 12: MUDHONEY CHAPTER 13: BEAT HAPPENING EPILOGUE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS BIBLIOGRAPHY ABOUT THE AUTHOR ALSO BY MICHAEL AZERRAD EXTRAORDINARY PRAISE FOR MICHAEL AZERRAD’S OUR BAND COULD BE YOUR LIFE NEWSLETTERS TABLE OF CONTENTS COPYRIGHT PAGE