{"product_id":"punks-in-peoria-9780252043802","title":"Punks in Peoria","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePunk rock culture in a preeminently average town\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Synonymous with American mediocrity, Peoria was fertile ground for the boredom- and anger-fueled fury of punk rock. Jonathan Wright and Dawson Barrett explore the do-it-yourself scene built by Peoria punks, performers, and scenesters in the 1980s and 1990s. From fanzines to indie record shops to renting the VFW hall for an all-ages show, Peoria''s punk culture reflected the movement elsewhere, but the city''s conservatism and industrial decline offered a richer-than-usual target environment for rebellion. Eyewitness accounts take readers into hangouts and long-lost venues, while interviews with the people who were there trace the ever-changing scene and varied fortunes of local legends like Caustic Defiance, Dollface, and Planes Mistaken for Stars. What emerges is a sympathetic portrait of a youth culture in search of entertainment but just as hungry for community—the shared sense of otherness that, even for one \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRussell P. Strange Memorial Book of the Year Award 2022\u003c\/b\u003e— Russell P. Strange Memorial Book of the Year Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCoverTitleCopyrightContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I. The Rise of Peoria Punk Rock: 1956–19861. Heebie Mesolithic Eon Drizzle2. Creating the Peoria Scene3. Punks Live on Straight Edge4. The Underground Goes Aboveground5. I Was a Mutant Cornchip . . .Part II. Building the Scene: 1986–19926. Great Loser Bands and Loosey-Goosey Backwash Gigs7. What Played (and Didn’t Play) in Peoria8. Public Enemy Number One9. Montage of Madness10. Nazi Punks Fuck OffPart III. The Next Nirvana: 1992–199711. Teenage Airwaves12. For God and Country13. This Is Not a Fugazi Chapter14. Rock over London, Rock On PeoriaPart IV. Tolling of the Digital Bell: 1997–200715. Hidden by Cornfields16. Our CBGB17. Peoria Heights . . . and Lows18. For God and Country (Alternate Take)ConclusionNotesBibliographyIndexBack cover","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400452022615,"sku":"9780252043802","price":77.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252043802.jpg?v=1730470714","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/punks-in-peoria-9780252043802","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}