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Book SynopsisThis history of the 1990s underground punk renaissance in the US traces punk participation in protest movements, Latino and women-led bands, and the debate over staying DIY versus "selling out." It is full of accessible musical analysis of various styles of punk, including crust-punk, extreme hardcore, and So-Cal punk.
Trade ReviewI have never read a book about the origins of the politics of punk that includes music notation of punk songs and musicology analysis that explores the bonds of sonics and lyrics. A singular book on punk that even my jazz-piano-playing son would read! * Michelle Cruz Gonzales, author of The Spitboy Rule: Tales of a Xicana in a Female Punk Band *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Out of the "Dregs of the Eighties" and Screaming at the New World Order Chapter 2: Crust-Punk/Dis-Core and the Codification of Propaganda Music Chapter 3: The Dystopian Sublime of Extreme Hardcore Punk Chapter 4: Whose Rebellion was Punk in the 1990s? Part 1: "Hispanisizing Punk" Part 2: Not Just Boys' Fun Chapter 5: Punk's Popularity Anxieties and the Introspective Aggression of So-Cal Punk. Part 1: Punk's Popularity Anxieties Part 2: The Introspective Aggression of So-Cal Punk Conclusion Bibliography Index
