Gimme Something Better The Profound, Progressive, and Occasionally Pointless History of Bay Area Punk from Dead Kennedys to Green Day

Name: Gimme Something Better The Profound, Progressive, and Occasionally Pointless History of Bay Area Punk from Dead Kennedys to Green Day
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ISBN: 9780143113805

ISBN-10: 0143113801

ISBN-13: 9780143113805

Edition: 2009

Authors: Jack Boulware, Silke Tudor

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An oral history of the modern punk-revival’s West Coast Birthplace Outside of New York and London, California’s Bay Area claims the oldest continuous punk-rock scene in the world. Gimme Something Betterbrings this outrageous and influential punk scene to life, from the notorious final performance of the Sex Pistols, to Jello Biafra’s bid for mayor, the rise of Maximum RocknRollmagazine, and the East Bay pop-punk sound that sold millions around the globe. Throngs of punks, including members of the Dead Kennedys, Avengers, Flipper, MDC, Green Day, Rancid, NOFX, and AFI, tell their own stories in this definitive account, from the innovative art-damage of San Francisco’s Fab Mab in North Beach,…

Book details

List price: $24.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 9/29/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 512
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.43" long x 1.06" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



Prologue: Turds on the Run






I Gave My Punk Jacket to Rickie



Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue



Baby, You're So Repulsive



Teenage Rebel



Giddyup Mutants



Holidays in the Sun



You Are One of Our Lesser Audiences



Kick Out the Jams



Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables



No One's Listening



Ha Ha Ha



Beer-Drinking Brothers from Different Mothers



Thank You, Good Night, Get Out






We Are the Kings Now



Better Living Through Chemistry



Grandma Rule



Blitzkrieg Bop



Gimme Something Better



Berkeley Heathen Scum



Dan with the Mello Hair



Goddamn Motherfucking Son of a Bitch



High Priest(s) of Harmful Matter



Mommy, Can I Go Out and Kill Tonight?



Beers, Steers and Queers: The Texas Invasion



Welcome to Paradise



Island of Misfit Toys



Crossover



Let's Lynch the Landlord



Fucked Up Ronnie






White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean



A Chronology for Survival



Sleep, What's That?



Journey to the End of the East Bay



10 Seconds of Anarchy



Two Blocks Away



Ever Fallen in Love



You Put Your Chocolate in My Peanut Butter



Ripped from the Headlines



Rise Above



All I Know Is What I Don't Know



Unity



White Picket Fence



Up the Punks!



Going to Pasalacqua



No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith



Runnin' Riot



Outpunk



My Boyfriend's a Pinhead



Shield Your Eyes



...And Out Come the Wolves



I Wanna Get a Mohawk (But My Mom Won't Let Me Get One)



(I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone



Longview



He Who Laughs Last



Rock 'n' Roll High School


Who's Who


Source Index


Acknowledgments