Your Band Sucks What I Saw at Indie Rock's Failed Revolution

Name: Your Band Sucks What I Saw at Indie Rock's Failed Revolution
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ISBN: 9780670026593

ISBN-10: 067002659X

ISBN-13: 9780670026593

Edition: 2015

Authors: Jon Fine

List price: $27.95

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A memoir charting thirty years of American indie rock by a musician who was at its centerWhen the members of the influential and beloved 1980s post-hardcore band Bitch Magnet reunited for a tour in 2011, the three middle-aged men were shocked to find that the current music industry was completely unrecognizable to them.In indie rock’s pre-Internet glory days, bands like Bitch Magnet—operating far outside commercial radio and major label promotion—attracted fans through word of mouth, college DJs, record stores, and zines. Eschewing the old star-making machinery, they found glory in all-night recordingsessions, shoestring van tours and endless appearances in grimy clubs.Like Kitchen…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2015
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 5/19/2015
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Jon P. Fine was young and in a hurry when he wrote this in 1984. Now he is just in a hurry.