The Best Alternative Music Books of All Time

From disenchanted Catholic schoolgirl and glam maniac to instigator on the 1980s hardcore punk scene, Nancy Barile discovered freedom at a time when punk music was new and dangerous. She made her place behind the boards and right in the front row as insurgents such as SSD, Minor Threat, Bad Brains, Dead Kennedys and Black Flag wrote new rules and made history. She survived punk riots and urban decay, ran the streets with outcasts, and ultimately found true love as she fought for fairness and found her purpose.Table of Contents:. A Conversation with Ian MacKaye. Introduction. 1. Old School. 2. Intro to Jukebox. 3.

Surviving High School. 4. Working Hard in Harrisburg. 5. Philly Love. 6. Savage Pink. 7. Punking It Up in the Big City. 8. Black Flag, S.O.A., & the Kensington Brawl. 9. Punk Fest and the Anti-Pasti Drama. 10. Bad Brains, Black Flag, and the Big Takeover. 11. Bombed at a Dead Kennedys Show. 12. I Meet My Match. 13. Welcome to Boston: The KKK and My Baby Far Away. 14. A Philly Punk Moves to Boston. 15. I m Not Holding Your Coat. 16. The Ghetto Riders & a Hit-and-Run: a Night at Buff Hall. Afterword. Acknowledgments. Playlist: Can't Wait 'til It's Party Time. About the Author.

Based on all-new interviews and including 72 rare photos, Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements is the definitive boigraphy of one of the last great rock 'n' roll bands of the twentieth century. Written with the participation of the group's key members, including reclusive singer-songwriter Paul Westerberg, bassist Tommy Stinson, and the family of late guitarist Bob Stinson, Trouble Boys is a deeply intimate and nuanced portrait, exposing the primal factors and forces--addiction, abuse, fear--that would shape one of the most brilliant and notoriously self-destructive bands of all time.

Based on a decade of research and reporting, hundreds of interviews (with family, friends, managers, producers, and musical colleagues), as well as full access to the Replacements' archives at Twin/Tone and Warner Bros. Records, author Bob Mehr has fashioned something far more compelling than a conventional band bio. A roaring rock 'n' roll adventure, a heartrending family drama, and a cautionary showbiz tale, Trouble Boys is a penetrating work of biography and a major addition to the rock book canon.

Focusing on the controversial punk rock band, the Sex Pistols, this study explains the reasons for their popularity among the rebellious working class of Great Britain.