Wish You Were Here: An Essential Guide to Your Favorite Music Scenes--From Punk to Indie and Everything in Between Contributor(s): Simon, Leslie (Author) |
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ISBN: 006157371X ISBN-13: 9780061573712 Publisher: It Books OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2009 Annotation: From the authors of the breakout hit "Everybody Hurts: An Essential Guide to Emo Culture" comes a snarky, fact-filled look at the people and places who made the indie music scene what it is today. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Rock - Music | History & Criticism - General - Music | Printed Music - Mixed Collections |
Dewey: 781.660 |
Physical Information: 0.67" H x 6.08" W x 9.1" (0.77 lbs) 256 pages |
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Publisher Description: A snarky, fact-filled look at the people and places that made the indie/punk scene what it is today The American underground music scene is exploding everywhere--not just in New York City and L.A. (although we've got those cities covered too ): In Washington, D.C. . . . Ian MacKaye and Fugazi inspired the straightedge culture, which had kids everywhere drawing black X's on their hands in magic marker. In Omaha, Nebraska . . . A young Conor Oberst, aka Bright Eyes, started writing and performing gut-wrenching love songs at the tender age of thirteen. On Long Island, New York . . . Taking Back Sunday and Brand New battled for emo supremacy and the fragile hearts of a million teenage girls. From the coauthor of the cult-worthy Everybody Hurts: An Essential Guide to Emo Culture comes Wish You Were Here--a combination travel guide and tortured history covering everything from what constitutes proper rock critic etiquette in Minneapolis to why pop-punk bands in Chicago have so much suburban angst, to how freegans in the Bay Area can feed themselves on a budget that would make frugal Rachael Ray's face blush. |
Contributor Bio(s): Simon, Leslie: - Leslie Simon is the author of Wish You Were Here: An Essential Guide to Your Favorite Music Scenes and co-author of Everybody Hurts: An Essential Guide to Emo Culture. Her work has appeared in Kerrang!, Alternative Press, metromix.com, and MTV.com. |