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Gimme something better : the profound, progressive, and occasionally pointless history of Bay Area punk from Dead Kennedys to Green Day / [interviews by] Jack Boulware and Silke Tudor.

Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML3534.3 .G55 2009
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Boulware, Jack.
Tudor, Silke.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Punk rock musicians--California--San Francisco--Interviews.
Punk rock musicians.
Punk rock music--California--San Francisco--History and criticism.
Punk rock music.
Punk culture--California--San Francisco--History.
Punk culture.
History.
California--San Francisco.
Genre:
Interviews.
Physical Description:
xvi, 489 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Place of Publication:
New York : Penguin, 2009.
Summary:
From the Art-Damage of San Francisco's Fab MAB in North Beach to the still vibrant All-Ages Diy-Ethos of Berkeley's Gilman Street, Gimme Something Better Chronicles over Two Decades of Bay Area Punk, Including the Sex Pistols' Notorious Final Performance, Jello Biafra's Bid for Mayor, the Creation of Maximum Rocknroll, and the Rise of the East Bay Pop-Punk Sound that took the World by Storm.
This Definitive Oral History Explores the Music, Progressive Politics, Divine Decadence, and Smartass wit of Bay Area Punk Through the Voices of those who were there---with Members of Dead Kennedys, Avengers, Flipper, MDC, Green Day, Rancid, NOFX, and AFI.
Contents:
Part I
1 I Gave My Punk Jacket to Rickie 3
2 Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue 7
3 Baby, You're So Repulsive 9
4 Teenage Rebel 23
5 Giddyup Mutants 31
6 Holidays in the Sun 36
7 You Are One of Our Lesser Audiences 42
8 Kick Out the Jams 55
9 Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables 64
10 No One's Listening 96
11 Ha Ha Ha 100
12 Beer-Drinking Brothers from Different Mothers 113
13 Thank You, Good Night, Get Out 119
Part II
14 We Are the Kings Now 125
15 Better Living Through Chemistry 130
16 Grandma Rule 136
17 Blitzkrieg Bop 142
18 Gimme Something Better 153
19 Berkeley Heathen Scum 158
20 Dan with the Mello Hair 175
21 Goddamn Motherfucking Son of a Bitch 178
22 High Priest(s) of Harmful Matter 185
23 Mommy, Can I Go Out and Kill Tonight? 207
24 Beers, Steers and Queers: The Texas Invasion 210
25 Welcome to Paradise 222
26 Island of Misfit Toys 227
27 Crossover 233
28 Let's Lynch the Landlord 240
29 Fucked Up Ronnie 246
Part III
30 White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean 255
31 A Chronology for Survival 263
32 Sleep, What's That? 272
33 Journey to the End of the East Bay 280
34 10 Seconds of Anarchy 285
35 Two Blocks Away 291
36 Ever Fallen in Love 302
37 You Put Your Chocolate in My Peanut Butter 305
38 Ripped from the Headlines 311
39 Rise Above 321
40 All I Know Is What I Don't Know 324
41 Unity 338
42 White Picket Fence 356
43 Up the Punks! 361
44 Going to Pasalacqua 365
45 No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith 395
46 Runnin' Riot 403
47 Outpunk 408
48 My Boyfriend's a Pinhead 420
49 Shield Your Eyes 425
50 ...And Out Come the Wolves 429
51 I Wanna Get a Mohawk (But My Mom Won't Let Me Get One) 441
52 (I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone 449
53 Longview 460
54 He Who Laughs Last 463
55 Rock 'n' Roll High School 466.
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9780143113805
0143113801
OCLC:
318411427
Publisher Number:
99934995996

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