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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
- 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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