Loved the book, though I don't recall it being haigiographic for all the bands. And it cut into some of the myth making from the era (Henry Rollins could be a dickhead, the Replacements were assholes 90% of the time to 90% of everyone in their path, including their old manager and bandmates; Bob Mould was not a pleasant human to be around a good lot of the time). At least it tempered things better than when these bands write about themselves (and if you want to read a myth smasher, check out All Over But the SHouting, an oral history of the Replacements. Westerberg's an asshat, and being talented doesn't change that).
I guess I'm not well versed on the female bands of the era that made the same kind of dent that these bands did on indie and then mainstream music via the Nirvana explosion (Hole is too after the fact, as is L7 and Babes in Toyland, I think: their fame and impact came out of the trail blazed by these bands and Nirvana). Were there female bands as big and important as Black Flag and the Minutemen from this era? Outside of bands with female members (Sonic Youth, Pixies), I'm drawing a blank.
But a lot of the book is inspiring, especially the "DYI" and damn the torpedoes attitude of MoB (who are awesome, by the way), Black Flag, Minutemen. Glad you dug it.
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Date: 2009-09-18 12:13 am (UTC)I guess I'm not well versed on the female bands of the era that made the same kind of dent that these bands did on indie and then mainstream music via the Nirvana explosion (Hole is too after the fact, as is L7 and Babes in Toyland, I think: their fame and impact came out of the trail blazed by these bands and Nirvana). Were there female bands as big and important as Black Flag and the Minutemen from this era? Outside of bands with female members (Sonic Youth, Pixies), I'm drawing a blank.
But a lot of the book is inspiring, especially the "DYI" and damn the torpedoes attitude of MoB (who are awesome, by the way), Black Flag, Minutemen. Glad you dug it.
JSR