Our Band Could Be Your Life

Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991 is a book by Michael Azerrad (ISBN 0-316-78753-1).

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The book chronicles the careers of several underground rock groups who, while finding little or no mainstream success, were hugely influential in establishing American alternative and indie rock, mostly through nearly-constant touring and records released on small, regional record labels.

Related Topics:
Underground rock - Alternative - Indie rock - Record label

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Azerrad conducted many interviews with the members of the featured bands, and also conducted extensive research of old fanzines, as well as more mainstream newspapers and books.

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Fanzine - Newspaper

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The title comes from the opening line of an autobiograpical song written by Mike Watt of The Minutemen, one of the groups featured in the book. The song, "History Lesson, Pt II" is on Double Nickels on the Dime and details Watt's working class origins and populist sentiments: "Punk rock changed our lives."

Related Topics:
Autobiograpical - Mike Watt - The Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime - Working class - Populist - Punk rock

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The bands featured in the book are:

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• Black Flag
• The Minutemen
• Mission of Burma
• Minor Threat
• Hüsker Dü
• The Replacements
• Sonic Youth
• The Butthole Surfers
• Big Black
• Dinosaur Jr
• Fugazi
• Mudhoney
• Beat Happening
 
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