The definitive chronicle of underground music in the 1980s tells the stories of Black Flag, Sonic Youth, The Replacements, and other seminal bands whose DIY revolution changed American music forever.
From acoustic to electronic instruments, mic placement to EQ settings, everything you need to know to capture professionally recorded audio tracks is in this guide.
It features a foreword by Steve Albini (Shellac), introduction by Jackson Galaxy, epilogue by Mike Bridavsky, and exclusive quotes from Whoopi Goldberg, Jack Black, Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), Norbert, Hannah Shaw (Kitten Lady), Marnie ...
And it has flourished into a vibrant modern underground, epitomized by Newcastle¢s Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs. This is the evolution of heavy music.
• A New York Times Summer Reading List selection • A Publishers Weekly Best Summer Book of 2015 • A Business Insider Best Summer Read • An Esquire Father¢s Day Book selection • A New York Observer Best Music Book of 2015 • A ...
Music fans will love this book, and so will fans of independent thinking.” —Flagpole “A wholly unique vision wrought not by consensus but by cultural cynicism and never-say-die musical populism.” —Magnet
This book includes many accented eighths, dotted eighths and sixteenths, eighth-note triplets and sixteenth notes for extended solos. In addition, teachers can develop many of their own examples from it.
The first and only complete guide to the first decade of Britain's independent record charts, and to the acts, the music and the labels which made up the indie scene of the 1980s is now back in print.