Titled after a Minutemen lyric, Our Band Could Be Your Life focuses on 13 iconic American bands of the 80s. The style of writing is a little more "rock music critic" than I tend to like, but I did enjoy the book, particularly the Minutemen section--Mike Watt and D. Boon's intense friendship makes for a compelling chapter. Sure, the book is missing a lot of bands, but that's a bit of a ridiculous criticism, as you could fill ten volumes on the decade and still not cover it all. Overall it's worth reading, though unless you're a newcomer to this music there probably won't be too much new information for you to digest.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Our Band Could Be Your Life by Michael Azerrad
Titled after a Minutemen lyric, Our Band Could Be Your Life focuses on 13 iconic American bands of the 80s. The style of writing is a little more "rock music critic" than I tend to like, but I did enjoy the book, particularly the Minutemen section--Mike Watt and D. Boon's intense friendship makes for a compelling chapter. Sure, the book is missing a lot of bands, but that's a bit of a ridiculous criticism, as you could fill ten volumes on the decade and still not cover it all. Overall it's worth reading, though unless you're a newcomer to this music there probably won't be too much new information for you to digest.
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