We Never Learn: The Gunk Punk Undergut, 1988-2001(Book). Includes a code for free CD download of many of the bands featured in this book! Nirvana, the White Stripes, Hole, the Hives all sprang from an underground music scene where similarly raw bands, enjoying various degrees of success and hard luck, played for throngs of fans in venues ranging from dive bars to massive festivals, but were mostly ignored by a music industry focused on mega-bands and shiny pop stars. We Never Learn: The Gunk Punk Undergut, 1988-2001 tracks the inspiration and beautiful destruction of this largely undocumented movement. What they took, they fought for, every night. They reveled in '50s rock 'n' roll and '60s garage rock while creating their own wave of gut-busting riffs and rhythm. The majority of bands that populate this book the Dwarves, the Gories, the Supersuckers, the Mummies, Rocket from the Crypt, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, the Muffs, and the Donnas among them gained little long-term reward from their nonstop touring and brain-slapping records. What they did have was free liquor, good drugs, guilt-free sex, and a crazy good time, all the while building a dedicated fan base that extends across America, Europe, and Japan. Truly, this is the last great wave of down-and-dirty rock 'n' roll. |
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Contents
BASTARDS OF YOUNG | 1 |
STRUNG OUT ON JARGON | 7 |
TAPPING THE SOURCE | 15 |
BLOOD GUTS AND PUSSY | 47 |
TELEPATHIC HATE | 69 |
LARGE MEAT SOIRÉE | 93 |
BORN TOULOUSELAUTREC | 127 |
STRONGER THAN DIRT | 153 |
HALFASSED WILL TRAVEL | 239 |
INSTANT HEADACHE | 259 |
TALENT IS A CRIME | 265 |
THE EVIL POWERS OF ROCK N ROLL | 283 |
HATE TO SAY I TOLD YOU SO | 303 |
THE LONG GOODBYE | 321 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 325 |
19882001 | 327 |
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