Full Description
Here is an up-to-date, thoroughly researched biography of the world's most popular pop-punk band.
Green Day is almost certainly the world's most popular pop-punk band. How they got there is the subject of Green Day: A Musical Biography, the first book to follow the band from their beginnings through the spring 2009 release of 21st Century Breakdown.
Tracing the band's evolution from fiercely independent punks to a global powerhouse, Green Day starts with the members' earliest musical influences and upbringing and the founding of the punk club 924 Gilman Street that shaped their sense of community. Discussion of their conflicted feelings about signing to a major label explores the classic rock 'n' roll conundrum of "selling out," while details of their decline and 2004 rebirth offer an inspirational story of artistic rejuvenation. Interviews with the band members and key figures in their lives, excerpted from punk 'zines and other publications, offer a perspective on their methods of self-promotion and the image they have chosen to project over time.
Contents
Series Foreword
Timeline
Chapter 1 Sweet Children
Chapter 2 Lookout!
Chapter 3 Local Heroes
Chapter 4 The Big Splash
Chapter 5 Walking Contradiction
Chapter 6 Out on a Limb
Chapter 7 Early Warning
Chapter 8 Rebuilding an Album—And a Career
Chapter 9 Idiot Proof
Chapter 10 Worth the Fight
Appendix 1: Discography ofLPs and EPs
Appendix 2: Awards
Further Reading
Index
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