Smash Green Day, The Offspring, Bad Religion, Nofx, And The, De Winwood, Ian. Editorial Da Capo Press, Tapa Dura En Inglés, 2018

Descripción

A group biography of 90s punk rock through the prism of Green Day, The Offspring, NOFX, Rancid, Bad Religion, Social Distortion, and more. This book details the shift in 90s music culture away from grunge, legitimizing what many first-generation punks regard as post-punk, new wave, and more. It provides an account of how these bands shattered commercial expectations for the genre. With access to key players of the time, music writer Ian Winwood gives a compelling story of how the underdogs won and altered the landscape of mainstream music.

This history of the punk revolution of the 1990s, inspired by bands such as the Sex Pistols, the Ramones, and X, is filled with deep knowledge and interviews with the three-chord revolutionaries. It is a music history and an argument for the place of 1990s Cali punk in pop music. The book offers a straightforward account of the profitable second coming of punk rock, mapping the transformation of the punk rock ethos as bands experienced an unprecedented wave of commercial success.

Through interviews, the author documents the decade in which punk rock emerged from California basements to the Billboard charts. The book captures the history and everything that made that moment in time special, with detailed accounts of 90s skate punk and commentary from many of the musicians involved.