My So-Called Punk: Green Day, Fall Out Boy, the Distillers, Bad Religion---How Neo-Punk Stage-Dived Into the Mainstream

by Matt Diehl

Book Overview

When it began, punk was an underground revolution that raged against the mainstream; now punk is the mainstream. Tracing the origins of Grammy-winning icons Green Day and the triumphant resurgence of neo-punk legends Bad Religion through MTV's embrace of pop-punk bands like Yellowcard, music journalist Matt Diehl explores the history of new punk, exposing how this once cult sound became a blockbuster commercial phenomenon. Diehl follows...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312337817
• ISBN13: 9780312337810
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"