We Rock, So You Don't Have to: The Option Reader

by Scott Becker

"Option" magazine--which has been in the trenches of the alternative rock revolution since the beginning--reexamines the phenomenon of "alternative" music, covering a variety of artists, including... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1888277076
• ISBN13: 9781888277074
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Incommunicado Press
• Length: 263 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Great rock reading

Option had an interesting history. Originally called OP, the magazine attempted to cover everyting, letter by letter, getting partly through the alphabet before giving up and re-inventing itself as an indie label: SubPop. At that point Becker took over and continued it as probably the most balanced indie rock magazine of its era.