Gimme Something Better: The Profound, Progressive, and Occasionally Pointless History of Bay Area Punk from Dead Kennedys to Green DayAn oral history of the modern punk-revival?s West Coast Birthplace Outside of New York and London, California?s Bay Area claims the oldest continuous punk-rock scene in the world. Gimme Something Better brings this outrageous and influential punk scene to life, from the notorious final performance of the Sex Pistols, to Jello Biafra?s bid for mayor, the rise of Maximum RocknRoll magazine, and the East Bay pop-punk sound that sold millions around the globe. Throngs of punks, including members of the Dead Kennedys, Avengers, Flipper, MDC, Green Day, Rancid, NOFX, and AFI, tell their own stories in this definitive account, from the innovative art-damage of San Francisco?s Fab Mab in North Beach, to the still vibrant all-ages DIY ethos of Berkeley?s Gilman Street. Compiled by longtime Bay Area journalists Jack Boulware and Silke Tudor, Gimme Something Better chronicles more than two decades of punk music, progressive politics, social consciousness, and divine decadence, told by the people who made it happen. |
Contents
Giddyup Mutants Chapter 6 Holidays in the | |
You Are One of Our Lesser Audiences Chapter 8 Kick Out the Jams | |
Two Blocks Away | |
Ever Fallen in Love | |
Chapter 37You Put Your Chocolate in My Peanut Butter Chapter 38 Ripped from the Headlines | |
Rise Above | |
All I Know Is What I Dont Know | |
Unity Chapter 42 White Picket Fence | |
Up the Punks | |
Going to Pasalacqua | |
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables Chapter 10 No Ones Listening Chapter 11 Ha Ha | |
BeerDrinking Brothers from Different Mothers | |
Thank You Good Night Get | |
PART II | |
We Are the Kings Now Chapter 15 Better Living Through Chemistry Chapter 16 Grandma Rule | |
Blitzkrieg Bop Chapter 18 Gimme Something Better Chapter 19 Berkeley Heathen Scum Chapter 20 Dan with the Mello Hair | |
Goddamn Motherfucking Son of a Bitch Chapter 22 High Priests of Harmful Matter Chapter 23 Mommy Can I Go Out and Kill Tonight? | |
The Texas Invasion Chapter 25 Welcome to Paradise Chapter 26 Island of Misfit Toys | |
PART III | |
White Trash Two Heebs and a Bean Chapter 31A Chronology for Survival | |
Sleep Whats That? | |
Chapter 33Journey to the End of the East | |
10 Seconds of Anarchy | |
No Sleep Til Hammersmith | |
Runnin Riot | |
Outpunk | |
My Boyfriends a Pinhead | |
Shield Your Eyes | |
And Out Come the Wolves | |
Chapter 51I Wanna Get a Mohawk But My Mom Wont Let Me Get One | |
Im Not Your Stepping Stone | |
Longview | |
He Who Laughs Last | |
Rock n Roll High School | |
WHOS WHO SOURCE INDEX Acknowledgements ABOUT THE AUTHORS | |
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