The release date for the English version of 'Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991' by
Michael Azerrad is Jul 2002. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
This is the never-before-told tale of the musical revolution that took place right under the nose of the Reagan administration in the 1980s, a movement that was greatly influential, deeply personal, frequently brilliant, always challenging, and created by a small but mighty network of bands, labels, fanzines, radio stations, and other subversives. This movement reenergized American rock with the DIY spirit of punk rock. This comprehensive history of drugs, politics, music, terror, hatred, and religion has been acknowledged as a stand-alone indie rock masterpiece.
The following bands are included in the profile: Black Flag, Big Black, Hüsker Dü, Fugazi, Minor Threat, Mudhoney, The Replacements, Beat Happening, Mission of Burma, Butthole Surfers, The Minutemen, Sonic Youth, and Dinosaur Jr.