punk rock musicians

When she suddenly gains access to the files for a lifetime of security-camera videos--her lifetime--Jane, who lives and goes to school in a Victorian mansion while her mother tours the country, discovers nothing is normal about her toxic family.

An electric, searing memoir by the original rebel girl and legendary front woman of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre. Hey girlfriend I got a proposition, goes something like this: Dare ya to do what you want. Kathleen Hanna's rallying cry to feminists echoed far and wide through the punk scene of the '90s and beyond. Her band Bikini Kill embodies this iconic time, and today her personal yet feminist lyrics on anthems like "Rebel Girl" and "Double Dare Ya" are more powerful than ever. But where did this transformative voice come from? In Rebel Girl, Hanna's raw and insightful new memoir, she takes us from her tumultuous childhood home to her formative college years in Olympia, Washington, and on to her first years on tour, fighting hard for gigs and for her band. As Hanna makes clear, being in a "girl band," especially a punk girl band, in those years was not a simple or safe prospect. Male violence and antagonism threatened at every turn, and surviving as a singer who was a lightning rod for controversy took limitless amounts of determination. But the relationships she developed during those years buoyed her-including with her bandmates, Tobi Vail, Kathi Wilcox, and Johanna Fateman; her friendships with Kurt Cobain and Ian MacKaye; and her introduction to Joan Jett- were all a testament to how the punk world could nurture and care for its own. Hanna opens up about falling in love with Ad-Rock of the Beastie Boys and her debilitating battle with Lyme disease, and she brings us behind the scenes of her musical growth in her bands Le Tigre and The Julie Ruin. She also writes candidly about the Riot Grrrl movement, documenting with love its grassroots origins but critiquing its later exclusivity. In an uncut voice all her own, Hanna reveals the hardest times along with the most joyful-and how it continues to fuel her revolutionary art and music.

A collection of interviews with British punk rock group the Clash conducted by various music writers, including Lester Bangs, Nick Kent, and Lenny Kaye.

Band members, fans, and others involved describe several aspects of the "American Hardcore" punk music scene during its peak, 1980-86. Also includes a discography.

"A group of punk rockers in Portland, Maine investigates the murders of two of their friends, while fending off a local incursion of neo-Nazis"--OCLC.

Chronicles the true story of identical twin brothers Rob and Rufus, natives of Appalachia with dreams of punk rock stardom, whose paths diverge radically when Rob is diagnosed with a rare cancer and finds himself in the fight of his life.

Rob Rufus, an identical twin, reflects on growing up with his brother in a punk band, and how his plans were cut short when he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer.

Punk?s not dead in rural West Virginia. In fact, it blares constantly from the basement of Rob and Nat Rufus?identical twin brothers with spiked hair, black leather jackets, and the most kick-ass record collection in Appalachia. To them, school (and pretty much everything else) sucks. But what can you expect when you?re the only punks in town?.

Traces the history of the rock band Green Day, discussing the members' difficult childhoods, influence from British punk bands, career successes and disappointments, influence on American music, and other related topics.