Dance of Days

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Examines the history of the Washington D.C punk rock music scene that led to the rise of such bands as Positive Force, Riot Grrrl, Fugazi, and Bikini Kill. Best Read [ Dance of Days ] By [ Mark Andersen ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Despite giving a comprehensive account of the mid to late 70s DC music scene, this book is as can be expectedor less dominated by the plight of Ian Mackaye and Dischord Records No huge surprise, given the title of the book Or the photographs of two Mackaye bands on the front and back cover out of four pictures total Nevertheless, the man is my hero so i loved reading this Lots of great coverage on other well known and lesser known DC or DC related bands, including the interesting tr Despite giving a comprehensive account of the mid to late 70s DC music scene, this book is as can be expectedor less dominated by the plight of Ian Mackaye and Dischord ...There have been many other books that have either been written specifically about the Washington D.C punk hardcore scene Banned in D.C or that have touched on it significantly in the course of a wider discussion American Hardcore , Our Band Could Be Your Life , but no others provide as much detail and depth as Dance of Days From the earliest beginnings of punk rock in the D.C area through modern times, this book, written by long time scene insider Mark Andersen, has everything It There have been many other books that have either been written specifically about the Washington D.C punk hardcore scene Banned in D.C or that have touched on it significantly in the course of a wider discussion American Hardcore , Our Band Could Be Your Life , but no others provide as much detail and depth as Dance of Days From the earliest beginnings of punk rock in the D.C area through modern times, this book, written by long time scene insider Mark Andersen, has everything It manages to be thorough and easy to read a hard balance to pull off , althoughcasual fans could skip the very first and very last chapters and get right to the good stuff the 80 s and 90 s When this book was new, I remember many reviewers scenesters complaining that the author cl...Shoots into the Atmosphere of Obscurity Mid 70 s Era of DC, Late 70 s Era with a Cracked out HR, then into the Sprungnation of Flex Your head and all the greatness surrounding this, then into the Revolutionary summer, Late 80 s of one Rollins Band, Hoppin...Mark Andersen interviewed me for this book, along w pretty much everyone else on the scene at the time Mark worked very hard and spent years putting this book together, and it s dense with detail about what people were thinking, doing, arguing, in the process of forming bands, record labels, etc I read this immediately after it was published, and my reaction was that it was too respectful and I say this from the point of view of someone who knew and liked in some cases, loves the people an Mark Andersen interviewed me for this book, along w pretty much everyone else on the scene at the time Mark worked very hard and spent years putting this book together, and it s dense with detail about what people were thinking, do...Don t make the mistake of thinking that this is some encyclopedia of DC punk It s not It s the story of a specific group of connections with its center being Mark Andersen mostly as an avid observer, but often as a political ally Any...Great book on DC hardcore scene Loved the DC music scene, though I wasn t old enough to experience the glory days of it It of course was cool that I knew and hung out with a few of the people in it Did learn some stuff I didn t know, like the fact Joy Division was supposed to inaugurate ...an excellent book that tells how the hardcore punk scene started and thrived for twenty years in Washington, DC Bands such as Rites of Spring, Teen Idles, Minor Threat, Fugazi, Dg Nasty, Government Issue, Bad Brains stories are told by the members themselves and people who wer...I thought it was a good read, but I can see how people who are a not into punk rock or b aren t from DC could get a bit bored with it all The best parts are in the middle, when Minor Threat is really in their prime, through the start of emo and then to Fugazi The start is a bit slow.Eu ganhei esse livro de anivers rio e no come o achei que ele seria meio ma ante, por se tratar do punk em uma comunidade espec fica, abordando bandas que em sua maioria n o me interessam muito musicalmente Eu j conhecia e gosto de Fugazi, Minor Threat, Embrace todas do Ian Mckaye , Bad Brains, Rollins BandAcontece que esse livro, apesar de espica ar minuciosamente o movimento em DC o autor fazia parte da Positive Force, uma comunidade em torno da ideologia punk coloca o punk como fen m Eu ganhei esse livro de anivers rio e no come o achei que ele seria meio ma ante, por se tratar do punk em uma comunidade espec fica, abordando bandas que em sua maioria n o me interessam muito musicalmente Eu j conhecia e gosto de Fugazi, Minor Threat, Embrace todas do Ian Mckaye , Bad Brains, Rollins BandAcontece que esse livro, apesar de espica ar minuciosamente o movimento em DC o autor fazia parte da Positive Force, uma comunidade em torno da ideologia punk coloca o punk como fen meno particular que se expande para se torn...Eventually it devolves into a history of Fugazi Which is fine and to a degree understandable, but I imagine other bands in the DC scene weren t too happy about it.

Dance of Days
  • English
  • 15 May 2018
  • Paperback
  • 437 pages
  • 1888451440
  • Mark Andersen
  • Dance of Days