supremely snobbish and annoying dissection of the punk music scene,
The author suffers from a overdose of elitism and her view of music comes across as childishly exclusionary, It boils down to this: it is cool if only she and her friends know about it, I remember feeling the same way about punk rock, . . when I was. And then I grew up, A complex view of punk as concept in the lates, through many lenses, By treating so many different pieces of the puzzle commercialization, idealization, generational change, subcategorization, the author approaches not an easy thesis but what seems like a pretty accurate snapshot of that era and subculture.
Too much of a rant amp rather pointless, Finally reading this book after owning it foryears, Im left wondering if Gina Arnold finally got to suck Green Days dick that she so desperately craves, In aboutyears time I'm going to explain to my kid that 'selling out' was a huge deal in thes and he's going to look at me while the world burns around him and wonder what kind of magical time this was when this could possibly seem important.
Looks at recent developments in punk rock music, and argues that much of it has been commercialized, undermining its original philosophy of rebellion and alienation.
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