Collections of anecdotes about bands, no matter how obscure they were, aren't as exciting to find anymore thanks to there being a zillion websites about everything, but
Our Band Could Be Your Life was a big deal when it came out ten years ago
(as Gina Arnold's Route 666 was a few years before.) To celebrate it's 10 anniversary, there will be
a concert at the Bowery Ballroom on May 22:
In celebration of the tenth anniversary of Azerrad's classic history of the '80s indie underground, Our Band Could Be Your Life, some of the best bands in contemporary indie music will play songs by each of the 13 bands in the book.
Nat Baldwin, David Longstreth and Brian McOmber play Black Flag
Delicate Steve plays the Minutemen
Ted Leo plays Minor Threat
Titus Andronicus plays the Replacements
Tune-Yards plays Sonic Youth
Dan Deacon plays the Butthole Surfers
St. Vincent plays Big Black
Wye Oak plays Dinosaur Jr
Buke & Gass plays Fugazi
More bands t.b.a.
Bonus: Xmastime buddy
(and guitar player for a certain lovable, scrappy, outrageously rocking band whose cane comes from a song of one of the bands in the book) Chris Standish did the artwork for the cover! :)
2 comments:
What - Titus doing the Mats? That is truly awesome. I guess I will see this legendary show when it hits the Canal Club RVA, right?
Um, some of the original bands are still around in some shape or form. That would've been way more impressive, no?
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