| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xv, 480 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Part 1: Close to home 1999-2000. Jersey basements & the Manhattan skyline -- The first fancy tour bus to pull up at the Manville Elks Lodge -- Long Island & the last silent majority show -- "If Pete wasn't playing for us, he was moshing for us" -- All the way down I-95 -- And out to the great wide open -- Part 2: Will you tell all your friends ... 2001-2002. Napster, the music biz & the biggest band to come out of Mesa, Arizona -- New Jersey, 2001 -- "At the time, they were Geoff from Thursday's weird friends" -- The Long Island lyric pool -- "If half the people hate you, the other half are going to defend you to the death" -- "It wasn't like we thought we were going places, because there was nowhere to go in Utah" -- "Better get a little glossier, or you're gonna fall behind the crowd" -- "It didn't matter that 99% of mainstream America didn't know who he was" -- Part 3: The match you strike to incinerate 2003-2004. Private jets & magazine covers -- "I remember playing Hollister. It was a riot at the mall, basically" -- "If you don't sign this band, you're gonna regret it for the rest of your life" -- "Love in the face of the apocalypse" -- New friend request -- Part 4: "The pinnacle of hype," 2005. Taste of chaos, 2005 -- Going down swinging -- The eye of the storm -- "Panic! at the Disco was like pouring gasoline on the fire" -- Never sleep again -- Part 5: It's an arms race, 2006-2008. "Bigger than emo" -- "Emo people are just like us" -- "As much mischief as we could" -- Bridge & tunnel -- The black parade -- In defense of the genre -- "It was a reckoning to have this young woman overtake the scene" -- Takeover -- The band in a bubble -- "They took the exclamation point off their name" -- "When your fans start dressing like you, you gotta find the next thing" -- "Total, complete transformation" -- Part 6: Epilogue. We'll carry on. |
| Summary |
"Told through interview with more than 150 people, including bands, producers, managers and fans, a music journalist offers an authoritative, impassioned and occasionally absurd account of the turn-of-the-millennium emo subculture that took over the American music scene from 1999 to 2008"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Emo (Music) -- United States -- History and criticism.
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Rock music -- United States -- History and criticism.
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Rock musicians -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews.
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| ISBN |
9780063251281 (hardcover) |
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0063251280 (hardcover) |
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