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Out Of The Basement by David Ensminger
Out Of The Basement by David Ensminger
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Out Of The Basement

From Cheap Trick to DIY Punk in Rockford, Illinois, 1973-2005
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Out of the Basement tells the story of underground music in post-industrial Rockford, Illinois. This is a bracing, candid, democratic and cutting edge portrayal of a rust belt city full of rebel kids making DIY music despite the odds. It combines oral history, brutally honest memoir, music history, and a sense of blunt poetics to capture the ethos of life in the 1970s-2000s, long before the Internet made punk accessible to small towners.

Author Biography:

David A. Ensminger is a college instructor and the author of four books covering both American roots music and punk rock history — Visual Vitriol: The Street Art and Subcultures of the Punk and Hardcore Generation (Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2011), Mojo Hand: The Life and Music of Lightnin' Hopkins (Univ. of Texas Press, 2013), Left of the Dial: Conversations with Punk Icons (PM Press, 2013), Mavericks of Sound: Conversations with the Artists Who Shaped Indie and Roots Music (Rowman and Littlefield, 2014), and The Politics of Punk (Rowman and Littlefield, Jan 2016). Both the Boston Globe and The Economist have highlighted his research; meanwhile, he writes for publications like Art in Print, the Journal of Popular Music Studies, Houston Press, Trust (Germany), Artcore (Britain), and Maximum Rock'n'Roll. He lives in Houston, TX.
Release date NZ
February 14th, 2017
Pages
96
Interest Age
From 14 years
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Illustrations
1 Illustrations, unspecified
Dimensions
142x178x10
ISBN-13
9781621067665
Product ID
25477104

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