A batida tribal, o baixo ameaçador, a guitarra fantasmagórica e finalmente a voz sarcástica que anuncia "I am Governor Jerry Brown". Era um verdadeiro chamado para a batalha: um botão de alerta que, quando acionado, invertia os papéis da sociedade. Garotos populares para trás, desajustados para frente! Doce – e barulhenta – vingança dos rejeitados, tímidos, feios, nerds, punks, skatistas, enfim, de todos aqueles considerados "diferentes".Esse épico começo de "California Über Alles"...

The Def Jam label gave America hip hop. But who gave America Def Jam? Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin did.The Men Behind Def Jam examines the most unlikely history of the legendary label that started life in a student dorm and went on to introduce the world to LL Cool J, the Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, DMX and Jay-Z. Hustler-incarnate Russell Simmons and ex-punk Rick Rubin, the odd couple, fought and triumphed against all...

Drawing on more than 160 interviews with many of the most significant figures of the era, 'Independence Days' documents the UK independent record label boom from the late 1970s onwards. While many leading punk bands were co-opted by major labels, a new generation of independent spirits took the baton and revolutionised the course of popular music during a decade of artistic innovation and risk-taking… Even by the standards of Alex Ogg's previous work (The Hip Hop Years, No More Heroes), th...

In 1976 music changed forever with the arrival of a self-empowering alternative to the bloated, sterile rock music of the day. From Cardiff to Caithness, from Portrush to Plymouth, bands promoted their own gigs, designed their own artwork and organised their own pressing and distribution. This exhaustive book, based on over 200 interviews with the participants, chronicles not only the good and the great, the icons of the punk movement, but celebrates some of the fantastic lost bands and mu...

An introduction to the history of British hip-hop as it finally escapes its reputation as the poor cousin of the American variant with a succession of hugely successful releases by the new stars of 'grime'. Alex Ogg, a notable author in this field having previously written The Hip Hop Years (and been a consultant on the accompanying BAFTA nominated documentary strand), The Men Behind Def Jam and Rap Lyrics: From The Sugarhill Gang to Eminem, is a long-term commentator on the global breakou...

Dead Kennedys réunissait parfaitement les critiques de la presse et les votes des fans le consacrant plus grand groupe punk de sa génération. Leur premier album, Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables, est régulièrement cité parmi les disques essentiels du genre. Fresh Fruit proposait un mélange parfait d'humour et de polémiques attachés à un châssis musical aussi irritant et inventif que les diatribes cinglantes de Biafra. Ces paroles, cruelles dans leur précision, étaient une révélation. Mais ç...

The Def Jam label gave America hip hop. But who gave America Def Jam? Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin did.The Men Behind Def Jam examines the most unlikely history of the legendary label that started life in a student dorm and went on to introduce the world to LL Cool J, the Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, DMX and Jay-Z. Hustler-incarnate Russell Simmons and ex-punk Rick Rubin, the odd couple, fought and triumphed against all...

Dead Kennedys routinely top both critic and fan polls as the greatest punk band of their generation. Their debut full-length, Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables, in particular, is regularly voted among the top albums in the genre. Fresh Fruit offered a perfect hybrid of humor and polemic strapped to a musical chassis that was as tetchy and inventive as Jello Biafra’s withering broadsides. Those lyrics, cruel in their precision, were revelatory. But it wouldn’t have worked...