Punk, emo, and hardcore for a Thursday morning -
Punk, emo, and hardcore for a Thursday morning
by Anna Weggel and Jill Riley
December 02, 2021
This week’s Rock & Roll Book Club selection is Sellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore by Dan Ozzi, which chronicles the era from Green Day’s Dookie to Against Me!’s New Wave.
Jay says, “For just over a decade, punk bands were able to cash in on major labels’ thirst for relevant rock. Major labels still exist, and they have new ways to flex their muscle in a streaming world, but there will never again in the foreseeable future be the before-and-after transformation experienced by the bands chronicled in Sellout.”
So for today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what punk, emo, and hardcore songs do you want to hear on this fine Thursday morning?
For inspiration, the bands covered in the book include but aren’t limited to Green Day, Jawbreaker, Jimmy Eat World, Blink-182, At the Drive-In, The Donnas, Thursday, The Distillers, My Chemical Romance, Rise Against, and Against Me!.
Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.
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