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Left of the Dial

2005; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 9; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1300/j116v09n04_03

1540-9503

Cassie Wagner, Elizabeth Stephan,

Music History and Culture

This essay is a brief history of American underground/independent music from 1980 to 2000. The authors examine 21 of what they believe are the best and most influential bands of the period and provide an annotated list of representative recordings. These artists provide the inspiration and sonic blueprint for much of today's cutting-edge music. Even so, their recordings are often absent from library collections and many librarians and patrons are unfamiliar with them. The groups discussed are Bad Brains, Beat Happening, Big Black, Bikini Kill, Black Flag, Camper Van Beethoven, Dead Kennedys, Fugazi, Galaxie 500, Hüsker Dü, Melvins, Minor Threat, Minutemen, Mission of Burma, Pixies, R.E.M., the Replacements, Sleater-Kinney, Sonic Youth, Throwing Muses, and Uncle Tupelo.