Research Catalog

Title

Nothing feels good : punk rock, teenagers, and emo / Andy Greenwald.

Author

Greenwald, Andy

Publication

New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2003.

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Details

Description

xii, 321 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

While pundits bemoan the death of the music industry and decry teenagers for their morals, earnest, heartfelt bands like Dashboard Confessional, Jimmy Eat World, and Thursday are quietly selling hundreds of thousands of albums through dedication, relentless touring and respect for their fans. This relationship--between young people and the empathetic music that sets them off down a road of self-discovery and self-definition--is emo, a much-maligned, misunderstood term that has existed for nearly two decades, but has flourished only recently. Here, Andy Greenwald makes the case for emo as more than a genre--it's an essential rite of teenagehood. From the '80s to the '00s, from the basement to the stadium, and from the diary to the computer screen, he narrates the story of emo from the inside out and explores the way this movement is taking shape in real time and with real hearts on the line.--From publisher description.

Subject

• Punk rock music > History and criticism
• Music and teenagers
• Emo (Music) > History and criticism

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Note

• Includes index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Washington, D.C. -- Kissing bottles and talking to angels -- Irony is for suckers : the mid-nineties -- The curious case of Weezer -- Who are the emo kids? -- Through being cool : Vagrant Records -- The middle : on tour with Jimmy Eat WOrld -- Selling emo cool : three labels -- Sad girl stories : women and emo -- From the basement to the stadium -- Driving on Long Island -- This old wound -- Am I missing? -- Nowhere to go : go nowhere -- Make yourself.

ISBN

0312308639

LCCN

^^2003058543

OCLC

• 52819641
• SCSB-11093957

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library