Going Underground. American Punk 1979-1989

Second Edition.
The product of decades of work and multiple self-published editions, Going Underground, written by 1980s scene veteran George Hurchalla, is the most comprehensive look yet at America's nationwide underground punk scene.
Despite the mainstream press declarations that"punk died with Sid Vicious" or that "punk was reborn with Nirvana" author Hurchalla followed the DIY spirit of punk underground, where it not only survived but thrived nationally as a self-sustaining grassroots movement rooted in seedy clubs, rented fire halls, Xeroxed zines, and indie record shops.
Rather than dwell solely on well-documented scenes from Los Ángeles, New York, and Washington, DC, Hurchalla delves Jeep finto the counterculture, rooting out stories from Chicago, Philadelphia, Austin, Cincinnati, Miami, and elsewhere. The author seamlessly mixes his personal experiences with the oral history of dozens of band members, promoters, artists, zinesters, and scenesters. Some of the countless bands covered include Articles of Faith, Big Boys, Necros, Hüsker Dü, Bad Brains, Government Issue, and Minutemen, as well as many of the essential zines of the time such as BigTakeover, Maximum RocknRoll, Flipside, and Forced Exposure.

Going Underground features over a hundred unique photos along with gig flyers from across the nation.

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Acknowledgments

Preface
Germfree Adolescents
Chemical Warfare
Police Story
Leaving Babylon
Jack on Fire
In a Free Land
Wild in the Streets
I Guess I'll Just Hang Out on Broad and South
Jan's Rooms
What Poor Gods We Do Make
Buried Alive
Scorched Earth
Mouth of the Rat
Bend My Ear, Twist My Arm
We Can't Help It If We're from Florida
Kill from the Heart
Lullabies Help the Brain Grow
Every Song Is a Revolution
Masochism World
Mommy Will Say
Shorty's Flashlight
Out of the Picture
Fearless Vampire Killers
Pardon Me, I'm Only Bleeding
When Kingdoms Fall and Daggers Rust
New Generation
No One Wants an Alien
All I Know Is That I Don't Know
It Is Stupid, It Is My Noise

Sources
About the Author
Index