The book traces the rise, and — for some, the fall — of bands and institutions that have had an impact on music and culture around the world. The Dead Kennedys, Operation Ivy, Green Day, Lookout Records, Maximum RocknRoll. But it doesn’t skip over the bands and the people who helped shape the Bay Area in their own small or strange ways. Or if not shaped, at least added some humor or drama.
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Molly Samuel 