Gimme Something Better: The Profound, Progressive, and Occasionally Pointless History of Bay Area Punk from Dead Kennedys to Green Day heavy metal who has written for The

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With his relationship with his bandmates deteriorating and his marriage collapsing

Interspersed with personal reflections from years of working in the music business

Gimme Something Better: The Profound, Progressive, and Occasionally Pointless History of Bay Area Punk from Dead Kennedys to Green Day heavy metal who has written for TheAuthors: Jack Boulewares & Silke Tudor " [An] endlessly fascinating and frankly addictive masterpiece of safety pin journalism." Austin Chronicle An oral history of the modern punk revival's West Coast Birthplace Outside of New York and London, California? s Bay Area claims the oldest continuous punk rock scene in the world. Gimme Something Better brings this outrageous and influential punk scene to life, from the notorious final performance of the