When is someone going to properly chronicle this period, I often wondered. The period of punk I lived through, from the mid-90s through the 2000s, has gone largely undocumented in any substantial way, at least in book form. But as influential as these bands were, they were largely finished by the time I was born. Don't get me wrong, all of these bands are important to me. Maybe, at a good store, I’ll find some that cover underground 80s heroes like Black Flag and Minor Threat. They document the genre’s birth in the 70s-The Clash, The Ramones, The Sex Pistols. And whenever I do see histories that tackle punk, they usually focus on one thing. Lots of Dylan, lots of Beatles, lots of Nirvana. Every time I find myself at a bookstore staring at the shelves of books about rock music, I am struck by how homogenous everything looks.
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