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emmaprew's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.5
I can’t remember the last time I read a non-fiction book that I enjoyed this much. I clearly need to read more books about the music scene that I love – even if I don’t necessarily know every band/album. Very interesting throughout.
veganheathen's review
5.0
This book was so much more than I expected. It's so well researched. Ozzi did an excellent job of telling the story of each band's beginnings up to what happened after signing with a major label. I learned so much more about bands that I love and discovered a couple new ones. I made it a point to listen to the albums mentioned for each band after reading that particular chapter, which was a fun extra of my own.
mollief's review
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
Might be giving it bonus points for nostalgia, but it’s a solid 4.
wandering_seal's review
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
I've wanted to read this for a while - this book is essentially the sound of being a teenager to me - and while it was definitely interesting and well researched, on the whole it just felt a bit flat to me. I think maybe it was too long, and by the end I'd passed my ability to listen to the same trajectories told over and over again with small variations? It certainly showed up some of my own teenage biases as I periodically thought "what, they're not punk", or my instinctive cringe at the chapter on my chemical romance (my brain went ewww which I think on reflection was totally invalid and uncalled for). I'm not sure the "selling out" arc worked all that well across the story once you got past Green Day and Jawbreaker - the real story seemed to be the rise of downloading, which is a moment in music history I've not really thought that much about since it happened and I'd certainly be interested in reading more about.
All in all interesting but a bit underwhelming.
All in all interesting but a bit underwhelming.