This sweeping chronicle of music, politics, drugs, fear, loathing, and faith has been recognized as an indie rock classic in its own right. Among the bands profiled: Mission of Burma, Butthole Surfers, The Minutemen, Sonic Youth, Black Flag, Big Black, Hüsker Dü, Fugazi, Minor Threat, Mudhoney, The Replacements, Beat Happening, and Dinosaur Jr.
^Our Band Could Be Your Life : Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991 by Michael Azerrad (2002, Paperback, Reprint)ISBN 9780316787536 (revised May 2018)