![]() (A quick pause to recommend Michael Azerrad’s essential book Our Band Could Be Your Life if you’d like to learn more about these scenes.) But the dream - yes, the punk rock dream - was autonomy. For the first time, bands like these were finding nationwide renown without a major label attached. American independent music was at its height, disadvantaged, compared to its British counterpart, by the sheer size of the country. ![]() I’m watching this Minutemen concert video from 1985 (“And when reality appears digital,” Mike Watt soothsays at 18:57) and thinking about the punk rock dream.
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