American Hardcore Book Report

The book I read this week is called American Hardcore. The book is about punk movement in the early eighties. The book was about three hundred and fifty pages long. The book was really interesting because it didn’t glorify the movement it just told the about the movement the way it was. The book contained information form a third person view. It also contained information for people who lived during the movement. The book went into detail about the bands in the era and how they did during the time. It also went into detail about what destroyed the scene and its major bands. The interesting about reading the book was about what destroyed the scene. For example a big one was that when bands started learning how to play they no longer wanted to play the hardcore instead they wanted to play metal. Another big factor in the destruction of the scene was drugs. Drugs is what caused a lot bands to break up due the fact that many band members would OD. After reading the book I learned about different bands that I hadn’t herd of that were key players in the scene. I recommend anybody who listens to or is a fan of punk pick up this book and give it a read. American Hardcore gives a great detail and unbiased opinion on the scene.