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Trans (Tranny): Confesiones de una punk anarquista y vendida (Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamo
Desde sus comienzos en 1997, Against Me! no solo ha sido una de las bandas de punk más influyentes del mundo, sino también una de las más polémicas. A lo largo de su carrera hacia el éxito, ha ido conquistando nuevos fans a la vez que ha levantado ampollas entre la vieja guardia que los apoyó desde el principio. Tuvieron problemas con la ley, cambiaron de batería en repetidas ocasiones y se enfrentaron a una furiosa horda de punks que los llamaban «vendidos» y se dedicaban a sabotear sus conciertos. Pero, más allá de todo esto, algo mucho más importante turbaba a Tom Gabel, el fundador del grupo; un secreto que durante treinta años solo reveló en las páginas de su diario e insinuó en algunas de las letras de sus canciones. Tras una infancia difícil y una adolescencia delictiva y marcada por el consumo de drogas, Gabel siguió luchando por encontrar su propia identidad, hasta que en mayo de 2012 la desveló a todos en una entrevista para la Rolling Stone: Gabel declaró ser transgénero, y desde ese día vive como mujer bajo el nombre de Laura Jane Grace. Trans es la historia íntima de la enigmática fundadora de Against Me!, que entremezcla el recorrido musical de la banda con el personal de Grace, e incluye numerosas entradas del diario que la cantante cultivó y conservó durante años. Más que una autobiografía musical llena de sexo, drogas y rock and roll ?que, por otro lado, tampoco faltan?, Trans aborda uno de los episodios más extraordinarios de la historia del rock.
Dan Ozzi, Laura Jane Grace (Author), Tefy Ortiz (Narrator)
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Sellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore (1994–2007)
NATIONAL BESTSELLER AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR "Ozzi's reporting is strong, balanced and well told...a worthy successor to its obvious inspiration, Michael Azerrad's 2001 examination of the '80s indie underground, 'Our Band Could Be Your Life.'"--New York Times Book Review A raucous history of punk, emo, and hardcore's growing pains during the commercial boom of the early 90s and mid-aughts, following eleven bands as they "sell out" and find mainstream fame, or break beneath the weight of it all Punk rock found itself at a crossroads in the mid-90's. After indie favorite Nirvana catapulted into the mainstream with its unexpected phenomenon, Nevermind, rebellion was suddenly en vogue. Looking to replicate the band's success, major record labels set their sights on the underground, and began courting punk's rising stars. But the DIY punk scene, which had long prided itself on its trademark authenticity and anti-establishment ethos, wasn't quite ready to let their homegrown acts go without a fight. The result was a schism: those who accepted the cash flow of the majors, and those who defiantly clung to their indie cred. In Sellout, seasoned music writer Dan Ozzi chronicles this embattled era in punk. Focusing on eleven prominent bands who made the jump from indie to major, Sellout charts the twists and turns of the last "gold rush" of the music industry, where some groups "sold out" and rose to surprise super stardom, while others buckled under mounting pressures. Sellout is both a gripping history of the music industry's evolution, and a punk rock lover's guide to the chaotic darlings of the post-grunge era, featuring original interviews and personal stories from members of modern punk's most (in)famous bands: - Green Day - Jawbreaker - Jimmy Eat World - Blink-182 - At the Drive-In - The Donnas - Thursday - The Distillers - My Chemical Romance - Rise Against - Against Me!
Dan Ozzi (Author), Chris Abell (Narrator)
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Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout
ONE OF BILLBOARD'S "100 GREATEST MUSIC BOOKS OF ALL TIME" The provocative transgender advocate and lead singer of the punk rock band Against Me! provides a searing account of her search for identity and her true self. It began in a bedroom in Naples, Florida, when a misbehaving punk teenager named Tom Gabel, armed with nothing but an acoustic guitar and a headful of anarchist politics, landed on a riff. Gabel formed Against Me! and rocketed the band from its scrappy beginnings-banging on a drum kit made of pickle buckets-to a major-label powerhouse that critics have called this generation's The Clash. Since its inception in 1997, Against Me! has been one of punk's most influential modern bands, but also one of its most divisive. With every notch the four-piece climbed in their career, they gained new fans while infuriating their old ones. They suffered legal woes, a revolving door of drummers, and a horde of angry, militant punks who called them "sellouts" and tried to sabotage their shows at every turn. But underneath the public turmoil, something much greater occupied Gabel-a secret kept for 30 years, only acknowledged in the scrawled-out pages of personal journals and hidden in lyrics. Through a troubled childhood, delinquency, and struggles with drugs, Gabel was on a punishing search for identity. Not until May of 2012 did a Rolling Stone profile finally reveal it: Gabel is a transsexual, and would from then on be living as a woman under the name Laura Jane Grace. Tranny is the intimate story of Against Me!'s enigmatic founder, weaving the narrative of the band's history, as well as Grace's, with dozens of never-before-seen entries from the piles of journals Grace kept. More than a typical music memoir about sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll-although it certainly has plenty of that-Tranny is an inside look at one of the most remarkable stories in the history of rock. **Please Contact Customer Service for Additional Documents**
Dan Ozzi, Laura Jane Grace (Author), Laura Jane Grace (Narrator)
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