Smash!: Green Day, The Offspring, Bad Religion, NOFX

The heirs of punk music, such as Green Day and The Offspring, broke commercial expectations in 1994 with their third albums. Smash! is the first book to detail the resurgence of punk in the 90s, legitimizing post-punk, new wave, and other genres.

\n Format: Hardback
\n Length: 320 pages
\n Publication date: 20 December 2018
\n Publisher: Hachette Books
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Two decades after the Sex Pistols and the Ramones introduced punk music to the world, their artistic heirs emerged and revolutionized the genre forever. While the punk originators remained underground favorites and struggled commercially, their successors shattered commercial expectations for the genre. In 1994, Green Day and The Offspring released their third albums, which had astounding results. Green Day's Dookie went on to sell over 15 million copies, solidifying their status as a mainstream rock band. The Offspring's Smash remains the all-time bestselling album released on an independent label. The times had changed, and so had the music. While many books, articles, and documentaries focus on the rise of punk in the 1970s, few dedicate substantial time to its resurgence in the 1990s. Smash! will be the first to explore this significant shift in 90s music culture, away from grunge and legitimizing what many first-generation punks consider post-punk, new wave, and anything but true punk music. With unparalleled access to all the key players of the time, including members of Green Day, The Offspring, NOFX, Rancid, Bad Religion, Social Distortion, and many others, renowned music writer Ian Winwood will finally give this remarkable, substantial, and compelling story its due.

Punk rock bands had never achieved true success or fame until it suddenly wasn't. Smash! is the story of how the underdogs finally triumphed and forever transformed the landscape of mainstream music.

\n Weight: 528g\n
Dimension: 233 x 171 x 28 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780306902741\n \n