Full name: Hardcore California: A History of Punk and New Wave

Author: Peter Belsito Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Music Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780867193145 086719314X

Generally acknowledged as the best study both written and photographed of the California hardcore scene. Album cover graphics in color hundreds of photos of band and good text. Over 600 bands mentioned. Similar books: Banned in DC by Cynthia Connolly Metallica: Back to the Front by Matt Taylor The Jazz Standards by Ted Gioia The Gold Bug Variations by Richard Powers The Loser by Thomas Bernhard On Playing the Flute by Johann Joachim Quantz Puccini Without Excuses by William Berger Young People's Concerts by Leonard Bernstein The Billboard Book of Number One Hits by Fred Bronson The Joy of Music by Leonard Bernstein Verdi With a Vengeance by William Berger Notations by John Cage Musicking by Christopher Small Meeting Jimmie Rodgers by Barry Mazor Audio Engineering 101 by Tim Dittmar Rocking the Classics by Edward Macan The Mastery of Music by Barry Green The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music Theory by Michael Miller Miles Beyond by Paul Tingen Hearing and Writing Music by Ron Gorow