“Gimme Something Better” has it all: dead dogs, statutory rape, skinhead fights, the origins of the term “emo,” promoters accidentally taking acid in jail, M-80s, soup lines, people falling through skylights, people getting torched with flamethrowers, teenagers on meth squatting in empty beer vats, exhumed bodies, laundromats, Ford Pintos, murderers and millionaires…There are also some parts about bands.“
The Profound, Progressive, and Occasionally Pointless History of Bay Area Punk From Dead Kennedys to Green Day
