Underground: The Subterranean Culture of DIY Punk Shows

Underground is all about the history and future of DIY punk touring in the USA. Daniel Makagon explores the culture of DIY spaces like house shows and community-based music spaces, their impact on underground communities and economies, and why these networks matter. He shows that no matter who you are, organizing, playing, and/or attending a DIY punk show is an opportunity to become a real part of a meaningful movement and to create long-lasting alternatives to the top-down economic and artistic practices of the mainstream music industry. Punk kids playing an illegal show too loudly in someone's basement might not save the world, but they might just be showing us the way to building something better.


Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Microcosm Publishing
Published: 08/12/2015
ISBN: 9781621065180
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.70d