John Sellers was powerless to resist the call of indie rock -- once he finally heard it. In this hilarious and revealing memoir, Sellers meticulously charts his transformation from a teenage headbanger rebelling against his Dylan-obsessed father to a thirtysomething fixated on the obscure Ohio band Guided By Voices. Along the way, he commemorates the deaths of Ian Curtis and Kurt Cobain, makes a pilgrimage inspired by the Smiths, and riffs on Pavement and the other raucous bands that have ruled college radio since the 1980s. Packed with compulsively constructed lists, ridiculous formulas, and embarrassing confessions, this is a book for anybody who thinks that corporate rock still sucks.
- ISBN10 0743277090
- ISBN13 9780743277099
- Publish Date 1 March 2008
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Imprint Scribner
- Format Paperback (UK Trade)
- Pages 224
- Language English