CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Introduction. Nobody Here but Us Wounded Chickens 1
4. The Cavity. The Cavity Creeps 17
5. Emo’s. Johnny Cash Sat Here 39
6. Radio. None of the Hits, All of the Time 63
7. Hole in the Wall. Cheap Music, Fast Drinks, Live Women 81
8. Blue Flamingo. Those Horses Do Bite! 103
9. Chances. We’ll Just Rock for Ourselves 125
10. Sweatbox Studios. Sweatbox Is Burning (or, Honk If Dick Cheney Shot Your Landlord in the Face) 145
11. TV and Video. Raw Meat in the Studio 159
12. Zines, Flyers, and the Press. Putting the Word in the Streets 177
13. Sound Exchange. Bitter People with No Future Selling Music 197
14. Record Labels. Bitter People with No Future Starting Labels 213
15. Trance Syndicate. Love and Napalm 231
16. Electric Lounge. My Childhood Hero Is Getting Pelted by Roses 253
17. Liberty Lunch. By the ’90s, We Were Rocking 269
18. The End. It Doesn’t Go On Forever 287
19. Acknowledgments 300
20. Cast of Characters 301
21. Chronology 312
22. 100 Essential Underground Releases of the 1990s (in Chronological Order) 322
23. A Curious Mix of the Departed: In Memoriam 327
24. Notes 330
25. Index 336