Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Abbreviations and Acronyms Introduction You Are Not What You Own Anti-Capitalism Punk: A Provisional Definition A Desiring Punk/Punk Desire 1. Let's Make a Scene The New York Scene The English Scene California Hardcore Scene Washington, D.C. Hardcore Scene (First Wave Straight Edge) New York Hardcore Scene (Second Wave Straight Edge) Riot Grrrl Scene The Berkeley/Lookout! Pop-Punk Scene Conclusions 2. Punk Aesthetics and the Poverty of the Commodity Punk Versus the Commodity Crass Commodities A Profane Existence Aesthetic Profanity Economic Profanity CrimethInc. From Crass to Profane Existence to CrimethInc. and Beyond 3. Punk Economics and the Shame of Exchangeability The Punk Commodity The Two Poles of the Commodity Collecting Punk/Punk Collecting Viva la Vinyl Displaced Labor The Good Side of the Commodity 4. Market Failure: Punk Economics, Early and Late Early Punk Economics Late Punk Economics Dischord Records and Fugazi Lookout! Records The Failure/Success of Dischord, Fugazi, and Lookout! 5. Screening Punk Punk Cinema? The Punk Marquee: What's Showing? At the Bijoux: Rude Boy In the Mall Cineplex: Fight Club Denouement Epilogue: Beyond Punk Punk's Not Dead Notes References Index

About the Author

Stacy Thompson is Assistant Professor of Critical Theory and Cinema Studies at the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire.

Reviews

"This is a lucidly written, unrivalled account of underground/hardcore punk. Its research into the history of punk rock is admirably thorough and always penetrating. Stacy Thompson's knowledge of every stage of punk's history is remarkable; I know of no one else who possesses similar breadth."