It spans almost the exact timeframe of my teenage years, from when I first heard Green Day in the 6th grade, to when I first started a band after a conversation at an Against Me! show. The book tells the story of 11 bands, from Green Day through Against Me!, who signed to major labels and thus had to reckon with the concept of selling out. This is the first quote that hit too close to home when I read Dan Ozzi’s new book Sellout: The Major Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore (1994–2007). Either you pretended you didn't have any ambitions, or you had them but you wouldn't admit it." –Chris Appelgren of Lookout! Records Unfortunately, there was still this notion that being ambitious was radioactive.
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