So the boss is afraid to say the name also...
This is the most boring book EVERRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He only really writes about a few bands. The Legends, the Mustard Men, and then later bands Finch, Electric Assholes, and then he jumps to the 80s, Violent Femmes and 2 or 3 other 80s punky bands that he doesn't even say if they recorded or not. What's totally bizarre is that he writes a whole book and doesn't really discuss their music, I think he mentions the Legends Charlena but he never mentions the Mustard Men record and never mentions if the Electric Assholes recorded, nor the later bands. How do you write a book on MILWAUKEE GARAGE BANDS and only write about 2 or 3 60's bands and 3 or 4 70's 80's 90's bands. Another weird thing is he jumps back and forth from the 60's to the 90's with ease, like they are somehow the same era. There are a few cool pics in the book and just a few paragraphs with some useful tidbits. The thing that really stopped me in my tracks half way through the book was his use of the term GARAGE BANDS. I am not kidding, he uses it 100s of times in this book. Almost every paragraph contains the words GARAGE BAND/BANDS. I think he uses the words Garage & Band/Bands more than the words AND & THE!!! It is sickening. How do you write a whole book on Milwaukee and not even go into the bands recordings??? He mostly pontificates on why the bands (whoops...garage bands) chose to practice in the basement vs. the garage or vise versa. I really wanted to dig this book. I was born and raised in Milwaukee and there are some great rekkids from that area. Anyway to my buddy Axel, if you wanna reach a opinion based on one or 2 sample pages you would be fooling yourself. If each one of you each take a different page out of this book and read it you might think that this book is going to be pretty good. But if you put those pages together, I guarantee you won't make it half way through, although there is a few of you so starved for anything 60s who might force themselves to like it. I will be sending this book to the Boss. Hopefully he'll read a bit and sent it to the next guy. And on and on. I've only ever not finished reading a book a few times in my life. I'm sorry to out this crap but it had to be done. Mark, give us your take after you receive it.
For those of you who like the term Teen Beat over Garage and want to see this music referred as Teen Beat from now on, just send this book to everyone you know and within one month I guarantee that no one will ever use the term GARAGE BAND again! Milwaukee deserved better.
Boring, pretentious, monotonous, repetitive are just a few words that come to mind.
A lot of good nonfiction is basically like a university thesis. It doesn't have to be boring just because it's structured like a thesis. Apart from research and theoretical reflection it's a matter of writing skills. But without the theoretical background nonfiction often turns into a mere hodgepodge.
This book is a lodge of hodgepodge!!!!!!!
Thanks for the explanation. You're making a point here. Sounds like a rather sloppy affair.This is the most boring book EVERRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He only really writes about a few bands. The Legends, the Mustard Men, and then later bands Finch, Electric Assholes, and then he jumps to the 80s, Violent Femmes and 2 or 3 other 80s punky bands that he doesn't even say if they recorded or not. What's totally bizarre is that he writes a whole book and doesn't really discuss their music, I think he mentions the Legends Charlena but he never mentions the Mustard Men record and never mentions if the Electric Assholes recorded, nor the later bands. How do you write a book on MILWAUKEE GARAGE BANDS and only write about 2 or 3 60's bands and 3 or 4 70's 80's 90's bands. Another weird thing is he jumps back and forth from the 60's to the 90's with ease, like they are somehow the same era. There are a few cool pics in the book and just a few paragraphs with some useful tidbits. The thing that really stopped me in my tracks half way through the book was his use of the term GARAGE BANDS. I am not kidding, he uses it 100s of times in this book. Almost every paragraph contains the words GARAGE BAND/BANDS. I think he uses the words Garage & Band/Bands more than the words AND & THE!!! It is sickening. How do you write a whole book on Milwaukee and not even go into the bands recordings??? He mostly pontificates on why the bands (whoops...garage bands) chose to practice in the basement vs. the garage or vise versa. I really wanted to dig this book. I was born and raised in Milwaukee and there are some great rekkids from that area. Anyway to my buddy Axel, if you wanna reach a opinion based on one or 2 sample pages you would be fooling yourself. If each one of you each take a different page out of this book and read it you might think that this book is going to be pretty good. But if you put those pages together, I guarantee you won't make it half way through, although there is a few of you so starved for anything 60s who might force themselves to like it. I will be sending this book to the Boss. Hopefully he'll read a bit and sent it to the next guy. And on and on. I've only ever not finished reading a book a few times in my life. I'm sorry to out this crap but it had to be done. Mark, give us your take after you receive it.
The worst book ever written on the subject is 10 times better than this one.
I need someone to blame for buying this. I think I'll blame Mikey 'cause he listed it on his site and I foolishly clicked on the link....Jes' kidding Mikey...
YUK...but he never mentions garage band/bands once. Well...Garage rock once. I don't think Alec Palao or I have used the term GARAGE BAND more than 3 times in all our liner notes put together. I'm almost inclined to count how many times this guy uses GARAGE BAND/BANDS. I'd say close to 1000 or more!!!
Captain Obvious to the rescue.
Milwaukee Garbage Book
