BRIAN MARTINEZ
drummer979@aol.com
CHRIS MARTINEZ
www.plansforrevenge.com
TIM MCILRATH
www.riseagainst.com
MARC MCKNIGHT
www.atreyurock.com
ROBERT MONROE
www.maidaisaband.com
JAMES MUÑOZ
www.thebledsite.com
BOB NANNA
www.heymercedes.com
JONATHAN NEWBY
www.braziltheband.com
GARED O’DONNELL
www.pmfs.net
CRAIG OWENS
www.chiodos.net
JOSHUA PARTINGTON
www.somethingcorporate.com, www.firescapemusic.com
BRANDON PHILLIPS
www.thegadjits.com
JUSTIN PIERRE
www.motioncitysoundtrack.com
AARON PILLAR
www.theappleseedcast.com
PHIL PIRRONE
www.astaticlullaby.com
RUSS RANKIN
www.good-riddance.com, www.onlycrime.com
VINCENT REYES
http://go.to/fitm
MATT RUBANO
www.takingbacksunday.com
NATE RUESS
www.theformat.com
GABE SAPORTA
www.midtownrock.com
STEVE SCAVO
www.thecolorturning.com
CHRIS SHEETS
www.rxbandits.com
DERRICK W. SHERMAN
DANNY SMITH
www.the-city-drive.com
NICO PAOLO SY
www.auditoryaphasia.com
JEREMY TALLEY
www.thebledsite.com
JARROD TAYLOR
www.inreverentfear.com
SHANE TOLD
www.silversteinmusic.com
NICK TORRES
www.cassinoband.com
JOSEPH TROY
www.rxbandits.com
CHRIS TSAGAKIS
www.rxbandits.com
KENNY VASOLI
www.thestartinglinerock.com
CHRISTOPHER ZERBY
www.helicopterhelicopter.com
“The universe is made of stories, not atoms.”
—Muriel Rukeyser
RECOMMENDED READING LIST:
The Girl in the Flammable Skirt, Aimee Bender
Hot Water Music, Charles Bukowski
Invisible Cities, Italo Calvino
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler, Italo Calvino
The Fall, Albert Camus
The Stranger, Albert Camus
Waiting for the Barbarians, J.M. Coetzee
Notes from the Underground, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Complete Plays, Sarah Kane
On the Road, Jack Kerouac
’Till We Have Faces, C.S. Lewis
The Life Force Poems, Gerald Locklin
Captain’s Verses, Pablo Neruda
The Complete Stories, Flannery O’Connor
1984, George Orwell
Cannery Row, John Steinbeck
The Mysterious Stranger, Mark Twain
COPYRIGHT INFORMATION:
The Academy Is…© 2004 William E. Beckett
In Reverent Fear © 2004 Jarrod Taylor
Finch © 2004 Nate Barcalow
A Static Lullaby © 2004 Dan Arnold
The Bled © 2004 Jeremy Talley
Brazil © 2004 Jonathan Newby
Midtown © 2004 Gabe Saporta
Gatsby’s American Dream © 2004 Bobby Darling
The Locust © 2004 Joseph Karam
Silverstein © 2004 Shane Told
NOFX © 2004 Mike Burkett
Friends In The Mountains © 2004 Vincent Reyes
Good Riddance © 2004 Russ Rankin
Reel Big Fish © 2004 Arron Barrett
Maida © 2004 Evan Jewett
Bear vs. Shark © 2004 Derek Kiesgen
A Static Lullaby © 2004 Pirrone
Hey Mercedes © 2004 Bob Nanna
The Appleseed Cast © 2004 Aaron Pillar
“Night Music,” “Lux,” © 2004 The Autumns
Cowboy Communist © 2004 Rich Balling
Circa Survive © 2004 Anthony Green
Christiansen © 2004 Brandon Bondehagen
The Starting Line © 2004 Kenny Vasoli
Plans For Revenge © 2004 Chris Martinez
Cassino © 2004 Nick Torres
The Gadjits © 2004 Brandon Phillips
The Bled © 2004 James Muñoz
Fear Before the March of Flames © 2004 Adam Fischer
Rise Against © 2004 Tim Mcllrath
Firescape Something Corporate © 2004 Joshua Partington
The Format © 2004 Nate Ruess
Atreyu © 2004 Marc McKnight
ActionReaction © 2004 Jason Gleason
“Wear and Tear” and excerpt from The Honey Ditch © 2004, 2006 Chris Haynie
Action Action © 2004 Mark Thomas Kluepfel
JamisonParker © 2004 Jamison Covington
Maida © 2004 Robert Monroe
Rx Bandits © 2004 Joseph Troy
Lagwagon © 2004 Joey Cape
Planes Mistaken For Stars © 2004 Gared O’Donnell
The Color Turning © 2004 Steve Scavo
Motion City Soundtrack © 2004 Justin Pierre
Oris © 2004 Jon Orison
Rx Bandits © 2004 Chris Sheets
Strung Out © 2004 Jason Cruz
The Modern © 2004 Derrick W. Sherman
Blue Sky Mile © 2004 Mike Elliott
Days Away © 2004 Keith Goodwin
Rx Bandits © 2004 Matt Embree
“Dear Ginsberg,” © 2004 Brian Martinez
From Autumn to Ashes © 2004 Scott Gross
Classic Case © 2004 Jared Draughon
The Jazz June © 2004 Andrew Low
Paper Models © 2004 Alex Hovis
Hellogoodbye © 2004 Jesse Kurvink
Boys Night Out © 2004 Jeff Davis
The City Drive © 2005 Danny Smith
Auditory Aphasia © 2005 Nico Paolo Sy
Nurses © 2005 John Bowers
Chiodos © 2005 Craig Owens
Like Lions © 2005 Gregory Itzen
Terminal © 2005 Travis Bryant
New Atlantic © 2005 Christopher Hindley
June © 2005 AJ Brown
Taking Back Sunday © 2004 Matt Rubano
Helicopter Helicopter © 2004 Christopher Zerby
Portugal. The Man © 2004 John Gurley
Rx Bandits © 2004 Chris Tsagakis
Moneen © 2004 Chris Hughes
THIS IS POETRY AND PROSE
STRAIGHT FROM THE BIGGEST MOUTHS AND HEARTS
IN THE INDEPENDENT MUSIC SCENE.
READ UP
AND ENJOY.
THESE ARE THEIR WORDS,
THIS IS THEIR REVOLUTION.
WE ONLY HOPE TO PROVIDE A
CANVAS FOR IT.
“A GROUNDBREAKING BOOK… AN ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT COLLECTION.”
—Jason Tate, Absolutepunk.net
“STRIPPED OF THEIR SUPPORTING SOUNDTRACK AND TAKEN DOWN TO THE BAREST ESSENCE OF ME-AGAINST-THE-WORLD, [THESE MUSICIANS’] WORDS TAKE ON A SOMETIMES CHILLING, ALWAYS ENLIGHTENING NEW DIMENSION.”
—Alternative Press
“MUSIC IS POETRY. AND ARTISTS PROVE IT IN THIS COOL NEW ANTHOLOGY OF POEMS FROM YOUR FAVORITE INDIE ROCKERS.”
—Teen People
* b-side from the “nocturnes and subades” sessions
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