New guide particulars Orange County punk scene that includes Social Distortion, The Offspring, No Doubt

A brand new guide in regards to the historical past of the vaunted Orange Nation punk scene is hitting cabinets Might twentieth.

Titled Tearing Down the Orange Curtain: How Punk Rock Introduced Orange County to the World (pre-order right here), the 400-page guide was authored by journalists Nate Jackson and Daniel Kohn, who interviewed most of the scene’s largest movers and shakers.

Among the many bands featured in Tearing Down the Orange Curtain are Social Distortion (whose frontman Mike Ness penned the foreword), The Offspring, No Doubt, Elegant, and others. The guide’s official description reads:

“Tearing Down the Orange Curtain delves deep into the private {and professional} lives of bands like Social Distortion, The Adolescents, The Offspring, and their ska counterparts No Doubt, Elegant, Reel Large Fish, Save Ferris, and extra, and provides readers a deeper look into the very human tales of those musicians, a lot of whom struggled with acceptance, habit, and brutal teenage years in suburbia.

By means of many unique and first-hand interviews with the principal personalities, Tearing Down the Orange Curtain brings the 20-year interval of OC punk and third-wave of ska (1978-2000) to life, focusing particularly on the historic and musical roots of this inventive explosion. Thought-provoking, meticulously researched, and refreshingly candid, this guide presents a compelling narrative of how a suburban wasteland became a hub for rock-n roll tradition, simply over 30 miles away from the intense lights of L.A.”

Authors Jackson and Kohn shall be heading out on a quick California/Nevada guide tour supporting its launch.

Every date options Q&As with completely different artists, as follows:

• Might twentieth at Fullerton Museum Middle in Fullerton (with Noodles of The Offspring, Georgette Collard, and Jim Washburn)
• Might twenty first at Fingerprints Information in Lengthy Seashore (with Jim Ruland)
• Might twenty fifth on the Punk Rock Museum in Las Vegas (with Jonny 2 Luggage of Social Distortion)
• Might twenty eighth on the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles (with No Doubt’s Adrian Younger, The Vandals’ Joe Escalante, former Social Distortion/No Doubt supervisor Jim Guerinot, and moderator Kat Corbett)
• Might thirtieth at Shea’s Tavern in Reno (with Bud Gaugh of Elegant)

Pre-order Tearing Down the Orange Curtain through Amazon. Take a look at the quilt artwork beneath, together with our unique video that includes The Offspring’s Noodles naming 10 SoCal punk albums each music fan ought to personal.

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