Where Are Your Boys Tonight?: The Oral History of Emo’s Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008
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A “vivid and breathless” (Billboard) oral history of emo’s takeover from 1999 to 2008, featuring My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Paramore, Panic! At the Disco, Taking Back Sunday, Jimmy Eat World, Dashboard Confessional. If Meet Me in the Bathroom traced New York City's early 2000’s rock scene, Where Are Your Boys Tonight? gives the inside story of the turn-of-the-millennium emo subculture that became bigger than anyone thought possible. There was Pete Wentz, the Fall Out Boy leader who launched a litany of scene-stealing bands and preposterous side-hustles, and Gerard Way, the wizard behind My Chemical Romance and The Black Parade . Panic! At the Disco and Paramore emerged soon after—a pair of intrepid outsiders who got massive playing by their own rules. As they ascended, MySpace took over the internet and the age of influencers dawned, with emo its choice aesthetic. Music journalist Chris Payne experienced emo's mainstream takeover from sweaty crowds and mosh pits growing up in New Jersey. In Where Are Your Boys Tonight? he offers an authoritative, impassioned, and occasionally absurd account told through interviews with more than 150 people, from the scene's biggest bands, producers, and managers to the teenage fans who helped redefine American music culture. Review: A must read for all those who never grew out of their “emo phase” - An amazing and wonderful look into the history of emo music through the words of the people who were there through it all. I devoured and loved this book and it made me all the more proud and grateful I had the music of these people in my formative years. Review: Very well done - Oral histories can be a tricky thing to pull off well, depending upon the participants. Chris Payne gathers a veritable who's who of the emo scene, and just about all of them are top notch storytellers. The heavy lifters here are Mikey Way, Pete Wentz, and particularly Gabe Saporta. Notably, at least one member of just about every band mentioned is interviewed, and their experiences form a tapestry by which the whole scene and its disparate factions came together and virtually invented a genre of music. This book will draw you right in.
| Best Sellers Rank | #790,525 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #6 in Punk Musician Biographies #7 in Punk Music (Books) #14 in Music History & Criticism (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 387 Reviews |
E**N
A must read for all those who never grew out of their “emo phase”
An amazing and wonderful look into the history of emo music through the words of the people who were there through it all. I devoured and loved this book and it made me all the more proud and grateful I had the music of these people in my formative years.
J**D
Very well done
Oral histories can be a tricky thing to pull off well, depending upon the participants. Chris Payne gathers a veritable who's who of the emo scene, and just about all of them are top notch storytellers. The heavy lifters here are Mikey Way, Pete Wentz, and particularly Gabe Saporta. Notably, at least one member of just about every band mentioned is interviewed, and their experiences form a tapestry by which the whole scene and its disparate factions came together and virtually invented a genre of music. This book will draw you right in.
J**H
Great for the elder emos
I started listening to emo music around 2001 with bands like Pedro the lion, dashboard confessional, and midtown and grew as the scene did and the amount of bands that I loved that are in this book is insane. I grew up as a scene kid in southwest Missouri and had no idea how many other kids had the exact same experiences I did until I read this. Amazing book and so happy I bought it
R**L
Excellent Gabe Saporta lore
Bought for the emo history, finished for the Gabe Saporta lore xoxo
D**Y
un-put-downable
this book is fantastic, i haven't finished it yet as i've been busy, but every time i pick it up i get excited to read more. chapters are easy to follow, and the author has included a guide to all the people interviewed in the beginning of the book. i've learned more reading this than i have in the 10+ years i've been obsessed with emo music. it's truly an incredible read
I**L
Great book
All books are good
B**S
emos rejoice
i’m not exaggerating, this may be one of the most important books for this era of music. so many oral retelling books about music history tell you what you want to know. Chris’ book? it conveys so much about the scene that you never knew or didn’t understand the capacity of. growing up on the west coast, you never completely understood what was going on across the states during this time and Where Are Your Boys Tonight? fills in those gaps you didn’t even know where missing. plus! it even has Steven Smith in it, how cool is that.
B**O
Nostalgia
Great book! Sadly was a badly printed copy, damaged front cover and misprinted pages. Amazon wouldn’t fix the issue, but glad to have it anyway.
2**2
A great day for the fandom
Bert and Gerard falling out information:)
J**.
Millennial emo
I bought this book for my wife and she thought that it was amazing and that it had knowledge that most people didn't know of the most popular millennial emo bands of back in the day. She said that this was a great book and that most should read it if you were into emo music.
C**D
Brilliant First Hand Source
I absolutely love this book
C**M
Maltratado
Hoy llegó, apenas lo voy a empezar pero llegó maltratado
M**C
I like
Very good
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