An organization biography of ’90s punk rock and roll told through the prism of Green Time, The Offspring, NOFX, Rancid, Bad Religion, Sociable Distortion, and more

Two decades following the Sex Pistols as well as the Ramones birthed punk music in to the world, their artistic heirs burst onto the scene and transformed the genre forever. While the punk originators continued to be underground favorites and were slow uses up commercially, their heirs shattered industrial goals for the genre. In 1994, Green Day time as well as the Offspring each about Smash!: Green Day, The Offspring, Poor Religion, NOFX, as well as the ’90s Punk Explosion released their third albums, as well as the outcomes were incredible. Green Day’s Dookie went on to sell more than 15 million copies and The Offspring’s Smash continues to be the all-time bestselling album released on an unbiased label. The changing times experienced changed, therefore got the music.

While many books, articles, and documentaries focus on the rise of punk in the ’70s, couple of spend any substantial period on its resurgence in the ’90s. Smash! may be the first to do so, detailing the situations surrounding the shift in ’90s music culture away from grunge and legitimizing what many first-generation punks respect as post-punk, fresh wave, and generally anything but true punk music.

With astounding access to all of the key players of that time period, including associates of Green Day, The Offspring, NOFX, Rancid, Bad Religion, Social Distortion, and many more, renowned music writer Ian Winwood at last gives this significant, substantive, and compelling tale its due. Punk rock bands were never really successful or certainly truly famous, which was that–until it wasn’t. Smash! may be the tale of how the underdogs finally won and permanently altered the panorama of mainstream music.