Staff Pick
England in the 60s. The Pacific Northwest in the 90s. In the late 70s and 80' it was Australia,* and Clinton Walker was right there in the thick of it. Stranded is a classic of rock/punk literature and a must read for anyone who likes Lester Bangs, Hunter S. Thompson, and rock music that sounds like it fell off the rails before they even recorded it.
Bands You Should Know: The Go-Betweens, Warumpi Band, Laughing Clowns, The Triffids, and of course, Nick Cave.
(*and New Zealand, can't forget the Dunedin sound, but no one's written a book about them yet...) Recommended By Fletcher O., Powells.com