Nonfiction. Music. Updated 2009 edition of the evergreen punk classic! The nation's capital gave birth to the most influential punk underground of the '80s and '90s. DANCE OF DAYS recounts the rise of trailblazing artists such as Bad Brains, Henry Rollins, Minor Threat, Rites of Spring, Fugazi, and Bikini Kill. "For anyone interested in the power of independent music, this is an overdue insight into a vibrant, homegrown scene"--Mojo.

Author City: WASHINGTON, DC USA

Mark Andersen has done outreach, advocacy, and organizing in inner-city D.C. since the mid-1980s. The author of All The Power: Revolution Without Illusion, and a contributor to We Owe You Nothing, Punk Planet: The Collected Interviews, he cofounded the punk activist collective Positive Force D.C. in 1985, the senior outreach network We Are Family in 2004, as well as the Arthur S. Flemming Community Center in 2003. He remains active with those groups in addition to his work with the Justice & Service Committee of St. Aloysius Catholic Church and the board of directors of the grassroots community organization Northwest One Council. He lives with his beloved Tulin Ozdeger and their two cats, Demo and Spaatz, in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington, D.C., and can be reached at wearefamilydc@aol.com. Mark Jenkins writes about music for the Washington Post, WAMU-FM's "Metro Connection," Blurt, and Time Out New York. He also writes about film for www.npr.org/movies and www.reeldc.com. He lives in Washington, D.C.