Books like Your Band Sucks: What I Saw at Indie Rock's Failed Revolution

I hate alternative rock with a passion. I think it's fucking hideous. Back in 1991, when Nirvana's "Smells like teen spirit" was on heavy rotation on just about every FM station, and Cobain's annoying voice and less than poor guitar playing was all over the fucking place, I thought it was a depressing time for music. All my mates were into this new grunge thing, while I was still stuck in the eighties and kept spinning Ratt's "Round and Round" and Winger's "Seventeen". Everybody knows how the story ended: Grunge imploded on itself in 1994 when Cobain committed suicide, while both Ratt and Winger are still touring to this day. HA! Ain't it fun?To me "alternative rock" - just like black metal and everything featuring a drum kit, an electric guitar, a bass and a full orchestra - is nothing but a joke, and not a funny one at that. I've always thought the word "alternative" was a synonym of "poor musicianship". Exhibit A: The White Stripes, and Sonic Youth.Now "Bitch Magnet". Never listened to one of their songs, I didn't even know they existed until I stumbled upon this book. Of course I googled them and watched a couple of videos on youtube just out of curiosity. And I can tell one thing for sure: their drummer could play and had a great groove. I bought the book because I love the title, "Your Band Sucks". And because I'm constantly looking for another The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band and another Fucked by Rock: The Unspeakable Confessions of Zodiac Mindwarp, not because I wanted to know more about Bitch Magnet. Anyways, cutting to the chase: I don't like alternative rock, I don't give a flying squirrel's chuff about Bitch Magnet, but Jon Fine can definitely write. He's a tad verbose, alright, but never boring, and some bits were honestly funny, 3.5 stars.Next.