Since December 2006 Silke Tudor and I have been working almost full-time on an oral history of punk rock in the Bay Area. We've interviewed nearly 300 people, from Green Day, Rancid and Operation Ivy, on back to Maximum RocknRoll magazine, Dead Kennedys, Flipper, Avengers, Crime, and the Nuns.

The book officially goes on sale September 29, the first launch party will be October 12, in conjunction with Litquake and Porchlight Storytelling. Check out our brand-new website for all the details of book parties, plus tons of extra images and chapters!