![]() ![]() ![]() The book chronicles the punk boom of the ’90s and early aughts through the major label debuts of bands that have become mainstream favorites like Green Day and My Chemical Romance, punk rock mainstays like Thursday and Rise Against, or in a few cases, bands that are no more like The Donnas and At The Drive In. Jawbreaker are one of 11 bands featured in Dan Ozzi’s new book Sellout: The Major Label Feeding Frenzy that Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore. While the song remains one of the most resonant indictments of gatekeeping within the punk scene to this day, the band went on to be one of the largest examples of a band who suffered intense backlash after signing with major label, leading to their 20-year breakup, following the release of Dear You in 1996. “You’re not punk, and I’m telling everyone/Save your breath, I never was one,” Blake Swarzenbach sang in the 1994 banger. Jawbreaker’s calling card song “ Boxcar” begins with a scathing critique of people who spend more time debating the ethics or a moral code of a “real” punk. Stream: A Playlist of Songs from Albums in ‘Sellout’ ![]() Author Dan Ozzi speaks to Atwood Magazine about his new book ‘Sellout,’ which chronicles the ’90s and 2000s punk rock major label boom. ![]()
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