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Punk Paradox
A Memoir
AvGreg Graffin
Häftad, Engelska, 2023
200 kr
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From the legendary singer-songwriter of Bad Religion comes a historical memoir and cultural criticism of punk rock's evolution.Greg Graffin is the lead vocalist and songwriter of Bad Religion, recently described as "America's most significant punk band." Since its inception in Los Angeles in 1980, Bad Religion has produced 18 studio albums, become a long-running global touring powerhouse, and has established a durable legacy as one of the most influential punk rock bands of all time.Punk Paradox is Graffin's life narrative before and during L.A. punk's early years, detailing his observations on the genre's explosive growth and his band's steady rise in importance. The book begins by exploring Graffin's Midwestern roots and his life-changing move to Southern California in the mid-'70s. Swept up into the burgeoning punk scene in the exhilarating and often-violent streets of Los Angeles, Graffin and his friends formed Bad Religion, built a fanbase, and became a touring institution. All these activities took place in parallel with Graffin's never ceasing quest for intellectual enlightenment. Despite the demands of global tours, recording sessions, and dedication to songwriting, the author also balanced a budding academic career. In so doing, he managed to reconcile an improbable double-life as an iconic punk rock front man and University Lecturer in evolution.Graffin's unique experiences mirror the paradoxical elements that define the punk genre-the pop influence, the quest for society's betterment, music's unifying power-all of which are prime ingredients in its surprising endurance. Fittingly, this book argues against the traditional narrative of the popular perception of punk. As Bad Religion changed from year to year, the spirit of punk-and its sonic significance-lived on while Graffin was ever willing to challenge convention, debunk mythology, and liberate listeners from the chains of indoctrination.
Anarchy Evolution
Faith, Science, and Bad Religion in a World Without God
AvGreg Graffin,Steve Olson
Häftad, Engelska, 2011
3,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(1)
207 kr
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Most people know Greg Graffin as the lead singer of the punk band Bad Religion, but few know that he also received a Ph.D. from Cornell University and teaches evolution at the University of California at Los Angeles. In "Anarchy Evolution", Graffin argues that art and science have a deep connection. As an adolescent growing up when drugs, sex, and trouble could be had on any given night, Graffin discovered that the study of evolution provided a framework through which he could make sense of the world. In this provocative and personal book, he describes his own coming of age as an artist and the formation of his naturalist worldview on questions involving God, science, and human existence. While the battle between religion and science is often displayed in the starkest of terms, "Anarchy Evolution" provides fresh and nuanced insights into the long-standing debate about atheism and the human condition. It is a book for anyone who has ever wondered if God really exists.
Anarchy Evolution
Faith, Science, and Bad Religion in a World Without God
AvSteve Olson,Greg Graffin
E-bok
Engelska, 2010
114 kr
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Frompunk rock bandBad Religion''s Greg Graffin and Steve Olson, Anarchy Evolution is a provocative look at the collision between religion and science."Take one man who rejects authority and religion, and leads a punk band. Take another man who wonders whether vertebrates arose in rivers or in the ocean. . . . Put them together, what do you get? Greg Graffin, and this uniquely fascinating book." —Pulitzer Prize-winning and New York Times–bestselling author Jared DiamondFrom an author with unique authority: UCLA lecturer in Paleontology, and founding member of Bad Religion, Greg Graffin and award-winning science writer Steve Olson, Anarchy Evolution delivers a powerful discussion sure to strike a chord with readers of Richard Dawkins'' The God Delusion or Christopher Hitchens'' God Is Not Great."Anarchy Evolution sets out to draw connections between evolution, naturalist thought, and punk, an undertaking that may sound rife with the potential to be reachy—or preachy. But Graffin and Olson manage to weave the seemingly disparate concepts together into a satisfying narrative." —LA Weekly"Graffin is one of those rare people who seem to have combined two lives into one. He''s one of a small but growing number of atheists in the United States willing to talk about the damage they believe religion can do." —Paste
Punk Paradox
A Memoir
AvGreg Graffin
Inbunden, Engelska, 2022
290 kr
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Greg Graffin is the lead vocalist and songwriter of Bad Religion, recently described as "America's most significant punk band." Since its inception in Los Angeles in 1980, Bad Religion has produced 18 studio albums, become a long-running global touring powerhouse, and has established a durable legacy as one of the most influential punk rock bands of all time.Punk Paradox is Graffin's life narrative before and during L.A. punk's early years, detailing his observations on the genre's explosive growth and his band's steady rise in importance. The book begins by exploring Graffin's Midwestern roots and his life-changing move to Southern California in the mid-'70s. Swept up into the burgeoning punk scene in the exhilarating and often-violent streets of Los Angeles, Graffin and his friends formed Bad Religion, built a fanbase, and became a touring institution. All these activities took place in parallel with Graffin's never ceasing quest for intellectual enlightenment. Despite the demands of global tours, recording sessions, and dedication to songwriting, the author also balanced a budding academic career. In so doing, he managed to reconcile an improbable double-life as an iconic punk rock front man and University Lecturer in evolution.Graffin's unique experiences mirror the paradoxical elements that define the punk genre-the pop influence, the quest for society's betterment, music's unifying power-all of which are prime ingredients in its surprising endurance. Fittingly, this book argues against the traditional narrative of the popular perception of punk. As Bad Religion changed from year to year, the spirit of punk-and its sonic significance-lived on while Graffin was ever willing to challenge convention, debunk mythology, and liberate listeners from the chains of indoctrination.As insightful as it is exciting, this thought-provoking memoir provides both a fly on the wall history of the punk scene and astute commentary on its endurance and evolution.
Population Wars
A New Perspective on Competition and Coexistence
AvGreg Graffin
Häftad, Engelska, 2016
285 kr
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From the very beginning, life on Earth has been defined by war. Today those first wars continue to be fought around and inside us, influencing our individual behaviour and that of civilisation as a whole. War between populations - whether between different species or between rival groups of humans is seen as an inevitable part of the evolutionary process. The popular concept of survival of the fittest explains and often excuses these actions. In Population Wars, Greg Graffin points to where the mainstream view of evolutionary theory has led us astray. That misunderstanding has allowed us to justify wars on every level, whether against bacterial colonies or human societies, even when other, less violent solutions may be available. Through tales of mass extinctions, developing immune systems, human warfare, the American industrial heartland, and our degrading modern environment, Graffin demonstrates how an oversimplified idea of war, with its victorious winners and vanquished losers, prevents us from responding to the real problems we face.Along the way, Graffin reveals a paradox: When we challenge conventional definitions of war, we are left with a new problem - how to define ourselves. Population Wars is a paradigm-shifting book about why humans behave the way they do and the ancient history that explains that behaviour. In reading it, you'll see why we need to rethink the reasons for war, not only the human military kind but also Darwin's "war of nature," and find hope for a less violent future for mankind.
Punk Paradoxon
AvGreg Graffin
Häftad, Tyska, 2022
347 kr
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Punk Paradoxon
Eine Autobiografie
AvGreg Graffin
E-bok
Tyska, 2022
118 kr
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Greg Graffin:ein echter Punk-ProfessorDer legendäre Leadsänger und Songwriter von Bad Religion stellt seine Memoiren vor, die gleichzeitig auch als kulturkritische Analyse des Punkrock überzeugen.Greg Graffin ist Leadsänger und Songwriter bei Bad Religion, die erst unlängst als "Amerikas bedeutendste Punkband" bezeichnet wurden. Seit der Bandgründung in Los Angeles im Jahr 1980 haben Bad Religion 18 Studioalben veröffentlicht, sich längst als weltweit tourende Urgewalt etabliert und sich als eine der einflussreichsten Punkrockgruppen aller Zeiten einen Namen gemacht.Punk Paradoxon erzählt Graffins Lebensgeschichte vor und während der Frühphase des Punk in Los Angeles. Er schildert die explosive Entwicklung des Genres sowie den Aufstieg seiner Band. Doch zuerst untersucht das Buch noch Graffins Wurzeln im Mittleren Westen und seinen lebensverändernden Umzug nach Südkalifornien Mitte der 1970er Jahre. Inmitten der florierenden Punkszene in den aufregenden und oft auch brutalen Straßen von L.A. gründeten Graffin und seine Freunde schließlich Bad Religion, erspielten sich eine Fanbase und wurden zu einer sich fortlaufend auf Tournee befindlichen Institution. All diese Aktivitäten verliefen parallel zu Graffins unentwegtem Streben nach intellektueller Erleuchtung. Trotz der Anforderungen globaler Konzertreisen und aufreibender Studiosessions sowie seiner Passion fürs Songwriting, gelang es ihm auch, eine akademische Karriere einzuschlagen. So brachte er das Kunststück fertig, seine beiden Identitäten als Punkrock-Ikone einerseits und Universitätsdozent im Bereich Evolutionsbiologie andererseits gekonnt unter einen Hut zu bringen.Graffins einmaliger Erfahrungsschatz reflektiert auf einzigartige Weise die paradoxen Komponenten – den Pop-Einfluss, das Streben nach gesellschaftlicher Veränderung, die zusammenschweißende Power der Musik –, die das Genre Punk seit jeher definieren und jeweils einen integralen Beitrag zur überraschenden Langlebigkeit dieser Kultur beigesteuert haben. So widerspricht dieses Buch auch gern der traditionellen Wahrnehmung von Punk. Wie Bad Religion, die sich von Jahr zu Jahr weiterentwickelten, hatte auch der Geist des Punk – und dessen musikalische Relevanz – langfristig Bestand. Graffin war es immer schon ein Anliegen, Konventionen zu hinterfragen, Mythologien zu entkräften und Zuhörer von den Ketten der Indoktrination zu befreien. Diese so aufschlussreiche wie unterhaltsame Autobiografie regt zum Nachdenken an, ermöglicht gleichzeitig intime Einblicke in die Punkszene und funktioniert darüber hinaus als scharfsinniger Kommentar hinsichtlich deren Langlebigkeit und Evolution.

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