Local writer completes a punk-rock trilogy with his new book, 'Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise & Fall of SST Records'
One would expect a book with a title like “Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise & Fall of SST Records” to begin with a bang. A comprehensive, extensively researched tome of SST Records — the Southern California punk label that broke legendary bands such as Black Flag, Hüsker Dü and Minutemen, among many more — it would have been very easy to start the book with a scene of punk rock-related mayhem. A riotous mosh pit. A singer screaming into a crowd of sweaty fans.
In “Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise & Fall of SST Records,” a paraphrasing of SST’s business mantra throughout most of its existence , Ruland deftly points out that the label paved the way for other independent music labels that sprouted in the late ’80s and early ’90s.
“Corporate Rock Sucks” also represents the completion of something of a “weird trilogy,” as Ruland puts it, of books devoted to Southern California punk-rock. The Paradise Hills author also worked with singer Keith Morris on 2016’s “My Damage: The Story of a Punk Rock Survivor” and wrote the definitive history of L.A. punk band Bad Religion in 2020 .
Still, Ruland says the pandemic was, in its own way, beneficial both to his writing process and in getting others to speak with him about their experience with SST. With musicians stuck at home, unable to tour or play, Ruland says many were more open to speaking with him.
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