It seems like every American city in the 1980s had a band like Jerry’s Kids from Boston ย essentially a local punk rock band that got a little bit bigger than anyone expected. That sounds like a slam, but it’s equally true of MDC from Austin or Really Red from Houston. The explosion of independent music gave ย and continues to give ย huge numbers of people the opportunity to hear bands like Jerry’s Kids, who otherwise never could have been famous, but who nevertheless make such good music.
This article appears in Jun 21-27, 2007.