“An intriguing look at a pivotal time for the music industry.” “Ozzi nails the balance of knowledge and appreciation in this fantastic read.” “The book is structured so that each chapter functions in isolation, but when read front to back SELLOUT presents a fluid timeline of events that follows punk on its conflicting journey through the mainstream.” “Ozzi’s book delivers a nostalgia-drenched time capsule of a brief but memorable moment when music labels were still fabulously wealthy and largely misguided in their quests to turn talent into profits.“ “ compelling and sometimes hair-raising account of what it meant to throw in your future with a large corporation in hopes of translating that effort into units sold-and the promise of a career in rock.” It doesn’t paint major labels as the enemy of punk or the saviors it just tells a fascinating history of an era of punk that can’t be talked about without diving into the impact of major labels.” “ SELLOUT succeeds because it doesn’t sway you to think one way or another.
“In this worthy successor to Michael Azerrad's Our Band Could Be Your Life, Ozzi follows 11 groups from the AOL dial-up days to the dawn of social media, chronicling major label success (My Chemical Romance, Blink-182) and collapse (Jawbreaker, At the Drive-in).” “Based on a trove of original interviews and personal stories from band members and other crucial players, Ozzi examines how 11 groups - from Green Day and Blink-182 to At the Drive-In, Thursday, and Against Me! - grappled with the tension between punk’s core tenets and major label possibilities, and parses what success and failure looked like in this fraught realm.” “ looked at the major label debuts of different bands in this genre, tracing a music industry in flux, fans betrayed by their idols, and bands trying to navigate the machine.” “Engrossing… a rigorously researched look at how labels targeted bands and fought to sign them.”
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