GREEN DAY/VARIOUS Gimme Something Better (2009 US promotional-advance 512-page paperback book - A wonderful chronicle of California's Bay Area punk scene; an area claiming the oldest continuous punk-rock scene in the world, this book charts the movement from the notorious final performance of the Sex Pistols to Jello Biafra's bid for mayor, the rise of Maximum RocknRoll magazine, and the East Bay pop-punk that sold millions around the globe. Featuring interviews with members of the Dead Kennedys, Avengers, Flipper, MDC, Green Day, Rancid, NOFX and AFI. Compiled by long-time Bay Area journalist Jack Boulware and Silka Tudor, Gimme Something Better covers more than just two decades music: it details a lifestyle. This edition is an uncorrected proof, meaning this is the work in it's original, unedited form - a fantastic item)