The Hard Times: The First 40 Years Audiobook (Free)

A clear, comedic send-up of punk and hardcore culture, through the creators of the popular and critically-lauded satire site The CRISIS.

The Hard Times: The First 40 Years is the first book in the CRISIS, the Internet’s favorite music satire site. Also known as “The Onion for punk rock”, the site has developed a sizable, devoted following for its razor-sharp assumes underground music and choice tradition. And with headlines like “Guy Magically Transforms into Music Historian While Speaking with Women” and “Pretentious Friend Just Listens to Podcasts on Vinyl fabric”, you don’t need to be a punk rock die-hard to appreciate their amusing commentary.

Now, in this ‘zine-style “historical retrospective”, the writers behind the site document its development together with the rise of punk rock and roll, with original articles off their ‘archives’ commenting upon ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s punk, and site-specific fan favorites in the aughts-onward. With its exclusive visual and laugh-out-loud humor, The Hard Times will be the perfect present audiobook for music nerds and pop culture devotees everywhere.