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Complicated Fun: The Birth of Minneapolis Punk and Indie Rock, 1974-1984 — An Oral History

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Within the early 1970s, the Minneapolis music scene used to be no scene at all. Radio stations played Best 40 music; bars and clubs booked handiest rock cover bands and blues bands. Meanwhile, cities like New York, Detroit, and London were spawning fresh and innovative—and loud and raw—sounds by musicians creating a new punk and rock movement. A small but daring group of Twin Cities musicians, artists, entrepreneurs, and enthusiasts sought after a piece of that action. To do it, they needed to build it themselves.

Complicated Fun brings together the recollections of the women and men who built Minnesota’s vibrant and essential indie rock scene. Through interviews with dozens of musicians, producers, managers, journalists, fans, and other scenesters, Cyn Collins chronicles the emergence of seminal bands like the Suicide Commandos, the Hypstrz, Curtiss A, Flamingo, the Suburbs, Hüsker Dü, the Replacements, and more. The themes reflect at the key role that Oar Folkjokeopus record store, Jay’s Longhorn bar, and Twin/Tone Records played by providing outlets for hearing, performing, and recording these new sounds.

Complicated Fun explores the influences, motivations, moments, and individuals that propelled Minneapolis to its status as a premier music scene and, in turn, inspired future generations of rockers.

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