This book examines the unlikely partnership forged between workaholic entrepreneur Russell Simmons and hirsute ex-punk Rick Rubin. The label they formed is arguably the greatest imprint of the '80s.[...]

Despite releasing records only on independent labels and receiving virtually no radio play, Dead Kennedys routinely top both critic and fan polls as the greatest punk band of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Their sound was inventive and tetchy, and front man Jello Biafra's lyrics were incisive and o[...]