This book is, to a large degree, compiled from the varying perspectives and recollections of those who were there, and where those have conflicted with each other, I’ve mostly chosen to present those varying perspectives intact, to leave the reader to decide where the “truth” lies. However, a small number of factual mistakes and typos crept into the text of this book through the course of writing it. Most egregious of these sins is referring to punk rock legends The Misfits as Californians, when they in fact hailed from Lodi, New Jersey, a baffling mistake I’ll chalk up to a late night slaving over a hot laptop. Elsewhere, I erroneously suggest Ian MacKaye produced the debut Mother Superior album; the album was in fact produced by the group themselves. I would like to extend thanks to the friends, interview subjects and readers of the book who’ve contacted me since publication to offer these corrections.