For decades adolescents have turned to poetry to give voice to the raw emotion that characterises those tender years. In recent years, though, the form has lost its sheen as Generation X has bled into Generation Y and poets have grown up, losing touch with their rebellious past as epitomized by Arthur Rimbaud and Allen Ginsburg. But the ounders of Ad Astra books and Rich Balling, the editor of REVOLUTION ON CANVAS Volume 1, have set out to reclaim verse for today's youth, and in doing so, discovered an eager and untapped market. A market whose musical tastes lie somewhere between Britney Spears and garage bands. In other words, most teenagers and early 20-somethings today. The poetry in REVOLUTION ranges from the hysterically funny to the achingly sad, and everything in between, and is written by today's finest up-and-coming bands.

About the Author

Rich Balling's foundation as a professional musician began with a 5-year stint in the ska/indie rock group RX Bandits. He's also collaborated with other independent groups such as The Sound of Animals Fighting and Cowboy Communist. He lectures on music and music industry at California State University, Fullerton, and is a music buyer at Hot Topic stores.

Reviews

'The book is punk poetry both at and by its finest' - Alternative Press 'Music is poetry. And artists from Something Corporate, Finch and more prove it in Revolution on Canvas, a cool new anthology of poems from your favorite indie rockers' - Teen People