SPRAY PAINT THE WALLS The Story of Black Flag STEVIE CHICK “A gory, gobsmacking read.” —Andrew Perry, MOJO
punk rock
Black Flag were the pioneers of American Hardcore, and this is their bloodspattered story. Formed in 1978, for eight brutal years they made and played brilliant, ugly, no-holds-barred music on a self-appointed touring circuit of America’s clubs, squats, and community halls. They fought with everybody: the police, the record industry, and even their own fans. They toured overseas on pennies a day and did it in beat-up trucks and vans. Spray Paint the Walls tells Black Flag’s story from the inside, drawing on exclusive interviews with the group’s members, their contemporaries, and the bands they inspired. Featuring over 30 photos of the band from Glen E. Friedman, Edward Colver, and others.
AUG 2011
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978-1-60486-418-2
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$19.95 •
6X9
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432 PAGES
• MUSIC-PUNK
SOBER LIVING FOR THE REVOLUTION Hardcore Punk, Straight Edge, and Radical Politics EDITED BY GABRIEL KUHN Straight edge has persisted as a drug-free, hardcore punk subculture for 25 years. Its political legacy, however, remains ambiguous—often associated with self-righteous macho posturing and conservative puritanism. While certain elements of straight edge culture feed into such perception, the movement’s political history is far more complex. Since straight edge’s origins in Washington, D.C., in the early 1980s, it has been linked to radical thought and action by countless individuals, bands, and entire scenes worldwide. Sober Living for the Revolution traces this history. It includes contributions— in the form of in-depth interviews, essays, and manifestos—by numerous artists and activists connected to straight edge, from Ian MacKaye (of Minor Threat, Fugazi) and Mark Andersen (Dance of Days, Positive Force DC) to Dennis Lyxzén (Refused, The (International) Noise Conspiracy) and Andy Hurley (Racetraitor, Fall Out Boy), from bands such as ManLiftingBanner and Point of No Return to feminist and queer initiatives, from radical collectives like CrimethInc. and Alpine Anarchist Productions to the Emancypunx project, and many others dedicated as much to sober living as to the fight for a better world.
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FEB 2010
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978-1-60486-051-1
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$22.95 •
6X9
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304 PAGES
• MUSIC-PUNK/POLITICS