Hard Art DC 1979
HARD ART DC 1979 is a forthcoming book and traveling exhibition of photographs by Lucian Perkins with writing by Alec MacKaye and a contribution by Henry Rollins.
Category: Punk Rock
The Beautiful and The Damned: Punk Photography by Ann Summa – Boing Boing
More than 60 images of L.A.’s early punk scene shot by photographer Ann Summa between 1978 and 1984 make up “The Beautiful and the Damned”, a show on display at Track 16 Gallery at the Bergamot Station Arts Center in Santa Monica. Following, in this post: a photo gallery of selected shots featured in the show.
Link: The Beautiful and The Damned: Punk Photography by Ann Summa – Boing Boing
DOUBLE CROSS: Fred Hammer's Nardcore Top 10
Fred Hammer is Nardcore. We’ve been meaning to pick his brain on what he feels are the top ten Nardcore records of all time.
Maximum Rocknroll: Kick-Ass Photos From Iconic Punk Mag | Raw File
This year MRR released its first photography issue, interviewing punk shooters and showcasing contributions from MRR’s global readership.
Punk’s in-your-face aesthetic is as different from detached rock stars as Maximum’s anti-commercial stance is from corporate magazines. Despite the dire financial straights of many media outlets, including MRR, the photo issue has sold out, proving there’s still life underground.
Link: Maximum Rocknroll: Kick-Ass Photos From Iconic Punk Mag | Raw File
Slug and Lettuce – Punk/DIY Online Photo Archives Have Arrived! – WFMU
Chris Boarts Larson is always busy, and always smiling. She is the creator of Slug and Lettuce fanzine, a free quarterly publication that celebrated it’s 20 year anniversary in 2007 with issue #90. Starting in NYC, Slug and Lettuce was the zine that took days and days to read because it was so packed with information, columns, reviews, comics and Chris’ amazing live band photos.
Link: Slug and Lettuce – Punk/DIY Online Photo Archives Have Arrived! – WFMU’s Beware of the Blog
Man accused of extorting money in punk rock scene
Man accused of extorting money in punk rock scene — chicagotribune.com:
A founding member of a group that allegedly uses violence to control the punk rock scene in clubs and at concerts in major U.S. cities was charged with extorting a Chicago-area recording artist, federal authorities said Tuesday.
Elgin Nathan James, identified by authorities as a founder of a street gang called FSU, was arrested Monday at his Los Angeles home after a federal criminal complaint was unsealed in Chicago.
DOUBLE CROSS: Pat Longrie part II
From DOUBLE CROSS: Pat Longrie part II:
The Dead Kennedys, Minor Threat, MDC and the Zero Boys played a show at “Old Town” in Westminster, California in 1983…the most powerful, electric, eclectic bill I ever saw. Old Town was where the Oktoberfest festival occurred each year so it was, to say the least, an odd partnership to begin with. The Zero Boys from Indiana were smoking. I had never heard of them before but they ripped. MDC was fantastic. Minor Threat was it.
BUDDYHEAD: Glen E. Friedman Interview
Glen’s friends included Minor Threat (and later Fugazi), Black Flag, Beastie Boys, Ice-T, Dead Kennedys, Minor Threat, The Misfits, Bad Brains, Run-D.M.C., KRS-One, Public Enemy as well as Tony Alva, Jay Adams, Alan Gelfand, Duane Peters, and Stacy Peralta
Murray Bowles on Work Only
CLICK NOTE: Points for spotting Joey, Mike, Gary, and me. (not all in the same shot)
Work Only, Episode 1: Murray Bowles. An Incomplete History of East Bay Punk Rock. Murray Bowles is one of the most important photographers of the Bay Area punk scene. 924 Gilman, Mabuhay Gardens, Ruthie’s Inn, you name it, Murray was there. Work Only looks at the photos he selected for an exhibition in 2001, and Murray chats with a KALX DJ about his work.
Bad Brains Collaboration Print – Obey Giant
Shepard Fairey x Glen E Friedman x Bad Brains
24 x 18, 3 Color Screen Print
Edition of 425
Signed by Shepard, Glen E Friedman, and all the original members of Bad Brains
$120