"NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980-1990",Tony Rettman's ambitious oral history, captures ten years of struggle, including the scene's regional rivalries with D.C. and Boston, the birth of moshing, the clash and coming to terms of hardcore and heavy metal, the straightedge movement, and the unlikely influence of Krishna consciousness.
Due in November fromBazillion Points Books, the gripping and sometimes hilarious narrative is woven together like the fabric of New York itself from over 100 original interviews with members of:
ABSOLUTION
ADRENALIN O.D.
AGNOSTIC FRONT
ANTIDOTE
BAD BRAINS
BLOODCLOT
BOLD
BORN AGAINST
BREAKDOWN
CAUSE FOR ALARM
CITIZEN ARREST
CRO-MAGS
CRUMBSUCKERS
DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR
EVEN WORSE
FALSE PROPHETS
GORILLA BISCUITS
H20
HEART ATTACK
INHUMAN
INTO ANOTHER
IRATE
JUDGE
KRAUT
LEEWAY
LIFE'S BLOOD
MAJOR CONFLICT
MISFITS
MURPHY'S LAW
NAUSEA
NIHILISTICS
NUCLEAR ASSAULT
NUMSKULLS
OUTBURST
PRO-PAIN
QUICKSAND
RAW DEAL
REAGAN YOUTH
RORSCHACH
S.O.D.
SACRILEGE
SAVAGE CIRCLE
SHEER TERROR
SHELTER
SHOK
SICK OF IT ALL
SIDE BY SIDE
SKINHEAD YOUTH
STRAIGHT AHEAD
THE ABUSED
THE CRYPTCRASHERS
THE MAD
THE MISGUIDED
THE MOB
THE PSYCHOS
THE RITZ
THE STIMULATORS
THE UNDEAD
TOKEN ENTRY
UNDERDOG
URBAN WASTE
VIRUS
WARZONE
YOUTH OF TODAY
Rettmanis a freelance music journalist whose work has appeared in theVillage Voice,Vice,The Wire,Philadelphia Weekly,Cleveland Scene,Arthur,Swindle,Signal To Noise,MeanandThrasher. At age 14 in the 1980s, he was the coeditor ofCommon Sensezine. He has provided liner notes for such artists asHACKAMORE BRICK,BORED YOUTH,BEYONDand many more. He is a contributing editor toDoubleCrossXX.com. In 2010,Revelation Recordsreleased his acclaimed first book,"Why Be Something That You're Not: Detroit Hardcore 1979-1985".
"NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980-1990"joins a roster of deeply authoritative punk rock, heavy metal, and movie book titles atBazillion Points Books, including hardcore punk playbooks"We Got Power!"and"Touch And Go"; earlyMETALLICA/SLAYER/MEGADETHphoto history"Murder In The Front Row"; black metal "Bible""Metalion: The Slayer Mag Diaries"; as well as"Dirty Deeds: My Life Inside/Outside AC/DC", a memoir by the band's original bassistMark Evans.
Bazillion Pointsbooks are available at all good bookstores, music stores, and online retailers, distributed to the book trade viaPGW/Perseusin North America, andTurnaroundin Europe, or directly from the publisher.
For more information, visitwww.bazillionpoints.com.
