This is a nice read put out by Bazillion Points. As the title states, the book focuses entirely on
NY hardcore. For me, the music from that era has always been influential, so it
was imperative that I got this book.
The format is similar to another book, American Hardcore, meaning that it consists of interview pieces
with many of the key players during the time. So it’s a pretty easy, quick read.
The narrative does place the reader into a time warp and gives a great account
of how it was. Many interesting stories are covered, everything from histories
of classic albums to street level commentary.
All the well known giants are covered: Cro-Mags, Agnostic
Front, Sick of it All, Gorilla Biscuits, etc. To my delight, many lesser known
bands are covered such as Even Worse, False Profits and Straight Ahead. The
book does a great job covering every worthwhile band that existed during that
time. The only key players that were not covered are Youth Defense League.
Over all I do recommend this book. For those people who only
like books with pictures, this will be for you. It’s lavishly illustrated with
photos and old flyers.
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