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MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW: Shots From the Bay Area Thrash Metal Epicenter, by Harald Oimoen and Brian Lew

bazillionpoints — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 16:00:09 +0000

Biggest, bestest fifth printing w/improved thrash science! FREE BONUS!! Includes a limited, SIGNED, exclusive, and useful 8.5″ x 11″ cardstock book index featuring hundreds of entries, from Debbie Abono to Gerald Yoshida! *** • ISBN 978-1-935950-03-5 • 272pp full-color hardcover • Dimensions: 9.25″ x 11.5″ x 1″ (235mm x 292mm x 25.4mm); 4 lbs. (1.8 kg) Hails for MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW…

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THE ‘CORE CURRICULUM 2025: Eight Essential Hardcore Punk History Books Set

bazillionpoints — Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:11:38 +0000

Twenty lbs. of hardcore history ships today—via UPS in the U.S. Our core of highly energized and exhaustive books detailing the origins of hardcore punk in America and the UK are united to clobber shipping costs and help kick-start your scene. Between the six invaluable tomes, over 1,560 pages (20 lbs./8 kg) of inflammatory, wild-eyed rebellion from the dawn of DIY deliverance in Los Angeles…

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TOUCH AND GO: The Complete Hardcore Punk Zine ’79–’83, by Tesco Vee and Dave Stimson

bazillionpoints — Fri, 11 Sep 2020 18:38:36 +0000

Massive flexibound softcover ships today in full ink-stained glory!!! *** “I was inspired by how fearless and together Touch and Go were. They were really wild and extremely funny.”—Henry Rollins The complete series 1979–1983. Twenty-two issues in one loud, fast volume. ISBN 978-0979616389 • Trade edition with deluxe durable flex binding 576 stiff full-sized pages • Essays by Tesco Vee…

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WE GOT POWER!: Hardcore Punk Scenes From 1980s Southern California, by David Markey and Jordan Schwartz

bazillionpoints — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:45:24 +0000

“Essential reading…the funniest of the local mags”—Matt Groening “The book is a wonderful document of something that has continuity and lasts, the stuff that matters. It’s the finding of a voice of a generation.”—Chuck Dukowski • ISBN 978-1-935950-07-3 • Deluxe 304pp large-format landscape hardcover • Dimensions: 12″ x 9″ (305mm x 230mm); 4 lbs. (2.5 kg) • Featuring essays by David Markey…

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PACIFIC NW PACK: Bruce Pavitt’s Sub Pop USA & Experiencing Nirvana

bazillionpoints — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 18:15:08 +0000

This is a crucial set of books by Bruce Pavitt, with SUB POP USA: The Subterranean Pop Music Anthology 1980–1988 chronicling eight years of all breeds of American independent, regional, and underground music; building to Experiencing Nirvana: Grunge in Europe, 1989, a “microhistory” of Nirvana’s first European tour, a watershed event for long-haired Seattle rock and the fledgling Sub Pop Records…

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