Los Angeles – Bazillion Points Books

CHOOSING DEATH: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore, by Albert Mudrian

bazillionpoints — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 17:15:47 +0000

Mighty new expanded death-luxe softcover from Bazillion Points ships today! Albert Mudrian’s renowned underground metal chronicle gets 100 new pages, 50 new interviews, three new chapters and jaw-dropping throwback cover art from none other than Dan Seagrave. “Albert Mudrian, our disciple of all that is heavy and extreme, definitively documents this period of blissful cacophony for all to behold.

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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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STRAIGHT EDGE: A Clear-Headed Hardcore Punk History, by Tony Rettman

bazillionpoints — Sun, 24 Nov 2024 12:31:52 +0000

New from the author of NYHC: New York Hardcore, 1980–1990! “Fxxcking loved it!!! A great book. Tony Rettman did it once again.”—Mike Ferraro, Judge “This book accurately recalls a counterculture within a counterculture, a movement that changed the course of so many people’s lives, including my own. A crucial and authoritative glance into that world, shining light for fans around the globe on a…

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LONELY BOY: Tales From a Sex Pistol, by Steve Jones

bazillionpoints — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 11:24:11 +0000

Not Our Book!: This is a like-new, unread Hachette softcover with an anarchic marker slash on the spine. The best of the Sex Pistols books. Turning back the clock to the fashionable British punk outbreak of 1977, guitarist Steve Jones goes for broke in a no-“Feelings”-spared account of his life spent in debaucherous notoriety. Illustrated 352pp trade paperback Foreword by Chrissie Hynde…

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MY WAR ON WILSHIRE: Black Flag vs. the Wilshire Federal Building…and the Vex, by Michael Pearson * PREORDER SHIPS JUNE 2026 *

bazillionpoints — Sat, 04 Jul 2020 16:59:21 +0000

Portraits of a band on the edge… PREORDERS SHIP JUNE 2026 • ISBN 978-1-935950-78-3 • 80 pages hardcover • Nearly 100 unseen color photos of Black Flag on July 4, 1983, at the Wilshire Federal Bldg, and July 23, 1983, at the Vex • Includes photos of cult opening act Würm, featuring Chuck Dukowski • Early shots of doom metal legends Saint Vitus at the Vex date to before their debut album On…

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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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SHERIFF MCCOY: Outlaw Legend of Hanoi Rocks, by Andy McCoy

bazillionpoints — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 05:40:06 +0000

The decadent autobiography of HANOI ROCKS co-founder Andy McCoy, Sheriff McCoy: Legend of Hanoi Rocks, is now available in English in a deluxe hardcover edition through Bazillion Points. ISBN 978-0-9796163-0-3 204pp deluxe hardcover w/stamped faux rawhide case and pink ribbon placemarker Touted as “the last great rock ‘n’ roll memoir,” Andy McCoy’s autobiography covers the legendary guitarist’s…

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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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Los Angeles – Bazillion Points Books

CHOOSING DEATH: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore, by Albert Mudrian

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

STRAIGHT EDGE: A Clear-Headed Hardcore Punk History, by Tony Rettman

LONELY BOY: Tales From a Sex Pistol, by Steve Jones

MY WAR ON WILSHIRE: Black Flag vs. the Wilshire Federal Building…and the Vex, by Michael Pearson *** PREORDER SHIPS JUNE 2026 ***

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

SHERIFF MCCOY: Outlaw Legend of Hanoi Rocks, by Andy McCoy

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

MY WAR ON WILSHIRE: Black Flag vs. the Wilshire Federal Building…and the Vex, by Michael Pearson * PREORDER SHIPS JUNE 2026 *