Hard-Core: Life of My Own

by Harley Flanagan

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Harley Flanagan provides a fascinating memoir: a homeless child prodigy and family friend of Andy Warhol and Allen Ginsberg, at a young age he became close to many stars of the early punk rock scene like Joe Strummer of The Clash and was taught to play bass by members of the famed black punk band Bad Brains. He went on to start the notorious hardcore band Cro-Mags. From the memoir's introduction byAmerican Hardcore's Steven Blush: "Harley Flanagan is not like you or me. Most of us grew up in show more relative safety and security. Harley came up like a feral animal, fending for himself in the '70s Lower East Side jungle of crime, drugs, abuse and poverty. By age 10 he was a downtown star at Max's Kansas City and CBGB, drumming in his aunt's punk band The Stimulators, and socializing with Blondie's Debbie Harry and Cleveland's Dead Boys. Everyone thought it was so cute, but it wasn't." Currently an instructor for the famed Renzo Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, Harley was never shy: making friends with important figures like Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead, defending himself in street battles, and, most recently, finding media play and court battles after former band members betrayed their one-time friend and bandmate. show less

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librarylord99 48 reviews

Typo-littered, hyperbolic, and possibly 55% bullshit. How can you believe anything this guys says, he claims he put 19 people in the ICU in Canada, in ONE NIGHT!

Cro-Mags are an amazing band, however; Harley Flanagan claims he can remember what he did 30 years ago while on Angel Dust. I call bullshit.

Tons of typos, WTF Feral House?

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