American Hardcore: A Tribal History

by Steven Blush

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The iconic, best-selling punk history receives over 125 new images and thirty new interviews.

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It's a nice collection of interviews and artifacts from punk Americana. The problem lies in that a huge proportion of hardcore band members from that time were idiots with little of interest to say.


Interesting history of some very influential bands but kind of loses steam about halfway through.

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Steven Blush is the author of the cult classics American Hardcore, American Hair Metal, .45 Dangerous Minds, and Lost Rockers. He wrote and coproduced the documentary American Hardcore, based on his book. Blush was the editor and publisher of the award-winning Seconds interview magazine. He lives in New York.

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American Hardcore (2006 | IMDb)

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Music, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, History
DDC/MDS
781.66Arts & recreationMusicGeneral principles and musical formsTraditions of musicRock (Rock 'n' roll)
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ML3534 .B634MusicLiterature on musicLiterature on musicHistory and criticismPopular music
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Reviews
2
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½ (3.66)
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English, French, Japanese
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Paper, Ebook
ISBNs
5
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