Chris Knox takes you down under, Fab 5 Freddy flies high, Rush and Iron Maiden go deep, and a double dose of punks get the circle pit churning. Crank the volume and read all about ’em:
Chris Knox: Not Given Lightly
By Craig Robertson
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The story of the man, the music, the art, the attitude. Chris Knox: Not Given Lightly tells the story of one extraordinarily creative man’ s journey from the obscurity of punk rock to the heart of New Zealand culture. Craig Robertson is a professor of media studies at Northeastern University in Boston, and the author of The Passport in America: The History of a Document and The Filing Cabinet: A Vertical History of Information. Robertson grew up in Dunedin, New Zealand, where as a student he wrote a thesis on the Dunedin Sound, as well as articles for Rip It Up and a fanzine on local bands.”
Everybody’s Fly: A Life of Art, Music, and Changing the Culture
By Fab 5 Freddy & Mark Rozzo
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Fab 5 Freddy doesn’t just have a great story — he is the story. Name a seismic cultural shift, and chances are, he wasn’t just there — he was helping to make it happen. He’s among the first graffiti artists to turn subway tags into fine art, the visionary behind the first hip-hop movie, the bridge between Jean-Michel Basquiat and the downtown new wave scene, the first person to take rap global on MTV, and the opening rhyme of Blondie’s No. 1 smash Rapture — “Fab 5 Freddy told me everybody’s fly” — the song that propelled hip-hop from the New York streets to mainstream culture. With a spirit of joyful creativity and a deep capacity for connecting with kindred spirits, he shattered racial and artistic boundaries, bridging worlds and raising underground movements to pop culture dominance. Everybody’s Fly is a fast-moving, all-access pass to Fred’s extraordinary life — one that begins in a book- and jazz-filled Brooklyn home and takes us deep into New York’s creative explosions from the 1970s into the 1990s. He didn’t just shape culture, he synthesized it — from highbrow to street, the Bronx to the East Village, punk to rap. Whether he’s skipping school to wander in museums, painting subway cars that became moving masterpieces, or bringing hip-hop to downtown clubs for the first time, Fred’s genius has always been in seeing what others couldn’t — until he made them see it too. Vibrant, rhapsodic, and compulsively readable, Everybody’s Fly is at once an intimate memoir and panoramic cultural history. It is a love letter to the art of seeing, a fascinating account of an inimitable creative life, and a celebration of what it means to shape culture.”
Rush & 2112: Fifty Years
By Daniel Bukszpan
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Just in time for the band’s Fifty Something tour, Rush & 2112: 50 Years tells the complete tale of the most revered prog rock album of all time with bold photography, insightful interviews and commentary, and rarely seen performance and offstage photography. Rush formed in Toronto in 1968 and debuted their first album in 1974. Their second and third albums received middling reviews, then 2112 shot them into the stratosphere of global rock and began a wave of successful albums as their sound continued to evolve. Rush hold an outsized place in popular culture, and this book showcases why: The virtuosity of the lyrics and music, the raw talent of its original trio of Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart, and bold compositions in the ever-changing soundscape of the ’70s and ’80s led to a storied career, and over 40 million records sold. Many critics and fans consider Rush one of, if not the greatest rock band of all time, and this book helps explain how they rose to the forefront of musical stardom and sustained that popularity for decades.”
Iron Maiden: Song by Song
By Christer Bakke Andresen
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “A comprehensive album-by-album history of Iron Maiden’s rise, resilience, and enduring heavy metal legacy. Currently in their fifth decade as recording and touring artists, the British hard rock and heavy metal legends rose to prominence in the 1980s, battled their way through the challenging 1990s, and returned to global mega-success in the 2000s and beyond. This book charts their incredible journey, album by album and song by song, from debut album Iron Maiden (1980), via world-beating classics like The Number Of The Beast (1982) and Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son (1988), through the resurgence of Brave New World (2000), all the way to their latest masterpiece Senjutsu (2021). Every period of the band’s history is discussed in terms of song writing, recording, evolving band line-ups and the changing times and styles. A superstar band in the 1980s and then written off as yesterday’s news in the 1990s, Iron Maiden have endured to become one of the greatest and most highly respected hard rock and heavy metal groups of all time.”
We’re Having Much More Fun: Punk Archives For The Present From CBGB To Gilman And Beyond
By Judith A. Peraino & Tom McEnaney
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “In We’re Having Much More Fun, Judith A. Peraino and Tom McEnaney celebrate the ways punks have built and documented their own misfit collectives since the mid-1970s, assembling alternative worlds of riotous music, art, fashion and writing. This book ranges across the United States and over multiple generations, highlighting the diverse people who make punk happen. Over 400 color images of rare flyers, photos, zines, letters, and more showcase the creative and political energy that has fueled punk from the start. New interviews and essays featuring Aaron Cometbus, Anna Joy Springer (Blatz, Gr’ups and Cypher In The Snow), Fayette Hauser (on Tomata du Plenty), Ian MacKaye (Dischord Records and Fugazi), Jayne County, KK Barrett and Tommy Gear (The Screamers), Martín Sorrondeguy (Los Crudos and Limp Wrist), Orlando Xavier (Special Forces and United Blood), Sylvia Reed (on Anya Phillips) and Victoria Ruiz (Downtown Boys) — as well as captions by additional artists, photographers, and fans?tell the stories behind the images, music, and scenes. Every page is an invitation from punk’s past and present to build your own future.”
Tear It Down: How Crossover Bridged Metal & Hardcore Punk
By Alexandros Anesiadis
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “What happens when hardcore punk collides with metal — and refuses to choose sides? Tear It Down: How Crossover Bridged Metal And Hardcore Punk captures the violence, creativity, and friction that defined one of the most misunderstood movements in underground music. From widely recognised names such as Agnostic Front, Cro-Mags, The Accused and D.R.I., to overlooked but essential bands like Beyond Possession, Sacrilege B.C., Lobotomia and Lethal Aggression, and further into the deepest underground with Ugly But Proud, Whoppers Taste Good, Dresden and Capitalist Alienation, the book dismantles the idea of a single crossover narrative. Based on more than 180 interviews with bands worldwide, ranging from original 1980s participants to post-2000 and current bands, Tear It Down centres on the formative years 1980-1990, while tracing crossover’s long-term impact and mutations. The book also broadens the conversation through interviews with record labels, visual artists, fanzine creators, and even a blogger, recognising crossover as a culture rather than a style. Alongside, more than 1,300 bands are namedropped or reviewed from all over the world. At 220,000 words and featuring a foreword by Parris Mayhew (founding member of Cro-Mags, White Devil, Aggros), Tear It Down stands as the most extensive document ever produced on the crossover phenomenon.”
Hound Dog: A Poet’s Memoir Of Rock, Revolution, And Redemption
By M L Liebler
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “From award-winning Detroit poet M.L. Liebler comes a heartfelt, thumping, and wide-ranging memoir of a life lived with music, muses, and the magic of the written word. From Elvis Presley and Bob Dylan to Robbie Robertson, Hüsker Dü and Eminem, Liebler treads his well-traveled road using musical signposts that have defined a generation of artists. Throughout, his love for family, friends, and faith shine brightest, and we bear witness to the life of a man who has spent over 50 years championing artistic expression in all its forms. Hound Dog is nothing less than the album of Liebler’s life.”
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