By Craig Robertson<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\nTHE EDITED PRESS RELEASE:<\/strong> \u201cThe story of the man, the music, the art, the attitude. Chris Knox: Not Given Lightly<\/em> tells the story of one extraordinarily creative man\u2019 s journey from the obscurity of punk rock to the heart of New Zealand culture. Craig Robertson<\/strong> is a professor of media studies at Northeastern University in Boston, and the author of The Passport in America: The History of a Document <\/em>and The Filing Cabinet: A Vertical History of Information<\/em>. Robertson grew up in Dunedin, New Zealand, where as a student he wrote a thesis on the Dunedin Sound<\/strong>, as well as articles for Rip It Up<\/em> and a fanzine on local bands.\u201d<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Everybody\u2019s Fly: A Life of Art, Music, and Changing the Culture<\/strong><\/span><\/em>
By Fab 5 Freddy & Mark Rozzo<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\nTHE EDITED PRESS RELEASE:<\/strong> \u201cFab 5 Freddy<\/strong> doesn\u2019t just have a great story \u2014 he is the story. Name a seismic cultural shift, and chances are, he wasn\u2019t just there \u2014 he was helping to make it happen. He\u2019s 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<\/strong> and the downtown new wave scene, the first person to take rap global on MTV<\/strong>, and the opening rhyme of Blondie<\/strong>\u2019s No. 1 smash Rapture <\/em>\u2014 \u201cFab 5 Freddy told me everybody\u2019s fly\u201d \u2014 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\u2019s Fly<\/em> is a fast-moving, all-access pass to Fred\u2019s extraordinary life \u2014 one that begins in a book- and jazz-filled Brooklyn home and takes us deep into New York\u2019s creative explosions from the 1970s into the 1990s. He didn\u2019t just shape culture, he synthesized it \u2014 from highbrow to street, the Bronx to the East Village, punk to rap. Whether he\u2019s 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\u2019s genius has always been in seeing what others couldn\u2019t \u2014 until he made them see it too. Vibrant, rhapsodic, and compulsively readable, Everybody\u2019s Fly<\/em> 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.\u201d<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Rush & 2112: Fifty Years<\/strong><\/span><\/em>
By Daniel Bukszpan<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\nTHE EDITED PRESS RELEASE:<\/strong> \u201cJust in time for the band\u2019s Fifty Something<\/em> tour, Rush & 2112: 50 Years<\/em> 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<\/strong> formed in Toronto in 1968 and debuted their first album in 1974. Their second and third albums received middling reviews, then 2112<\/em> shot them into the stratosphere of global rock and began a wave of successful albums as their sound continued to evolve. Rush<\/strong> 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<\/strong>, Alex Lifeson<\/strong> and Neil Peart<\/strong>, and bold compositions in the ever-changing soundscape of the \u201970s and \u201980s led to a storied career, and over 40 million records sold. Many critics and fans consider Rush<\/strong> 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.\u201d<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Iron Maiden: Song by Song<\/strong><\/span><\/em>
By Christer Bakke Andresen<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\nTHE EDITED PRESS RELEASE:<\/strong> \u201cA comprehensive album-by-album history of Iron Maiden<\/strong>\u2019s 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<\/em> (1980), via world-beating classics like The Number Of The Beast<\/em> (1982) and Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son<\/em> (1988), through the resurgence of Brave New World<\/em> (2000), all the way to their latest masterpiece Senjutsu<\/em> (2021). Every period of the band\u2019s 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\u2019s 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.\u201d<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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We\u2019re Having Much More Fun: Punk Archives For The Present From CBGB To Gilman And Beyond<\/strong><\/span><\/em>
By Judith A. Peraino & Tom McEnaney<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\nTHE EDITED PRESS RELEASE:<\/strong> \u201cIn We\u2019re Having Much More Fun<\/em>, Judith A. Peraino<\/strong> and Tom McEnaney<\/strong> 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<\/strong> (Blatz<\/strong>, Gr\u2019ups<\/strong>\u00a0and Cypher In The Snow<\/strong>), Fayette Hauser<\/strong> (on Tomata du Plenty<\/strong>), Ian MacKaye<\/strong> (Dischord Records<\/strong> and Fugazi<\/strong>), Jayne County<\/strong>, KK Barrett<\/strong> and Tommy Gear<\/strong> (The Screamers<\/strong>), Mart\u00edn Sorrondeguy<\/strong> (Los Crudos<\/strong> and Limp Wrist<\/strong>), Orlando Xavier<\/strong> (Special Forces<\/strong> and United Blood<\/strong>), Sylvia Reed<\/strong> (on Anya Phillips<\/strong>) and Victoria Ruiz<\/strong> (Downtown Boys<\/strong>) \u2014 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\u2019s past and present to build your own future.\u201d<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Tear It Down: How Crossover Bridged Metal & Hardcore Punk<\/strong><\/span><\/em>
By Alexandros Anesiadis<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\nTHE EDITED PRESS RELEASE:<\/strong> \u201cWhat happens when hardcore punk collides with metal \u2014 and refuses to choose sides? Tear It Down: How Crossover Bridged Metal And Hardcore Punk<\/em> 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<\/strong>, Cro-Mags<\/strong>, The Accused<\/strong>\u00a0and D.R.I.<\/strong>, to overlooked but essential bands like Beyond Possession<\/strong>, Sacrilege B.C.<\/strong>, Lobotomia<\/strong>\u00a0and Lethal Aggression<\/strong>, and further into the deepest underground with Ugly But Proud<\/strong>, Whoppers Taste<\/strong> Good<\/strong>, Dresden<\/strong>\u00a0and Capitalist Alienation<\/strong>, 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<\/em> centres on the formative years 1980-1990, while tracing crossover\u2019s 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<\/strong> (founding member of Cro-Mags<\/strong>, White Devil<\/strong>, Aggros<\/strong>), Tear It Down<\/em> stands as the most extensive document ever produced on the crossover phenomenon.\u201d<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Hound Dog: A Poet\u2019s Memoir Of Rock, Revolution, And Redemption<\/strong><\/span><\/em>
By M L Liebler<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\nTHE EDITED PRESS RELEASE:<\/strong> \u201cFrom award-winning Detroit poet M.L. Liebler<\/strong> 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<\/strong> and Bob Dylan<\/strong>\u00a0to Robbie Robertson<\/strong>, H\u00fcsker D\u00fc<\/strong>\u00a0and Eminem<\/strong>, 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<\/em> is nothing less than the album of Liebler\u2019s life.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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Chris Knox: Not Given Lightly<\/strong><\/span><\/em>