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<div>Known for its glamorous 1970s punk rock scene, New York City matched the grim urban reality of the 1980s with a rawer musical uprising: New York hardcore. As bands of misfits from across the region gravitated to the forgotten frontier of Manhattan's Lower East Side. With a a backdrop of despair, bands like Agnostic Front, Cro-Mags, Murphy's Law, and Youth of Today confronted their reality with relentlessly energetic gigs at CBGB, A7, and the numerous squats in the area.

Tony Rettman's ambitious oral history captures ten years of struggling, including the scene's regional rivalries with D.C. and Boston, the birth of moshing, the clash and coming to terms of hardcore and heavy metal, the straightedge movement, and the unlikely influence of Krishna consciousness.

With a foreword by Freddy Cricien of Madball, who made his stage debut with Agnostic Front at age seven, NYHC slams the sidewalk with savage tales of larger-than-life characters and unlikely feats of willpower. The gripping and sometimes hilarious narrative is woven together like the fabric of New York itself from over 100 original interviews with members of Absolution, Adrenalin O.D., Agnostic Front, Antidote, Bad Brains, Bloodclot, Bold, Born Against, Breakdown, Cause for Alarm, Citizen Arrest, Cro-Mags, Crumbsuckers, Death Before Dishonor, Even Worse, False Prophets, Don Fury, Gorilla Biscuits, H20, Heart Attack, Inhuman, Into Another, Irate, Judge, Kraut, Leeway, Life s Blood, Major Conflict, Max s Kansas City, Murphy s Law, Nausea, Nihilistics, Nuclear Assault, Numskulls, Outburst, Pro-Pain, Quicksand, Rat Cage Records, Raw Deal, Reagan Youth, Rorschach, S.O.D., Sacrilege, Savage Circle, Sheer Terror, Shelter, Shok, Sick of it All, Side by Side, Skinhead Youth, Straight Ahead, the Abused, the Cryptcrashers, the Mad, the Misfits, the Misguided, the Mob, the Psychos, the Ritz, the Stimulators, the Undead, Token Entry, Underdog, Urban Waste, Virus, Warzone, Youth of Today, and many, many more.

MOSH IT UP!</div>

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30 December 2014
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17.15 x 3.81 x 24.13 cm
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1935950126
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978-1935950127
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<div>"A great oral history book."The New York Times

"A fittingly bare-bones book, with fifty-two short chapters and no editorializing from the author. But the story it tells is not a simple one: this was, to quote the title of Cro-Mags first album, an 'age of quarrel.' The New Yorker

"NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980-1990 is an essential document, which will be the go-to reference for all fans of extreme styles of music. It started here."The Huffington Post

A new oral history from crucial local imprint Bazillion Points, tells the tale of Agnostic Front, Cro-Mags, Reagan Youth and the myriad other bands that helped put the scene on the map. Time Out New York

"In a word: essential."Terrorizer (9/10 review)

"Rettman's exhaustive recounting includes tidbits from literally everyone who was anyone in the NYHC scene, making it invaluable punk rock history and the perfect companion to Legs McNeil's Please Kill Me.The Austin Chronicle

An excellent history. Austin American-Statesman

"A journey into the heart of the chaos A success."The Wire

Made up from over a hundred interviews conducted by Rettman and wielding over 500 images, the tome will delight both the New York hardcore nerd and novice alike as it careens through the scene s early days with the likes of Agnostic Front, Reagan Youth, The Mob, Urban Waste, and Cause For Alarm right into the late 80s heyday of Cro-Mags, Murphy s Law, Youth of Today, Underdog, and Sick of it All. VICE/Noisey

I m floored! Tony Rettman s NYHC is by far one of the most informative looks at New York hardcore. An amazing read loaded with remnants of my life and a movement I truly adore. Hardcore lives! Roger Miret, Agnostic Front

Thank you Tony Rettman! Great book! So much fun to read everybody s take on our great history. So proud to be a part! Mike Judge, Judge/Youth of Today/Death Before Dishonor

"A great read"Paul Cripple, Reagan Youth

"Kudos to you for so wonderfully addressing and bringing to life once again NYC's almost lost, important history in rock music."Denise Mercedes, Stimulators

"A triumphant celebration of an often maligned but hugely influential scene and I cannot recommend it enough."Mass Movement
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About the Author

<div>Tony Rettman is a freelance music journalist whose work has appeared in The Village Voice, Vice, The Wire, Philadelphia Weekly, Cleveland Scene, Arthur, Swindle, Signal to Noise, Mean, and Thrasher. At age 14 in the 1980s, he was the editor of Common Sense zine. He has provided liner notes for such artists as Hackamore Brick, Bored Youth, Beyond and many more. He is a contributing editor to DoubleCrossXX.com. In 2010, Revelation Records released his acclaimed first book, Why Be Something That You're Not: Detroit Hardcore 19791985.

Freddy Cricien is the lead singer of Madball.</div>

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bazillion Points; Illustrated edition (30 December 2014)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 384 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1935950126
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1935950127
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 17.15 x 3.81 x 24.13 cm

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Tony Rettman is a freelance music journalist whose work has appeared in The Village Voice, Vice, The Wire, The Guardian, Philadelphia Weekly, Cleveland Scene, Arthur, Swindle, Signal to Noise, Mean and Thrasher. He has provided liner notes for such artists as The Circle Jerks, The Crumbsuckers, Beyond and many more. In 2010, Revelation Records Publishing released his first book, 'Why Be Something That You're Not: Detroit Hardcore 1979-1985'. Rettman's most recent book, 'NYHC 1980 - 1990' was released by Bazillion Points Publishing in December of 2014 and has received praise from The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Huffington Post and many other outlets.

Tony has recently come off hosting the podcast "Green Room Radio" for A24 films to promote their movie, "Green Room". On the ten episodes, Rettman spoke with members of such legendary punk bands as Black Flag, Danzig, Gorilla Biscuits and H20 about their worst gig experiences.

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NYHC.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 February 2018

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Really comprehensive on NYHC. There are many acts worthy of books of their own. The story is told by folks from the scene and bands involved. It doesn't cover the bands whole histories in a lot of cases, some it does, but that leaves it open which is clever as this makes you want to go check out more. It isn't overly opinionated as some books on Hardcore, which is refreshing. It's also one of those books that could easily be republished and expanded out another 10 or more years. It's main plus that it pays homage to many dead and forgotten people in the scene.

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Penut40

Very stop start

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Not as fun as I thought it would of been

Dead Pistol

just loook around - Super Einblick

Reviewed in Germany on 8 November 2016

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Dieses Buch lebt nicht davon, dass eine Person etwas beschreibt, sondern dass viele Personen dies tun. Dies ist chronologisch einwandfrei geordnet und zeigt sowohl positive,- als auch negative Sichtweisen der Protagonisten auf.
Ich war zu Beginn skeptisch ob des vielen Textes von so vielen unterschiedlichen Menschen, doch wie bereits erwähnt, lebt die Geschichte der Szene genau von eben all den Erinnerungen dieser Menschen.
Hat man dieses Buch gelesen, versteht man diese Stadt, diese Szene viel intensiver, als dass es “nur“ der Soundtrack unzähliger Veröffentlichungen vermittelt.

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Mark T

Essential.

Reviewed in Canada on 11 June 2015

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Essential for any fan of NYHC, even if your exposure is limited to the "big" bands that came out of the scene. The stories from the players about the bands, the club, and New York when it was still a dangerous place to be.

Luca Z.

Excellent

Reviewed in France on 12 October 2016

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Un très bel ouvrage pour en apprendre plus sur la culture hardcore de New York. Des anecdotes croustillantes sur tous les groupes ayant participé à cette mouvance, certaines venant de grands nom du milieu.
Je le recommande fortement pour les gens qui souhaiterais connaitre d'avantage cette scène ou alors la découvrir d'une facon originale.

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