Random House New Releases - Music - Punk

Love Rock Revolution by Mark Baumgarten

2012-07-10T00:30:00-05:00

Love Rock Revolution K Records and the Rise of Independent Music
Written by Mark Baumgarten

Trade Paperback, 288 pages | Sasquatch Books | Music - Punk; Music - History & Criticism; Music - Popular | $17.95 | 978-1-57061-822-2 (1-57061-822-4)

Punk isn't a sound--it's an idea! In its history, K Records has fostered some of independent music's greatest artists, including Bikini Kill, Beat Happening, Built to Spill, Beck, Modest Mouse, and the Gossip. In 1982, K Records released its first cassette and put its own spin on punk's defiant manifesto: You don't need anyone's permission to make music. Thirty years later, the label continues to operate in the underground while rightfully claiming a role as one of the most transformative engines of modern independent music. It has also galvanized the international pop underground, helped create the grunge scene that took over pop culture, and provided a launching pad for the riot grrrl movement that changed the role of women in music forever. Love Rock Revolution tells the story of how it all happened, recounting the early journeys of K Records founder Calvin Johnson from the punk mecca of London to the hardcore clubs of Washington, D.C., in the late-'70s, the creation of K Records in the '80s, the label's role in revolutionizing independent music in the '90s, and its struggle to survive that revolution with its integrity intact.

Love Rock Revolution by Mark Baumgarten

2012-07-10T00:30:00-05:00

Love Rock Revolution K Records and the Rise of Independent Music
Written by Mark Baumgarten

eBook, 288 pages | Sasquatch Books | Music - Punk; Music - History & Criticism; Music - Popular | $17.95 | 978-1-57061-796-6 (1-57061-796-1)

Balance by Ian Glasper

2011-12-13T00:30:00-05:00

Balance European Hardcore Music
Written by Tom Barry and Sophia
Foreword by Ian Glasper

Hardcover, 160 pages | Mark Batty Publisher | Music - Punk | $40.00 | 978-1-935613-36-7 (1-935613-36-7)

Borne out of the American punk scene of the late 1970s, hardcore music raged through the '80s, spreading to towns and cities across the globe. Balance focuses on the current European scene, documenting the lives of musicians who strike a balance between their day jobs and this vital musical force. From tattooists in Portugal to miners in Poland, Balance uncovers the twin lives of those working to support their passion. Hardcore has always been more than just music and although the performers and fans across the continent speak different languages and live in different places, they are tied to each other through a culture that transcends borders. Capturing the chaos of the mosh pit, the monotony of the office, and the sheer energy of this music, Balance pays homage to the bands, promoters, designers, and supporters who have made the decision to a live a hardcore life.

As Ian Glasper writes in the book’s foreword, “This music resides in our hearts and minds and colors everything we do, everything we touch, everything we are. Even if you’ve moved on musically, hardcore punk informs the decisions you make for the rest of your life . . . And that’s because at the end of the day, as great as the music is, it’s about the relationships you forge with those around you.”

Iggy Pop: Open Up and Bleed by Paul Trynka

2011-12-07T00:30:00-05:00

Iggy Pop: Open Up and Bleed
Written by Paul Trynka

eBook, 352 pages | Crown Archetype | Biography & Autobiography - Composers & Musicians; Music - Punk | $11.99 | 978-0-7679-2722-2 (0-7679-2722-2)

“Fellow rock stars, casual members of the public, lords and media magnates, countless thousands of people will talk of their encounters with this driven, talented, indomitable creature, a man who has plumbed the depths of depravity, yet emerged with an indisputable nobility. Each of them will share an admiration and appreciation of the contradictions and ironies of his incredible life. Even so, they are unlikely to fully comprehend both the heights and the depths of his experience, for the extremes are simply beyond the realms of most people’s understanding.”

—from the Prologue

The first full biography of one of rock ’n’ roll’s greatest pioneers and legendary wild men

Born James Newell Osterberg Jr., Iggy Pop transcended life in Ypsilanti, Michigan, to become a member of the punk band the Stooges, thereby earning the nickname “the Godfather of Punk.” He is one of the most riveting and reckless performers in music history, with a commitment to his art that is perilously total. But his personal life was often a shambles, as he struggled with drug addiction, mental illness, and the ever-problematic question of commercial success in the music world. That he is even alive today, let alone performing with undiminished energy, is a wonder. The musical genres of punk, glam, and New Wave were all anticipated and profoundly influenced by his work.

Paul Trynka, former editor of Mojo magazine, has spent much time with Iggy’s childhood friends, lovers, and fellow musicians, gaining a profound understanding of the particular artistic culture of Ann Arbor, where Iggy and the Stooges were formed in the mid to late sixties. Trynka has conducted over 250 interviews, has traveled to Michigan, New York, California, London, and Berlin, and, in the course of the last decade or so at Mojo, has spoken to dozens of musicians who count Iggy as an influence. This has allowed him to depict, via real-life stories from members of bands like New Order and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Iggy’s huge influence on the music scene of the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s, as well as to portray in unprecedented detail Iggy’s relationship with his enigmatic friend and mentor David Bowie. Trynka has also interviewed Iggy Pop himself at his home in Miami for this book. What emerges is a fascinating psychological study of a Jekyll/Hyde personality: the quietly charismatic, thoughtful, well-read Jim Osterberg hitched to the banshee creation and alter ego that is Iggy Pop.

Iggy Pop: Open Up and Bleed is a truly definitive work—not just about Iggy Pop’s life and music but also about the death of the hippie dream, the influence of drugs on human creativity, the nature of comradeship, and the depredations of fame.

The Strangest Tribe by Stephen Tow

2011-09-20T00:30:00-05:00

The Strangest Tribe How a Group of Seattle Rock Bands Invented Grunge
Written by Stephen Tow

Trade Paperback, 272 pages | Sasquatch Books | Music - History & Criticism; Music - Rock; Music - Punk | $18.95 | 978-1-57061-743-0 (1-57061-743-0)

Grunge isn’t dead – but was it every truly alive? Twenty years after the height of the movement, The Strangest Tribe redefines grunge as we know it. Stephen Tow takes a second look at the music and community that vaulted the likes of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Mudhoney, and Soundgarden to international fame. Chock-full of interviews with the starring characters, Tow extensively chronicles the rise of rock 'n' roll’s last great statement and contextualizes what the music really meant to the key players.

Delving deep into the archives, Tow paints a vivid picture of the underground rock circuit of tattered warehouses and community centers. Seattle’s heady punk scene of the late '80s gave birth to a rowdy and raucous movement, influenced by metal, but wholly its own. Seattle made its own sound, a sound that came to be known internationally as grunge. Tow walks the reader through this sonic evolution, interviewing members of every band along the way.

In 1991, Seattle’s sound took the world by storm--but this same storm had been brewing in the Pacific Northwest for a decade before it hit MTV. The Strangest Tribe is a reframing of this last transformative era in music. Not just plaid shirts, bleached hair, and angst, “grunge” is a word used to describe a rich community of artists and jokers.

The Strangest Tribe by Stephen Tow

2011-09-20T00:30:00-05:00

The Strangest Tribe How a Group of Seattle Rock Bands Invented Grunge
Written by Stephen Tow

eBook, 272 pages | Sasquatch Books | Music - History & Criticism; Music - Rock; Music - Punk | $18.95 | 978-1-57061-787-4 (1-57061-787-2)

We Got the Neutron Bomb by Brendan Mullen

2010-05-05T00:30:00-05:00

We Got the Neutron Bomb The Untold Story of L.A. Punk
Written by Marc Spitz and Brendan Mullen

eBook, 320 pages | Crown Archetype | Music - Punk; Social Science - Popular Culture | $13.99 | 978-0-307-56624-9 (0-307-56624-2)

Taking us back to late ’70s and early ’80s Hollywood—pre-crack, pre-AIDS, pre-Reagan—We Got the Neutron Bomb re-creates word for word the rage, intensity, and anarchic glory of the Los Angeles punk scene, straight from the mouths of the scenesters, zinesters, groupies, filmmakers, and musicians who were there.

“California was wide-open sex—no condoms, no birth control, no morality, no guilt.” —Kim Fowley

“The Runaways were rebels, all of us were. And a lot of people looked up to us. It helped a lot of kids who had very mediocre, uneventful, unhappy lives. It gave them something to hold on to.” —Cherie Currie

“The objective was to create something for our own personal satisfaction, because everything in our youthful and limited opinion sucked, and we knew better.” —John Doe

“The Masque was like Heaven and Hell all rolled into one. It was a bomb shelter, a basement. It was so amazing, such a dive ... but it was our dive.” —Hellin Killer

“At least fifty punks were living at the Canterbury. You’d walk into the courtyard and there’d be a dozen different punk songs all playing at the same time. It was an incredible environment.” —Belinda Carlisle

Assembled from exhaustive interviews, We Got the Neutron Bomb tells the authentically gritty stories of bands like the Runaways, the Germs, X, the Screamers, Black Flag, and the Circle Jerks—their rise, their fall, and their undeniable influence on the rock ’n’ roll of today.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

The Portable Henry Rollins by Henry Rollins

2009-10-07T00:30:00-05:00

The Portable Henry Rollins
Written by Henry Rollins

eBook, 320 pages | Villard | Music - Punk; Biography & Autobiography - Composers & Musicians; Music - Rock | $16.99 | 978-0-307-56809-0 (0-307-56809-1)

Henry Rollins is an artist whose legendary, no-holds-barred performances encompasses music, acting, and written and spoken word.  As Details magazine said when it named Rollins the 1994 Man of the Year: "through two decades of rage and discipline, Henry Rollins has transformed himself from an L.A. punk rocker into a universal soldier.  His enemies: slackers and hypocrites.  His mission: to steel your soul and rock your world."

Rollins was frontman for the seminal punk band Black Flag, and since 1987 has led the Rollins Band, whose ninth album, Come In and Burn, was just released by DreamWorks.

As a spoken-word artist, he regularly performs at colleges and theaters worldwide and has released eight spoken-word audiotapes.  His album Get in the Van won the Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for 1995.  As an actor, he has appeared in The Chase, Johnny Mnemonic, Heat, and David Lynch's forthcoming film, Lost Highway.

From his days as front man for the band Black Flag and the current Rollins Band to his books and spoken-word audiotapes, Henry Rollins is the music, the attitude, and the voice that takes no prisoners.  In his twelve books, he has led us on a hallucinatory journey through the decades--and his mind--with poems, essays, short stories, diary entries, and rants that exist at "the frayed edges where reality ends and imagination begins" (Publishers Weekly).  For the first time, the best of his legendary, no-holds-barred writings are available.  This collection includes new photos and works from such seminal Rollins books as:

High Adventure in the Great Outdoors
Art to Choke Hearts
Bang!
Black Coffee Blues
Get in the Van
Do I Come Here Often?
Solipsist

Plus never before released stories and more...

From the Trade Paperback edition.

Sound Kapital by Yuli Chen

2009-09-15T00:30:00-05:00

Sound Kapital
Supplement by Yuli Chen
Photographed by Matthew Niederhauser
Introduction by Chairman Ca

Hardcover, 176 pages | powerHouse Books | Photography - Photo Essays; Music - Punk; Social Science - Ethnic Studies | $24.95 | 978-1-57687-521-6 (1-57687-521-0)

China exists today in a liminal realm, caught between the socialist idealism of old and a calamitous drive for wealth spurned by recent free-market reforms. This seemingly unbridgeable gap tears at the country’s social fabric while provoking younger generations to greater artistic heights. The unique sound emerging from Beijing’s underground delves deeply into this void, aggressively questioning the moral and social basis of China’s fragile modernity even as it subsists upon it.

A formidable new wave of Chinese musicians is taking the city by storm. Revolving around four venues spread across Beijing, a burgeoning group of performers are working outside government-controlled media channels, and in the process, capturing the attention of the international music community. They now constitute a fresh, independent voice in a country renowned for creative conformity and saccharine Cantonese pop. In Sound Kapital, photographer Matthew Niederhauser captures the energy of the personalities and performers at D-22, Yugong Yishan, 2 Kolegas, and MAO Livehouse. These revolutionary Beijing nightclubs remain at the core of the city’s creative explosion by hosting an eclectic mix of punk, experimental, rock, and folk performances.

Included with the book are concert posters and illustrations that encapsulate the underground scene in Beijing, as well as a CD sampler of the new music being produced. There is no doubt that these musicians will continue to break ground within Beijing’s nascent artistic landscape, helping to push the boundaries of an already expanding realm of independent thought and musical expression in China.

The Taqwacores by Michael Muhammad Knight

2009-06-02T00:30:00-05:00

The Taqwacores Muslim Punk in the USA
Photographed by Kim Badawi
Foreword by Michael Muhammad Knight

Hardcover, 112 pages | powerHouse Books | Photography - Photo Essays; Social Science - Minority Studies; Music - Punk | $35.00 | 978-1-57687-500-1 (1-57687-500-8)

Writer Michael Muhammad Knight coined the term "taqwacore" for his novel about a Muslim punk house in Buffalo, NY, which Knight initially distributed from the back of his car as a DIY photocopied zine. In time, the book found widespread publication through Autonomedia and garnered supporters, even inspiring the first woman-led prayer of a mixed-gender Muslim congregation in the United States in 2005. But something far grander was in the works; unbeknownst to Knight, a real Muslim punk scene was starting to emerge, based on the one he had imagined for the book.

Photographer Kim Badawi first met Knight around this time, and bore witness as the taqwacore phenomenon began to take hold. Beginning in 2006, Badawi traveled across the U.S., chronicling the burgeoning subculture and the musicians who had been spurred to action by Knight’s creative vision. In 2007 he was invited to accompany the TaqwaTour, traveling to major cities across North America alongside bands including The Kominas and Secret Trial Five. As the genre continues to take shape and influence a rising generation of artists and intellectuals, Badawi’s The Taqwacores stands as a photographic companion to the original text and an indispensable document of the making of a movement.

Iggy Pop: Open Up and Bleed by Paul Trynka

2008-04-08T00:30:00-05:00

Iggy Pop: Open Up and Bleed
Written by Paul Trynka

Trade Paperback, 416 pages | Three Rivers Press | Biography & Autobiography - Composers & Musicians; Music - Punk | $15.99 | 978-0-7679-2320-0 (0-7679-2320-0)

Made in the UK by Paolo Hewitt

2006-09-01T00:30:00-05:00

Made in the UK The Music of Attitude 1977-1983 (pH Classic)
Text by Vivien Goldman and Paolo Hewitt
Photographed by Janette Beckman
Foreword by Paul Smith

Hardcover, 132 pages | powerHouse Books | Photography - Subjects & Themes - Celebrity; Music - Punk | $18.00 | 978-1-57687-393-9 (1-57687-393-5)

“The mid-1970s was England’s darkest, dreariest hour. The UK was sliding deeper into unemployment, reeling from strike after strike, power cuts, the three-day work week, and IRA bombs. It was time for a new order and in London’s restless streets a handful of snotty young men, feisty females, and first generation Jamaican musicians created the UK’s punky revolution. They made it up as they went along and it touched every corner of the Disunited Kingdom. For a few glorious years the UK was the center of the cultural universe.”
—Vivien Goldman

When punk first rocked, the rough and rugged style on the streets was a world away from the super-slick music videos and corporate stylists that were to follow. And photographer Janette Beckman was on the front line of that hyper-energized time, capturing “the look” of the musicians and kids who were loudly defining an era. Collected for the first time in Made in the UK, Beckman’s powerful portraits celebrate the music and the attitude of Punk, Mod, Skinhead, 2 Tone, and Rockabilly culture in the UK.

Made in the UK: The Music of Attitude, 1977–1983 documents a time when British music pushed every boundary. Beckman began her career working for Melody Maker, one of London’s premier weekly music papers. She soon had extraordinary access to the musicians topping the UK charts—icons of an era when music had an agenda—including The Clash, The Sex Pistols, The Jam, The Undertones, The Specials, The Beat, The Police, The Ramones, The Rockats, The Raincoats (Kurt Cobain’s inspiration), Billy Idol, and Echo and the Bunnymen. Among these groups, this generation still had the radical idea that each and every punk, skin, mod, rude boy, and ted was just as important as the bands. Janette Beckman’s gritty aesthetic placed her on good footing among the kids on the street—and the portraits she made prove that attitude never dies.

Made in the UK by Paolo Hewitt

2005-09-01T00:30:00-05:00

Made in the UK The Music of Attitude 1977-1983
Text by Vivien Goldman and Paolo Hewitt
Photographed by Janette Beckman
Foreword by Paul Smith

Hardcover, 132 pages | powerHouse Books | Photography - Subjects & Themes - Celebrity; Music - Punk | $35.00 | 978-1-57687-263-5 (1-57687-263-7)

We Got the Neutron Bomb by Brendan Mullen

2001-11-13T00:30:00-05:00

We Got the Neutron Bomb The Untold Story of L.A. Punk
Written by Marc Spitz and Brendan Mullen

Trade Paperback, 320 pages | Three Rivers Press | Music - Punk; Social Science - Popular Culture | $16.00 | 978-0-609-80774-3 (0-609-80774-9)

The Portable Henry Rollins by Henry Rollins

1998-02-10T00:30:00-05:00

The Portable Henry Rollins
Written by Henry Rollins

Trade Paperback, 320 pages | Villard | Music - Punk; Biography & Autobiography - Composers & Musicians; Music | $19.95 | 978-0-375-75000-7 (0-375-75000-2)

Random House New Releases - Music - Punk

Love Rock Revolution by Mark Baumgarten

Love Rock Revolution K Records and the Rise of Independent MusicWritten by Mark Baumgarten

Love Rock Revolution by Mark Baumgarten

Love Rock Revolution K Records and the Rise of Independent MusicWritten by Mark Baumgarten

Balance by Ian Glasper

Balance European Hardcore MusicWritten by Tom Barry and Sophia Foreword by Ian Glasper

Iggy Pop: Open Up and Bleed by Paul Trynka

Iggy Pop: Open Up and Bleed Written by Paul Trynka

The Strangest Tribe by Stephen Tow

The Strangest Tribe How a Group of Seattle Rock Bands Invented GrungeWritten by Stephen Tow

The Strangest Tribe by Stephen Tow

The Strangest Tribe How a Group of Seattle Rock Bands Invented GrungeWritten by Stephen Tow

We Got the Neutron Bomb by Brendan Mullen

We Got the Neutron Bomb The Untold Story of L.A. PunkWritten by Marc Spitz and Brendan Mullen

The Portable Henry Rollins by Henry Rollins

The Portable Henry Rollins Written by Henry Rollins

Sound Kapital by Yuli Chen

Sound Kapital Supplement by Yuli Chen Photographed by Matthew Niederhauser Introduction by Chairman Ca

The Taqwacores by Michael Muhammad Knight

The Taqwacores Muslim Punk in the USAPhotographed by Kim Badawi Foreword by Michael Muhammad Knight

Iggy Pop: Open Up and Bleed by Paul Trynka

Iggy Pop: Open Up and Bleed Written by Paul Trynka

Made in the UK by Paolo Hewitt

Made in the UK The Music of Attitude 1977-1983 (pH Classic)Text by Vivien Goldman and Paolo Hewitt Photographed by Janette Beckman Foreword by Paul Smith

Made in the UK by Paolo Hewitt

Made in the UK The Music of Attitude 1977-1983Text by Vivien Goldman and Paolo Hewitt Photographed by Janette Beckman Foreword by Paul Smith

We Got the Neutron Bomb by Brendan Mullen

We Got the Neutron Bomb The Untold Story of L.A. PunkWritten by Marc Spitz and Brendan Mullen

The Portable Henry Rollins by Henry Rollins

The Portable Henry Rollins Written by Henry Rollins

Love Rock Revolution K Records and the Rise of Independent Music
Written by Mark Baumgarten

Love Rock Revolution K Records and the Rise of Independent Music
Written by Mark Baumgarten

Balance European Hardcore Music
Written by Tom Barry and Sophia
Foreword by Ian Glasper

Iggy Pop: Open Up and Bleed
Written by Paul Trynka

The Strangest Tribe How a Group of Seattle Rock Bands Invented Grunge
Written by Stephen Tow

The Strangest Tribe How a Group of Seattle Rock Bands Invented Grunge
Written by Stephen Tow

We Got the Neutron Bomb The Untold Story of L.A. Punk
Written by Marc Spitz and Brendan Mullen

The Portable Henry Rollins
Written by Henry Rollins

Sound Kapital
Supplement by Yuli Chen
Photographed by Matthew Niederhauser
Introduction by Chairman Ca

The Taqwacores Muslim Punk in the USA
Photographed by Kim Badawi
Foreword by Michael Muhammad Knight

Iggy Pop: Open Up and Bleed
Written by Paul Trynka

Made in the UK The Music of Attitude 1977-1983 (pH Classic)
Text by Vivien Goldman and Paolo Hewitt
Photographed by Janette Beckman
Foreword by Paul Smith

Made in the UK The Music of Attitude 1977-1983
Text by Vivien Goldman and Paolo Hewitt
Photographed by Janette Beckman
Foreword by Paul Smith

We Got the Neutron Bomb The Untold Story of L.A. Punk
Written by Marc Spitz and Brendan Mullen

The Portable Henry Rollins
Written by Henry Rollins