Nyhc: New York Hardcore 1980-1990
Tony Rettman
(Author)
Description
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!"
Product Details
Price
$29.95
$27.85
Publisher
Bazillion Points LLC
Publish Date
December 16, 2014
Pages
384
Dimensions
6.7 X 9.4 X 1.6 inches | 2.3 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781935950127
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About the Author
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."
Freddy Cricien is the lead singer of Madball."
Reviews
"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
""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"
"In a word: essential."--"Terrorizer" (9/10 review)
"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"
"A great oral-history."--"The New York Times"
""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)
"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"
"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)
"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"
"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)
"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"
"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"
"
"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
""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"
"In a word: essential."--"Terrorizer" (9/10 review)
"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"
"A great oral-history."--"The New York Times"
""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)
"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"
"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)
"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"
"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)
"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"
"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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