Iggy may have been the godfather of punk, but The Ramones defined, lived it and breathed in its noxious fumes. Now we see what life was like on the road (where they arguably gave their finest performances) and the memories of the man who took charge of every adventure they had - Monte Melnick. days in the 1970s to their farewell gigs in 1996. He was often cited as the fifth Ramone and acted as, in his own words, their babysitter to psychiatrist, booking agent to travel agent, paymaster to van driver.

    The first edition of Keep Your Eyes Open: The Fugazi Photographs of Glen E. Friedman was released by Burning Flags Press exactly twenty years later. This revised edition features brand-new photos and an interview with Friedman and Fugazi singer/guitarist Ian MacKaye.Keep Your Eyes Open presents the best of Friedman’s unparalleled photographic documentation of Fugazi’s members in almost 200 color and black-and-white images captured by Friedman onstage and off between 1986 and Fugazi’s last US concert in 2002.Fugazi evolved from Washington, DC’s, hardcore punk scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s. While it would be impossible to fully capture Fugazi in any one medium, Friedman’s book effectively complements the band’s Dischord Records catalog, which includes seven studio albums, one soundtrack, three EPs, and hundreds of live concert CDs produced from Fugazi’s own soundboard recordings.Fugazi—a band dedicated to democratic self-management, highlighted by complete artistic and financial control—booked its own tours worldwide, and was often the first band to perform in unconventional venues around the world in order to maintain ticket prices that averaged just five dollars, a practice that opened many new venue doors to other touring artists. In addition, Fugazi has never marketed or licensed its name or likeness for posters, T-shirts, pins, or other ancillary merchandise. Fugazi’s unwavering respect for its audience is one of the band’s most indelible marks on modern music. The band went on indefinite hiatus in late 2002.

    It's punk and life through the lens of Osa, a queer woman of color living in Portland, Oregon. It's got a little bit of everything, including a piece on Go-go music in D.C, which is all wrapped up into a story called the "Black Punk Zine That Never Happened". Osa helps us to understand why we shouldn't dis RuPaul, treats us to a Northwest scene report, and lists bands past and present that feature people of color. We'll be the first to acknowledge that unfortunately, punk today attracts few people of color proportionally, but zines like Shotgun Seamstress will certainly aid a change.

    This massive volume features large scale photographs throughout, many of which have never been seen before.Live at the Masque – Nightmare in Punk Alley is an impressive document of the most notorious punk scene ever. Text by Brendan Mullen and Kristine McKenna.

    Created and printed in Italy. Over 3000 singles by 2000 different artists are included along with a short band history, member line-up, and period reviews! This one is truly a labor of love. Much like the great 60's guide FUZZ, ACID & FLOWERS REVISITED, this hefty tome is bound to sell out in no time flat; when it does, you can expect to pay double a year down the line. An indispensable guide for collectors, dealers, and stores. (Description copyright © and courtesy of: ryebreadrodeo_dot_com)

    Morton’s seven-storyporthole into the sacrilege unknown.Morton takes us from the suburbanwasteland of the 1980’s and onward tothe creepy crawls of a New York that nolonger exists, while blurring and crossingcult cinema and music’s line between fan-tasy and reality. From arson-happy skin-heads to shootouts with snuff-collectingundercovers, and from Patty Waters’voodoo love to Cupid’s syringe,Indestructible Wolves is a sexuallycharged frenzy of a drug-addled memoir,a true testimony of an authentic original

    With Crass and Poison Girls opening the floodgates, the arrival of bands like Zoundz, Flux of Pink Indians, Conflict, Subhumans, Dirt, The Mob, Omega Tribe, and Icons of Filth heralded a new age of honesty and integrity in the 1980s underground music scene. It was a time when punk stopped being merely a radical fashion statement, and became a force for real social change. Anarchy in punk rock no longer meant "cash from chaos"—it meant "freedom, peace, and unity." Comprehensively covering all the groups and names, big and small,  The Day the Country Died also features exclusive interviews and hundreds of never-before-published photos.

    This, though, is a memoir of the west coast music world in the years 1976 to 1986, with special attention paid to Los Angeles, SST Records and the late music photographer Naomi Petersen. Other Carducci titles available from Redoubt are Life Against Dementia, Wyoming Stories, and Rock and the Pop Narcotic. Carducci lives and writes in Wyoming.

    Ethan's memoir of traveling across the country, and living in New Orleans.

    It features the work of 30 leading artists, among them Gilbert & George, Nan Goldin, Derek Jarman and Robert Mapplethorpe.

    Most ofthe work is from the 1990s, and show Friedman's gradual phasing out ofhis famous (and amazing) black-and-white stipple look to his current(and equally amazing) lush watercolor style. In addition to the workswritten by Friedman, Fun includes many collaborations with his longtime partner K. Bidus, as well as Harvey Pekar (American Splendor), Mark Newgarden (We All Die Alone), and Bruce Handy, among others. Also included is artwork from the notorious Topps Bubble Gum Card series Toxic High, as well as art from the card sets Beauties and Cuties and Ed Wood Players. Comic strip highlights include "Everybody's Buddy" (RAW), which examines the legendarily combustible temper of drummer Buddy Rich; "Where's Johnny?" (Entertainment Weekly), a journey into what would have become of Johnny Carson's career had he never hosted the "Tonight Show"; "Hey, Academy!" (NY Observer),a demand from Friedman that Jerry Lewis be awarded a lifetimeachievement award by the Motion Picture Academy; "The 10 Least PowerfulPeople in Hollywood" (Details); "Howard Stern & Al Sharpton run for political office in NY" (The New Yorker); and "Kasablanca" (Esquire), which imagines Casablancaas directed by Oliver Stone. The book is topped off with a detailed,career-spanning biographical introduction by Ben Schwartz and aforeword by Daniel Clowes.