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Flanagan, H. (2016). Hard-Core: Life of My Own. Port Townsend, Washington: Feral House. Abstract: <<Harley Flanagan provides a fascinating memoir: a child prodigy and family friend of Andy Warhol and Allen Ginsberg, at a young age he became close to many stars of the early punk rock scene like Joe Strummer of The Clash and was taught to play bass by members of the famed black punk band Bad Brains. He started playing drums for the New York punk band the Stimulators when he was 11 years old; playing at places like Max's Kansas City with some of the most notable names of the punk scene. He then went on to start the notorious hardcore band Cro-Mags. From the memoir's introduction by American Hardcore's Steven Blush: “Harley Flanagan is not like you or me. Most of us grew up in relative safety and security. Harley came up like a feral animal, fending for himself in the '70s Lower East Side jungle of crime, drugs, abuse and poverty. By age 10 he was a downtown star at Max's Kansas City and CBGB, drumming in his aunt's punk band The Stimulators, and socializing with Blondie's Debbie Harry and Cleveland's Dead Boys. Everyone thought it was so cute, but it wasn't.” Currently a black belt and an instructor for the famed Renzo Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy in New York, Harley was never shy: making friends with important figures like Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead, defending himself in street battles, and finding media play and court battles after former band members betrayed their one-time friend and bandmate. Of his much anticipated memoir, famed author and celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain explains: “Don't even pretend to talk about New York... if you don't read this.” “This book is the punch in the face you want and need.”>> [SOURCE: https://www.amazon.com/Hard-Core-Life-Own-Harley-Flanagan/dp/1627310339] Steven Blush wrote the book's introduction. He “is an American author, journalist, and filmmaker known for his book American Hardcore and its documentary film adaptation. He founded Seconds magazine and has written about music and popular culture for publications including Spin, Kerrang!, and The Village Voice. His work focuses primarily on punk and hardcore music.” (SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Blush) Keywords: Cro-mags; Harley Flanagan; crossover thrash; hardcore punk; NYC punk http://metalstudies.org/biblio/show.php?record=2956
Miller, R. (2025). Harley Flanagan: Wired For Chaos (documentary film). Studio City, California: Lightyear Entertainment. Abstract: Rex Miller (Director). "A film about the extraordinary life of a Punk Rock/Hardcore legend and the founder of the Cro-Mags, who burst onto the Punk scene in 1979 at age 11. Harley Flanagan is a Punk Rock/ Hardcore legend, known as the father of New York City Hardcore and the founder of the pioneering band Cro-Mags. He has had a cult following since the 80s. While Harley's journey as a musician is certainly explored, Wired for Chaos centers on the lasting effects of neglect, sexual abuse, drugs, violence and the integration of PTSD into his present-day life. This is a film about an extraordinary life, and the survival of astounding circumstances against crazy odds. Harley was a child prodigy musician, forced to raise himself in the very adult world of Rock 'n Roll. He was born to a Warhol Factory “it” girl, enmeshed in the Lower East Side artist sub-culture of the late 70s and 80s, surrounded by “sex, drugs and rock n roll.” Harley was brought to the Lower East Side as a child and left to fend for himself, eventually living in squats in Alphabet City, stealing food and battling local gangs to survive. He descended into the depths of Hell with drugs and violence (as victim and later perpetrator), simultaneously achieving Punk Rock legend status at iconic venues like CBGBs and Max's Kansas City, first as an 11-year-old drummer in the Stimulators and later touring the world as founder and frontman of the groundbreaking NYC Hardcore/ crossover group Cro-Mags. As Harley visits his friends throughout the film (Flea, Henry Rollins, Roger Miret, Keith Morris, Daryl Jennifer, Michael Imperioli, Matt Sera, Jocko Willink, Renzo Gracie the late Anthony Bourdain – to name a few), a layered, complex portrait of life in the late 70s/80s Punk and Hardcore scene set in the violent, drug-filled Lower East side emerges." (SOURCE: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FBMQFMMJ/) Keywords: Cro-mags; Harley Flanagan; Crossover thrash; Hardcore punk; NYC Hardcore http://metalstudies.org/biblio/show.php?record=2955

Abstract: <<Harley Flanagan provides a fascinating memoir: a child prodigy and family friend of Andy Warhol and Allen Ginsberg, at a young age he became close to many stars of the early punk rock scene like Joe Strummer of The Clash and was taught to play bass by members of the famed black punk band Bad Brains. He started playing drums for the New York punk band the Stimulators when he was 11 years old; playing at places like Max's Kansas City with some of the most notable names of the punk scene. He then went on to start the notorious hardcore band Cro-Mags.
From the memoir's introduction by American Hardcore's Steven Blush: “Harley Flanagan is not like you or me. Most of us grew up in relative safety and security. Harley came up like a feral animal, fending for himself in the '70s Lower East Side jungle of crime, drugs, abuse and poverty. By age 10 he was a downtown star at Max's Kansas City and CBGB, drumming in his aunt's punk band The Stimulators, and socializing with Blondie's Debbie Harry and Cleveland's Dead Boys. Everyone thought it was so cute, but it wasn't.”
Currently a black belt and an instructor for the famed Renzo Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy in New York, Harley was never shy: making friends with important figures like Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead, defending himself in street battles, and finding media play and court battles after former band members betrayed their one-time friend and bandmate.
Of his much anticipated memoir, famed author and celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain explains: “Don't even pretend to talk about New York... if you don't read this.” “This book is the punch in the face you want and need.”>>
[SOURCE: https://www.amazon.com/Hard-Core-Life-Own-Harley-Flanagan/dp/1627310339]
Steven Blush wrote the book's introduction. He “is an American author, journalist, and filmmaker known for his book American Hardcore and its documentary film adaptation. He founded Seconds magazine and has written about music and popular culture for publications including Spin, Kerrang!, and The Village Voice. His work focuses primarily on punk and hardcore music.”
(SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Blush)

Keywords: Cro-mags; Harley Flanagan; crossover thrash; hardcore punk; NYC punk

http://metalstudies.org/biblio/show.php?record=2956

Abstract: Rex Miller (Director).
"A film about the extraordinary life of a Punk Rock/Hardcore legend and the founder of the Cro-Mags, who burst onto the Punk scene in 1979 at age 11. Harley Flanagan is a Punk Rock/ Hardcore legend, known as the father of New York City Hardcore and the founder of the pioneering band Cro-Mags. He has had a cult following since the 80s. While Harley's journey as a musician is certainly explored, Wired for Chaos centers on the lasting effects of neglect, sexual abuse, drugs, violence and the integration of PTSD into his present-day life.
This is a film about an extraordinary life, and the survival of astounding circumstances against crazy odds. Harley was a child prodigy musician, forced to raise himself in the very adult world of Rock 'n Roll. He was born to a Warhol Factory “it” girl, enmeshed in the Lower East Side artist sub-culture of the late 70s and 80s, surrounded by “sex, drugs and rock n roll.”
Harley was brought to the Lower East Side as a child and left to fend for himself, eventually living in squats in Alphabet City, stealing food and battling local gangs to survive. He descended into the depths of Hell with drugs and violence (as victim and later perpetrator), simultaneously achieving Punk Rock legend status at iconic venues like CBGBs and Max's Kansas City, first as an 11-year-old drummer in the Stimulators and later touring the world as founder and frontman of the groundbreaking NYC Hardcore/ crossover group Cro-Mags.
As Harley visits his friends throughout the film (Flea, Henry Rollins, Roger Miret, Keith Morris, Daryl Jennifer, Michael Imperioli, Matt Sera, Jocko Willink, Renzo Gracie the late Anthony Bourdain – to name a few), a layered, complex portrait of life in the late 70s/80s Punk and Hardcore scene set in the violent, drug-filled Lower East side emerges."
(SOURCE: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FBMQFMMJ/)