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Cundle, T. (2022). Mass Movement: The Digital Years, Vol. Two. East Sussex, UK: Earth Island Books.
Abstract: << Mass Movement: The Digital Years, Volume 2 is the second half of a beautiful and comprehensive two book collection. A compilation of the best interviews and features from the second half of Mass Movement’s digital period.
Some of you have probably seen a lot of it before, but we're willing to bet that for the majority of you, this is the first time that you’ve seen most, if not all, of this content. And you know what? It’s good. It’s really good and whilst Tim is happy, well as happy as a miserable old bugger like he can be, that this content is finally available again, what he's genuinely thrilled about is that it shows how varied Mass Movement Magazine was.
This collection includes interviews [and] captures the spirit and essence of everything Mass Movement was, is and always will be. This hefty book ships with additional goodies and will give you plenty to read, either from cover to cover or dipping in and out. Published worldwide 26th March 2021 and can be ordered locally within your own country on amazon or from your local book store. >>
(Source: https://www.earthislandbooks.com)
Keywords: Crust punk, Hardcore punk, Melodic hardcore, Metalcore, Thrash metal, Thrashcore, UK82, Acid Reign, Agnostic Front, Bad Religion, Burn, English Dogs, Kill Your Idols, Lagwagon, Shai Hulud, Snuff, Voorhees, Youth Of Today, Metal Blade, Revelation Records
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Dyer, R. (2026). The Underground in China: Metal, Punk, Hardcore and Noise 2013-2021. Ticehurst, East Sussex, UK: Earth Island Books.
Abstract: << 'The Underground in China' brings together more than 350 pages of photography, interviews, and first-hand observations from inside a thriving alternative music scene that rarely reaches Western audiences.
About the book:
In 2013, Ryan Dyer arrived in China with little idea of what lay beneath the surface of its music scene. Within a week, he found himself at an underground show featuring the band Rectal Wench. That night opened the door to a world few outsiders ever see.
Over the next eight years, Dyer travelled across Beijing, Tianjin, Suzhou, and Shanghai, documenting the country’s explosive punk and metal underground. Armed with a camera and a journalist’s curiosity, he attended hundreds of shows, capturing bands that express what it means to be an artist in modern China.
The Underground in China: Metal, Punk, Hardcore and Noise 2013–2021 brings together more than 350 pages of photography, interviews, and first-hand observations from inside this thriving scene. Featuring over 100 bands across genres including grindcore, black metal, hardcore punk, noise, and experimental music, the book offers a rare glimpse into a creative community that seldom reaches Western audiences.
FEATURING OVER 100 BANDS INCLUDING: The Dark Prison Massacre, Nine Treasures, Torturing Nurse, Frozen Moon, Scare the Children, Rectal Wench, Impure Injection, Suffocated, Dreamspirit, Ritual Day, Black Kirin, Gum Bleed, Dummy Toys and more!
Part photo archive, part cultural document, this is the story of China’s underground as it was lived—loud, chaotic, and defiantly alive.
About the author:
Ryan Dyer is a graduate from the University of Calgary, obtaining a degree in Communications and Media Studies. He has written for the publications MetalSucks, Metal Injection, Rue Morgue magazine, Absolute Underground magazine, New Noise magazine, Neocha and others.>>
[Source: https://www.earthislandbooks.com/product-page/the-underground-in-china-metal-punk-hardcore-and-noise-2013-2021-by-ryan-dyer]
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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)
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Glasper, I. (2023). Silence Is No Reaction: Fort Years of Subhumans. East Sussex, UK: Earth Island Books.
Abstract: << [This is the] definitive history of one of the best punk bands of all time. It's been a long time in the making but with over 640 packed pages it's well worth it and you can order this great book now!
Formed in Wiltshire, England, in 1980, the Subhumans are rightly held in high regard as one of the best punk rock bands to ever hail from the UK. Over the course of five timeless studio albums and just as many classic EPs, not to mention well over 1000 gigs around the world, they have blended serious anarcho punk with a demented sense of humour and genuinely memorable tunes to create something quite unique and utterly compelling.
For the first time ever, here’s their whole story, straight from the recollections of every band member past and present, and a dizzying array of their closest friends and peers, with not a single stone left unturned. Bolstered with hundreds of flyers and exclusive photos, the complete discography, a full gigography, and more, this book is the definitive account of a much-loved band.
Ian Glasper is the critically acclaimed author of several best-selling books on the underground UK punk scene, not least of all Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980-1984 and The Day the Country Died: A History of Anarcho Punk 1980-1984. But this is the first book he’s ever written about just one band. And there isn’t another band he would rather have written about more. >>
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Malkin, J. (2025). Punk Spirit!: An Oral History of Punk Rock, Spirituality, and Liberation. London, England: Bloomsbury Academic.
Abstract: << A wide cast of musicians and artists provide surprising and thought-provoking insights into punk rock from the lens of spirituality and liberation.
Punk Spirit! is an oral history that examines this movement from many unique perspectives, bringing together well-known and cutting-edge bands including Sex Pistols, Minor Threat, Dead Kennedys, The Ramones, Gang of Four, Pussy Riot, Crass, Talking Heads, Propagandhi, The Slits, Bad Religion, Shelter, Rebel Riot, Blackfire, and many others.
Punk Spirit! ventures into the emotional and personal experiences of punk artists and activists from around the world and highlights intelligent, thoughtful, and humorous discussions on liberation, spirituality, and living freely. They discuss a myriad of topics from creativity and anger to freedom from suffering and the ways that punk rock has opposed or embodied religious and moral tenets.
Chapters dive deeply into a variety of interconnected realms of punk rock such as the subgenre of straight edge, Krishnacore and Taqwacore, evangelical punk concerts in southern California churches, illegal punk concerts in East German churches, anti-religious sentiment within punk rock, the vital connections between punk and self-expression, and the myriad ways punk rock has been combined with spiritual and religious traditions to illuminate ideas from science, atheism, Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and other ways of being in the world. >>
(SOURCE: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/punk-spirit-9798881802721/)
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Milazzo, A. (Ed.). (2025). Punk & Hardcore Flyers on the Wall vol.1. Sevenoaks, Kent, U.K.: Heavy Music Artwork.
Abstract: << Step into the underground with Punk & Hardcore Flyers on the Wall: Vol. 1, a raw visual archive of the DIY punk and hardcore scene from the 1980s and 1990s. This collection gathers hundreds of black-and-white gig flyers, each one a snapshot of a world fueled by attitude, noise, and unrelenting creativity.
Every flyer captures the chaos and energy of the era, from hand-drawn graphics and cut-and-paste layouts to xeroxed photocopies that defined the aesthetic of underground shows. From legendary hardcore acts to obscure local bands, these pages preserve the spirit of a movement that thrived on rebellion and the do-it-yourself ethos.
This book is more than just a collection of flyers—it’s a visual history of punk and hardcore culture, unpolished, uncompromising, and unforgettable. Perfect for collectors, music fans, and anyone drawn to the raw energy of the scene. >>
SOURCE:
https://heavymusicartwork.com/products/punk-hardcore-flyers-on-the-wall-vol-1
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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/)
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Rettman, T. (2010). Why Be Something That You're Not: Detroit Hardcore 1979-1985. Huntington Beach, California: Revelation Records.
Abstract: << In the early 70s, Detroit was the musical hub of America, but by the early eighties, it was a wasteland. It took a group of skateboarders, a teacher and a census clerk to wake the city up and start one of the first hardcore punk scenes in America.
“Why Be Something That You're Not” chronicles the first wave of Detroit hardcore from its origins in the late 70s to its demise in the mid-80s. Through oral histories and extensive imagery, the book proves that even though the California beach towns might have created the look and style of hardcore punk, it was the Detroit scene – along with a handful of other cities – that cultivated the music's grassroots aesthetic before most cultural hot spots around the globe even knew what the music was about.
The book includes interviews with members of The Fix, Violent Apathy, Negative Approach, Necros, Pagans, Bored Youth, and L-Seven along with other people who had a hand in the early hardcore scene like Ian MacKaye, Tesco Vee and Dave Stimson. >>
SOURCE: https://revhq.com/products/tony-rettman-why-be-something-that-youre-not-detroit-hardcore-1979-1985-book
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Rix-Hayes, D. 'A., & Wilson, T. (2025). Punk Flyer Archive 1980-1990. Amherst, Massachusetts: Soundscape Press.
Abstract: << This is a comprehensive collection that captures the art and spirit of hardcore punk through authentic show flyers. This book preserves the gritty, DIY culture of the '80s hardcore scene, highlighting how these hand-drawn, Xeroxed, and pasted flyers became iconic symbols of a cultural revolution.
Fom coast to coast, these flyers became visual records of the sound, rage, and passion that transformed music and culture. Every page of this book captures the evolution, intensity, and DIY ethos that made the hardcore punk scene so powerful for so many. Get ready to relive a decade of unfiltered, raw, and uncompromising energy. >>
(SOURCE: https://www.amazon.com/Flyer-Archive-1980-1990-DArcy-Hayes/dp/1069156809/ )
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Rix-Hayes, D. 'A., & Wilson, T. (2025). Punk Flyer Archive 1990-2000. Amherst, Massachusetts: Soundscape Press.
Abstract: << Punk Flyer Archive 1990-2000 picks up where its predecessor left off, chronicling the next turbulent decade of punk's evolution. With hundreds of images, including both classic and obscure bands, this 350+ page volume captures the scene as it splintered and globalized. >>
(SOURCE: https://www.amazon.com/Flyer-Archive-1990-2000-DArcy-Rix-Hayes/dp/1069156817/ )
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