Bazillion Points Books

10/10/2020

Awesome. The sweet light of recognition, leading future generations to a lesson in violence. 🪐 Repost: @murderinthefrontrow A copy of Murder In The Front Row the book is part of the permanent collection of the San Francisco History Center at the Main Library! According to the History Center's website:

“The Daniel E. Koshland San Francisco History Center contains a research collection of books, newspapers and magazines, photographs, maps, posters, archives and manuscript collections, and ephemera, documenting all aspects of San Francisco life and history. The Center is also the archives for the City and County of San Francisco.”

In other words, Murder is part of the OFFICIAL historical archive of San Francisco and a copy is housed alongside documents and books that date back to the 1800s! 🤯

@sfpubliclibrary @bazillionpoints #sanfrancisco #library #history #archives #murderinthefrontrow
#thrashmetal #bayareathrash #alessoninviolence #forwhomthebelltolls

10/08/2020

Texas Punk Rock, Straight From the Pit

Today's New York Times showcases Pat Blashill's TEXAS IS THE REASON and its "Texas Punk Rock, Straight From the Pit" 🐮 Grab the paper today for eye-popping photos of Gary Floyd, Randy "Biscuit" Turner, David Yow, Paul Leary, Gibby Haynes, and a cameo by fellow Bazillion Points author Eerie Von (!) in a homemade Star Trek shirt. 🤠 Grab the book and be transported to a time when real mavericks put themselves on the line for punk rock 📖 bazillionpoints.com/texas 📖 🐎 #texasisthereason #patblashill #thebigboys #thedicks #buttholesurfers #rembrandtpussyhorse #poison13 #thehickoids #theoffenders #scratchacid #danieljohnston #glasseye #rokyerickson #austintx #austinpunk #sanantoniopunk #texaspunk #richdaddy #devo #samhain #hatethepolice #queercore #thereplacements #thedeadkennedys #richardlinklater #davidyow #ushardcore

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/08/arts/music/texas-is-the-reason-punk-photos.html

Pat Blashill’s photo book “Texas Is the Reason” captures the energy and anarchy of Austin’s burgeoning scene between 1979 and 1987.

10/08/2020

When Dez Cadena ripped in Redd Kross, and they played gnarly Blue Cheer covers. Photo by Jordan Schwartz from the magic land of WE GOT POWER! 🐡 Repost @i_want_to_be_stereotyped_book Dez Cadena and Steven McDonald of Redd Kross at the Cove Theatre in Hermosa Beach, 1982. Photo by @jordans247365 from the awesome “We Got Power” book/zine. This is the show that ended in mayhem and resulted in the city shutting down the theatre. The Alley Cats did not get to play. #redcross #reddkross #thealleycats #channel3 #thejobeses #stevenmcdonald #dezcadena #blackflag #thecovetheatre #hermosabeach #southbay #southbaypunk #southbaypunkrock #wegotpower

10/08/2020

Basilisk mode 🐉 #basilisk #basiliskmode #heavymetal #breathingfire #soundofthebeast

10/07/2020

Repost @fatalerection That time Van Halen dressed up as punks, jumped on stage at the Whiskey A Go-Go, and blasted though a few punksplotation numbers before getting kicked off. Apparently the photographer who took this had no idea who they were, and figured they were just some legitimate local punk act. The photo would go on to grace the back cover of the August 1977 issue of Slash::
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"One night in early June 1977, punk rock fans at the legendary Whisky a Go-Go got a surprise. A trio of punk musicians, wearing ragged clothing and gag glasses, climbed onto the stage right after another punk act had finished playing. One raced behind the drums while another strapped on a guitar. The singer, sporting fingerless gloves and a destroyed pair of saddle shoes, grabbed the mic and announced in an affected brogue that they were a brand-new band, “The Enemas,” straight from Scotland. After he screamed a few insults at those gathered around the stage, the three lashed the audience with a couple of breakneck-paced punk songs. A few minutes later, though, their power was cut and Whisky staffers chased them from the stage.

While most in the Sunset Strip crowd either cheered or stood dumbfounded at what had just transpired, Joe Berman and a few other patrons wore knowing smiles. Berman says, “I just gotten into the punk rock scene. There was a hardcore punk rock show, and I remember these guys were being really obnoxious, like hassling the waitresses and messing with people. It was Ed Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, and David Lee Roth totally undercover. They went onstage and said they were some punk band. They were just mocking the whole punk rock scene and nobody knew who they were. But I knew who they were. I knew what they were doing because I either saw them outside or in the dressing room getting all made up and just doing this. It was just a joke, and nobody even figured it out.” #atomicpunks #eddievanhalen #whiskyagogo

10/07/2020

Right there. ☄️ #evh #vanhalen #onfire

09/30/2020

The Electric Theater with Clown | 019 Laina Dawes

Black women in metal are not standing back, and sure as hell not standing by...

Clown from Slipknot calls up WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? author Laina Dawes to talk about the rising number of Black women in metal, and the surprising barriers (surprising to outsiders, anyway) she and others have smashed to find liberation and meaning in this music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akYSqxB6O3g

Published author, cultural commentator and professor Laina Dawes paired with the clown of Slipknot for an honest conversation about identity, adversity, and ...

09/30/2020

Padre Tesco wants to slip you a tube of silkscreened poster from the epic TOUCH AND GO book release shindig in downtown Detroit ten yrs ago. “Sorcen” tore up the stage with kuts from their klassick Htaed rof Tseuqnoc LP, and the surprise mini-set of The Fix songs w/book editor Steve Miller was another highlight. Buy the book and scream for the screen: 🥩🥩🥩 Repost @tescovee Touch & Go Book Release posters from 2010. Silkscreened by Ghetto Rags in Detroit. Can be signed upon request. $12 for tubed shipping Pay pal [email protected]. Thanks

09/29/2020

Thank you! 🦇 Posted @withregram • @thoresen206 Finished this book today and it was fantastic. Brought back lots of memories of digging through bins at the record stores trying to find the most obscure and brutal album covers. 🤘

#choosingdeath #deciblemagazine #deathmetal #grindcore #extrememusic #extrememetal #deicide #napalmdeath #morbidangel #boltthrower #brutaltruth #repulsion #johnpeel

09/29/2020

Late passes given freely—or more like it’s never too late to take the left hand path... 🌚 Riposte @b.dossche I like to read. Late pass on the Swedish Death Metal book, plus the 2020 revival of the written word. #swedishdeathmetal #entombed #dismember #atthegates #dissection #inflames #opeth #hm2

09/27/2020

Never ever forgotten. Foto of Cliff’s first soundcheck with his best-known band by Brian Lew. Riposte @umlaut September 27th. Never forgotten. Photo by the much younger me. #cliffburton @cliffburtonfamily

09/22/2020

Annihilate this year! 🦧 WE GOT POWER! coauthor Jordan Schwartz on a Black Flag 12”, all week long... 🌪 #monday #tuesday #allweeklong #annihilate #annihilatethisweek #blackflag #henryrollins #gregginn #sstrecords #socalpunk #lapunk #lapunkrocker #lapunkscene #suicidaltendencies #circlejerks #minutemen #reddkross #thecheifs #sin34 #circleone #wegotpower

09/22/2020

TEXAS takes Vienna! 🤘🏿 Repost @patblashill The super cool Sissysound record store here in Vienna now has my book on sale. We set up this book-nook-exhibit to hype it.....and we’ll try to do a signing soon, COVID willing!
#texasisthereason #texaspunk #patblashill #sissysound #bigboys #thedicks #scratchacid #buttholesurfers #danieljohnston #thehickoids #samhain #sonicyouth #soulasylum #texaspunk #atexastrip

09/22/2020

Seven years ago, "Ride the Lightning" front row at @apollotheater ⚡💺⚡Bang that head that does not bang. 🧨 #murderinthefrontrow #ridethelightning #gibsonflyingv #thrash #thrashmetal #jameshetfield #kirkhammett #metallicafans #metallicafamily #heavymetal #hm #metalphotography #idontwanttodie #soundofthebeast

09/18/2020

Listen to women in Morbid Angel shirts. 🧠👊🏽 Repost @kimmetalguitars Required reading. ⚡️⚡️ @writingisfighting #whatareyoudoinghere #blackwomeninmetal #metalhistory #metallife #morbidangel #deathmetal #heavymetal

09/18/2020

PARANOID was mostly written during a long hotel residency in Zurich over the winter between the recording and release of the Black Sabbath debut. In a way, it’s like a second first album, the product of a cold, hungry, fighting young band. Both albums went gold by 1971, audiences craved the ominous darkness of the debut and the straight talk of PARANOID. Sabbath went from rags to riches in 2-3 years. And 50 years later, the world needs to hear “War Pigs,” “Electric Funeral,” and “Hand of Doom more than ever. 🔮 #blacksabbath #sabbath #paranoid #warpigs #metalhistory #soundofthebeast

09/17/2020

PARANOID is 50 today! 🐷🪐🤖 #blacksabbath #warpigs #paranoid #ironman #handofdoom #electricfuneral #planetcaravan #ratsalad #fairieswearboots #tonyiommi #geezerbutler #ozzyosbourne #billward #vertigorecords #birmingham #zurich #heavymetal #soundofthebeast

09/17/2020

SLAYER, "Raining Blood" at nightfall, Yankee Stadium seven-hour Big 4 show, 50000+ fans, this week in 2011. 👹 #slayer #slayerband #slayernation #kerryking #garyholt #tomaraya #davelombardo #reigninblood #rainingblood #angelofdeath #big4 #bigfourofthrashmetal #metallica #forwhomthebelltolls #anthrax #caughtinamosh #megadeth #davemustaine #yankeestadium #metalconcert #metalconcerts #thrashmetal #thrash #metalhistory #soundofthebeasthttps://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/119466692_330665088362243_1727056785227496464_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=KH2j-xSef5kAX_jP_yy&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com&oh=a877d6ed9cb09bb3b83f81a92550475f&oe=5F8815A3

09/17/2020

SLAYER, "Raining Blood" at nightfall, Yankee Stadium seven-hour Big 4 show, 50000+ fans, this week in 2011. 👹 #slayer #slayerband #slayernation #kerryking #garyholt #tomaraya #davelombardo #reigninblood #rainingblood #angelofdeath #big4 #bigfourofthrashmetal #metallica #forwhomthebelltolls #anthrax #caughtinamosh #megadeth #davemustaine #yankeestadium #metalconcert #metalconcerts #thrashmetal #thrash #metalhistory #soundofthebeasthttps://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/119466692_330665088362243_1727056785227496464_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=KH2j-xSef5kAX_jP_yy&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com&oh=a877d6ed9cb09bb3b83f81a92550475f&oe=5F8815A3

09/17/2020

Today in 1931, RCA Victor demoed the first 33 1/3 rpm turntable in NYC. 📢 Around 1987 the Butthole Surfers perfected this device by creating a wind-powered variable rpm record player in their garage on Hwy 183 outside Austin Texas. 📷 photo by Pat Blashill, from his book TEXAS IS THE REASON: The Mavericks of Lone Star Punk 🎞️ bazillionpoints.com/texas 🐃🐃🐃 #texasisthereason #longplayer #lp #lps #windpower #windpowered #buttholesurfers #thebuttholesurfers #gibbyhaynes #paulleary #kingcoffey #teresanervosa #locustabortiontechnician #turntable #turntables #texaspunk #texaspsych #sanantoniopunk #austinpunk #americaningenuity #rcavictor #hismastersvoice

09/16/2020

SLAYER, "Raining Blood" at nightfall, Yankee Stadium seven-hour Big 4 show, 50000+ fans, this week in 2011. 👹 #slayer #slayerband #slayernation #kerryking #garyholt #tomaraya #davelombardo #reigninblood #rainingblood #angelofdeath #big4 #bigfourofthrashmetal #metallica #forwhomthebelltolls #anthrax #caughtinamosh #megadeth #davemustaine #yankeestadium #metalconcert #metalconcerts #thrashmetal #thrash #metalhistory #soundofthebeast

09/13/2020

HBD to rattlehead-in-chief Dave Mustaine! 📸 Harald Oimoen, The Stone SF, 1984 ☠️ MURDERINTHEFRONTROW.com ☠️ #davemustaine #davidmustaine #bcrich #bcrichbich #metalguitar #metalguitars #metalguitarist #metalguitarists #mustaine #megadeth #megadeath #killingismybusiness #killingismybusinessandbusinessisgood #thrashemetal #bayareathrash #rattlehead #metalphoto #metalphotographer #metalphotography #deadkennedys #nonazis #nazisraus #nazipunksf**koff #murderinthefrontrow

09/11/2020

Putting a perfect three-point plan into action in Trondheim, Norway 🏔 Repost @mnyutstumo “Read the book, watch the movie and bang your head to some Bay Area thrash! Posers must die!”🤘🏼😅🤘🏼@murderinthefrontrow #bayareathrash #haraldoimoen #brianlew #adamdubin #bazillionpoints #exodus #metallica #deathangel #megadeth #testament #slayer #legacy #possessed #forbidden #ruthiesinn #violence #metal #photography #movie #metalcollector #bondedbyblood #killemall #metalcommunity #murderinthefrontrow

09/11/2020

Gracias @rogermiret | @agnosticfrontnyc for slamming open the doors for NYHC (French edition pictured) and STRAIGHT EDGE! 🔗 NYC, LES, CBGB in our hearts this 9/11. 🏢🕋🏢 Repost Roger Miret: “Thank you Tony Rettman for these awesome books documenting my life and many of my friends life!!! NYHC!!! Friends pick these up! Tony really did an amazing job because he walked the walk!” #nyhc #agnosticfront #agnosticfrontnyhc #madball #freddycricien #gorillabiscuits #civ #allmygreatfriendsinbands

09/08/2020

Calling all Austin! 🐄 Repost @endofanear We've got the perfect book for you to get lost in on this rainy afternoon! 📚⛈ Check these out: 
 
"NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980-1990" - $24.99 
 
"Metalion: The Slayer Mag Diaries" - $39.99 
 
"Texas is the Reason: The Mavericks of Lone Star Punk" - $29.99 
 
Drop us a line for more details! 💌 #NYHC #METALION #TEXASISTHEREASON

09/08/2020

Party with me punker! Tonight in 2012, the hellacious bombastic book release party for WE GOT POWER!, by David Markey and Jordan Schwartz, drew a crowd of nearly 3,000 to Santa Monica for a free show w/ The Adolescents / Saccharine Trust (Pagan Icons set) / the legendary The Last / White Flag / desert rock O.G.s Dead Issue / and DJ Fantasma from Brujeria. 💣 The night was a total banger, they had to demolish the building afterwards. 🧨 Books sold out in an hour, but Matt Groening scored one. Do you have yours? Party or go home! 📘 #wegotpower #lahardcore #socalhardcore #theadolescents #descendents #thelast #saccharinetrust #blackflag #thegerms #reddkross #lovedolls #suicidaltendencies #thevandals #cheifs #whiteflag #fatsojetson #mattgroening #raymondpettibon #bergamotstation #samohi #punkphoto #punkhistory #punkrock

09/08/2020

Chuck Dukowski showing off his chapter, "Sanity Is a Lie," in WE GOT POWER!: Hardcore Punk Scenes from 1980s Southern California, by David Markey and Jordan Schwartz (w/essays by Dukowski, Rollins, Brewer, Morris, Housden, Tatu, Cadena, Mayorga, Carducci, Watt, and more). 🏄🏿‍♀️ #wegotpower #punkhardcore #hardcorepunk #hardcore #punk #chuckdukowski #keithmorris #dezcadena #henryrollins #blackflag #whiteflag #sstrecords #mikewatt #janethousden #theadolecents #thevandals #punkphotography #punkphoto #socalpunk #partyorgohome

09/08/2020

The return of the life-changing WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?: A Black Woman’s Life and Liberation in Heavy Metal, by Laina Dawes, now tailored for 2020 with new intro and outro material and a killer playlist. 🔮 “Metal can save your life...(or at least your sanity)” ☄️ “Thoughtful and inspiring”—Publishers Weekly 🎙 Get the book at all good record stores and booksellers or directly from us. 📚 #whatareyoudoinghere #lainadawes #blackwomeninmetal #blackwomeninpunk #blackwomen #heavymetal #hardrock #skunkanansie #tamarkali #militiaismyname #oceansofslumber #straightlinestitch #tetrarch #diamondrowe #skinflint #txlips #rageoflight #nubianrose #mothersfinest #bazillionpoints

09/03/2020

Reading time in Indonesia! 🌏 Bandung boomerang @portalroyalis Reading time 🤓
#swedishdeathmetal #book #darkambientmusic #ambient #blackmetalmusic #discography #deathmetal #oldskool #civ #bazillionpoints #swedishdeathmetal #danielekeroth #punkhardcore #straightedgehardcore #vegan #oloc #bandmerhandiseoriginal #analogisreal #bandmerchandise #bandmerch #library #reading #onlyphysicalrecordsarereal

09/02/2020

Thou shalt not kill! ☠️ This week's featured band from the NYHC book is the mighty ANTIDOTE, the band initially formed by Robb Nunzio, Tommy Victor, and Arthur Googy of the Misfits. 💉 Sez Matt Warnke of Bold: "Antidote's Thou Shalt Not Kill is one of the singularly sickest, most perfect blasts of hardcore ever created. I don’t believe the band itself ever achieved anything close to it live, or had a presence about them in the scene to match the recording." 📗 Read more at blog.bazillionpoints.com, or better yet read ALL at nyhcbook.com 📸 Robb Nunzio photo by Gary Tse Tse Fly. 💥💥💥 #nyhc #nyhcfamily #newyorkhardcore #hardcore #punk #hardcorepunk #nyhcbook #tonyrettman #tommyvictor #prong #arthurgoogy #drewstone #queenspunk #queenshardcore #punkhistory #punkbook #punkbooks #antidote #thoushaltnotkill

09/02/2020

Forty yrs ago today The Dead Kennedys released Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables, and America was terrified, shocked, and outraged. 🍆🍅🥕 Except for Tesco Vee and DxSx, who plopped Jello Biafra onto the cover of TOUCH AND GO No. 10. 🚽 Wrote DxSx in 1980: "Alright, San Francisco's marvelously stated rebuttal to the Germs LP. 'Fresh Fruit' cleanly strips away those not-totally-unfounded notions of mine about these guys being just a bunch of heavy metal poseurs... This is one f**kin' great record... The Dead Kennedys reiterate the fact that, without a doubt, the West is the best. You can gather up alll the sh*t from Boston, New York, Toronto, Chicago, and, yea, even the squalid Detroit, and flush it down the commode and I wouldn't bat an eye." 🧷 Read TOUCH AND GO: The Complete Hardcore Punk Zine '79–'83. 🧱 #deadkennedy #deadkennedys #thedeadkennedys #jellobiafra #tescovee #1980spunk #hardcorepunk #punkhistory #sfpunk #mabuhaygardens #americanhardcore #killthepoor #letslynchthelandlord #chemicalwarfare #californiauberalles #californiaüberalles #ikilllchildren #holidayincambodia #vivalasvegas #touchandgo