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05/09/2020

R.I.P. to the wildest one of them all, Little Richard. 🥀 #littlerichard #theking #rockandroll #rocknroll #sureliketoball #lemmy

05/09/2020

Andy McCoy 🌺 Hilarious raconteur & author 🍷 Serious guitar player 🔥 #sheriffmccoy #andymccoy #iggypop #briard #cherrybombz #thecherrybombz #hanoirocks

05/06/2020

Switch off for Florian Schneider, musik-worker. Stricken by cancer at 73. How can you quantify his contributions to electronic music, including synth rock, industrial, all techno, and hip hop? His ghost will be in the machine forever... 🤖#kraftwerk #florianschneider #transeuropeexpress #dieroboter #themodel #manmachine #krautrock #techno #synthrock #afrikabambaataa #planetrock #planetflorian #musikarbeiter #computerworld #industrial #analogsynth #analogsynthesizer

05/06/2020

How does New York do it & always get right through it? Read NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980-1990, by Tony Rettman, for the punk rock part of the picture. 📸 Randy Underwood, from NYHC. 🏢 #nyhc #nyhcbook #newyorkhardcore #agnosticfront #madball #cromags #warzone #causeforalarm #badbrains #kraut #leeway #youthcrew #cbgb #cbgbs #hardcorepunk #punkhistory #punkbooks #punkbook #thewarriors #lowereastside #eastvillage #thebowery

05/06/2020

Beach closures got you bummed? Grab a pitchfork & a towel and head to TEEN MOVIE HELL, where 100s of beach, school, and camp movies await. We’ve got a free demerit patch waiting for you. ☀️🏄🏼‍♀️💦 Repost @teenmoviehell What’s inside a TEEN MOVIE HELL? Your handy-glandy A-to-Z guide... 🔥

HARDBODIES (1984)👙🌊🍺 Ha-ha-HARDBODIES! Made for the Playboy Channel, then properly deemed hilarious enough to play theaters, it’s just... The Greatest. #hardbodies #courtneygaines @courtneygainsfanpage #playboy #vixen #computermadness 🎥 #teenmoviehell #teenmovies #teencomedy #animalhouse #zapped #fasttimesatridgemonthigh #valleygirl #revengeofthenerds #johnhughes #ferrisbueller #thebreakfastclub #sixteencandles #prettyinpink #thelastamericanvirgin #porkys #vhs @ Hermosa Beach, California

05/05/2020

Born to social isolate ♠️ Repost @thetruemayhemcollection Metalion - At the venue in Sarpsborg - Dawn of the Black Hearts 🔥🇳🇴 #metalion #mayhem #slayermag #metaliontheslayermagdiaries #dawnoftheblackhearts #blackmetal #sarpsborg #furuheim

05/03/2020

Real blanket talk, cinco de Mayo edition. Repost @jpacella I’ve had the book and absolutely love it - now it’s finally time for @murderinthefrontrow! 🔥🤘🏻 #murderinthefrontrow #thrash #thrashmetal #bayareathrash #oldschoolmetal #metal #metallica #slayer #exodus #megadeth #testamentband #possessedband #bazillionpoints

05/01/2020

Euronymous and Mayhem’s #1 instigator, #Metalion. Repost @nekroticism Ok, it's a super quick doodle as I have a very lil time for drawing today (bureaucracy again 😭), but I wanted to join the #drawthisinyourstyle challenge. So if anyone wants to participate just copy this drawing in YOUR style and add my original piece when you post yours! Keep in mind to add also the HT #drawthislikeNekroticism so this way I'll be able to see your drawings!
Metalion in the Paaaaaaark! 🎵

#metalion #jonkristiansen #euronymous #øysteinaarseth #thetruemayhem #slayermag #checkerpatrol #thrashmetal #blackmetal #norway🇳🇴 #doodle #challenge #drawing #illustration #nekroticismart #artwork #art #metalionbookcom

05/01/2020

Eerie Von isn’t our only author w/ a bloody author photo, y’know. Pat Blashill, analog mirror selfie, bleeding for Texas punk. Pick up TEXAS IS THE REASON at bazillionpoints.com/texas and feel your old scrapes tingle. 🦄#texasisthereason #texaspunk #thedicks #bigboys #scratchacid #meatjoy #danieljohnston #rokyerickson #theoffenders #thehickoids #buttholesurfers #texastrip #latinobuggerveil #locustabortiontechnician

04/28/2020

This is Austin, not Boston! Reposting our upcoming author @nancybarile Thank you @bazillionpoints for sending me this AMAZING book by @patblashill . It could not have come at a better time. I can’t wait to dig in! I am so psyched and so fortunate to be working with a publisher who put out this caliber of book. Incredible photos!
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#punk #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #oldschoolhardcore #oldschoolhardcorepunk #straightedge #phillypunk #punkgirl #punkgirls #punkwoman #punkphotography #punkphotos #punkrockphotography #lonestarpunk #texasisthereason

04/24/2020

Reposting Brian Lew: @umlaut If you had told me in 1984 these would exist of course I would not have believed you. I would also have said “WHAT’S A DVD??” The @murderinthefrontrow Movie on DVD and other channels is officially out tomorrow. The DVD has 92 minutes of exclusive bonus materials (the movie itself is 92 minutes) and available for a limited time. In the States, the download and streaming will be available on: iTunes, Google Play, Amazon Video Direct, Vimeo, Tubi TV, and UNCORKED (XBOX). Worldwide check iTunes and Amazon Video Direct. What a crazy metal journey it’s been with @haraldoimoen, @bazillionpoints, and @dubinator64 over the past 8 years. ALSO, the release date is meant to honor Paul Baloff’s birthday on the 25th. Bonded by 🩸! #murderinthefrontrow #book #dvd #readabook #watchamovie

04/22/2020

Enter the angel... roll back the hands of time. 🌀 Butthole Surfers, Winter 1987, gatefold from TEXAS IS THE REASON: The Mavericks of Lone Star Punks, by Pat Blashill 🔆 bazillionpoints.com/texas 🐴🦄#texasisthereason #texaspunk #thedicks #bigboys #scratchacid #meatjoy #danieljohnston #rokyerickson #theoffenders #thehickoids #buttholesurfers #texastrip #latinobuggerveil #locustabortiontechnician

04/22/2020

Save us the front row seats! 🍿 The Murder in the Front Row documentary film HD streaming everywhere starting this Friday! 📽 Authors Harald Oimoen & Brian Lew (pictured); essay writers Ron Quintana, Gary Holt, Alex Skolnick, and Robb Flynn; plus James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, Chuck Billy, Dave Lombardo, Kerry King, Larry Lalonde, Rick Hunolt, Tom Araya, Dave Mustaine, and other stars of the book look over your shoulder and fill you in vividly on the stories behind the shots. 📞 Follow @murderinthefrontrow for DVD release info, too. Congratulations to filmmakers Adam Dubin, Jack Gulick, and everyone involved in putting the pages of the book in motion. "When only the music mattered..." 🔨 Foto: @raymond_ahner #murderinthefrontrow #testament #slayer #megadeth #exodusband #slayteam #bondedbyblood #killemall #kirkhammett #garyholt #deathangel #tomaraya #chuckbilly #possessed #larrylalonde #phildemmel #alexskolnick #thrashmetal #heavymetal #bayareathrash #bayareathrashmetal #heavymetalmovies

04/21/2020

'They made Sex Pistols sound like Take That': the fury of Midlands punk

Look what the rat dragged in! For further reading check out our book CITY BABY by G.B.H. bassist Ross Lomas

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/apr/21/midlands-punk-discharge-gbh-clay

Discharge, GBH and other scrappy bands rose up out of a scene where gigs were like wars. Clay Records’ leading lights recall how technique came second to ‘going 100mph’

04/16/2020

Angelripper! Great to know Sodom keeps METALION close at reach in their bunker. Do you? Danke Onkel Tom. 💣 Repost @sodom_band_official #tbt to better times: Tom taking a break during rehearsal some weeks ago and reminiscing about the ‘80s while browsing the infamous Slayer Mag Diaries. Next to some old interviews the book contains some snapshots taken by Metalion together with Mayhem during a trip to the „Ruhrpott“.
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#sodom #thrashmetal #bombenhagel #ausgebombt #blasphemer #witchingmetal #metalion #slayermag #mayhem #deathcrush #arnebabb

04/16/2020

HEAVY METAL MOVIES and some of reader Rubén @nocturnalstrigoi & his Spanish seclusion stash. Yes, Trick or Treat is known as "Death at 33rpm" in Spain, but Demons will always be Demons everywhere. Get the book yourself for over 800 such savory recommendations. 📽👺 #heavymetalmovies #teenmoviehell #rockandrule #demons #rockandrollnightmare #blackroses #terrorvision #lapuerta #thegate #heavymetal #thehowling #wolfen #ghoulies2 #ghoulies #phenomena #darioargento #rocktober #trickortreat #thedungeonmaster

04/15/2020

Right now in 1984, if you were Kerry King you'd be soundchecking for tonight's Megadeth gig at the Keystone Berkeley... while Brian Lew took your photo. Check the King-Mustaine guitar team era in full in MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW. 🧨murderinthefrontrow.com 🔫 #kerryking #paidassassin #killingismybusiness #davemustaine #megadeth #megadeath #fallenangel #mechanix #rattlehead #settheworldonfire #bcrich #thrashmetal #nolifetilleather #bayareathrash #lathrash #heavymetal #metalhistory #murderinthefrontrow

04/15/2020

"From a historical point of view it is a real gem, but also highly recommended for any lover of photography, because Pat's work is amazing." Gracias @stafmagazine ! 🇪🇸 “Las (más de 200) fotografías de Pat Blashill nos hacen viajar a la década de los 80 del pasado siglo XX para rememorar los comienzos del punk y la música underground en Texas, con instantáneas de grupos legendarios como los Butthole Surfers, The Dicks, The Offenders, Glass Eye, Daniel Johnston, Poison 13, Scratch Acid, The Big Boys… todo ello acompañado con interesantísimos textos de artistas como Richard Linklater (School of Rock), el cantante David Yow (Jesus Lizard/Scratch Acid) y la batería Teresa Taylor (Butthole Surfers). Y acompañado además de fotografías de artistas que giraban en Texas, con magnificas instantáneas de Sonic Youth, Devo, Samhain, Soul Asylym, The Replacements, The Dead Kennedys… Desde un punto de vista histórico es una auténtica joya, pero es que además se trata de un libro muy, pero que muy recomendable para cualquier amante de la fotografía, porque el trabajo de Pat es una pasada." 🤎📚 #texasisthereason #patblashill #buttholesurfers #thedicks #bigboys #theoffenders #scratchacid #poison13 #texaspunk #punk #musicbook #hardcoremusic #hxc #sonicyouth #devo #samhain #soulasylum #thereplacements

04/14/2020

Ten days ‘til the movie version of MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW hits your small screens. Preorder from the moviemakers at mitfr.com #murderinthefrontrow

04/14/2020

Great news from the mandatory @consuming_impulse : “So I finally paid my friend for this HM-2 pedal which I’ve had for years tonight. We’re gonna do an episode with Albert Mudrian the editor in chief of @decibelmagazine and author of the Choosing Death really soon. Can’t wait to crack his brain open about things.” #choosingdeath #albertmudrian #deathmetal #grindcore #deathmetalbooks #hm2

04/14/2020

Today in 1980 was effective launch day for British metal—the release of both Judas Priest's commanding British Steel and Iron Maiden's magnificent debut. The forces had gathered, the machines were streamlined, everything was in place, and on April 14 the cannons were fired. This same stretch of a few months brought debut albums from Def Leppard, Diamond Head, Tygers, and Angel Witch, plus Motörhead's Ace of Spades and Saxon's Wheels of Steel. Not to mention Sabbath's first Dio record, Ozzy's Blizzard of Ozz debut, and AC/DC's return with Back in Black. Hail to goddam England, already. And happy forty years of true-blue heavy metal denim and leather. ⚒🇬🇧🧟‍♀️ #ironmaiden #judaspriest #britishsteel #defleppard #onthroughthenight #diamondhead #tygersofpantang #angelwitch #heavenandhell #blacksabbath #blizzardofozz #randyrhoads #saxon #wheelsofsteel #britishheavymetal #backinblack #ukhm #kerrang #nwobhm #soundofthebeast

04/13/2020

Thank you! Repost @noechodotnet 'Texas Is the Reason: The Mavericks of Lone Star Punk' is an excellent new photo book chronicling the Austin scene of the early '80s. ⁣
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I chatted w/ photographer @PatBlashill about the era, its bands, and more, on the site today.⁣
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#buttholesurfers #thedicks #bigboys #theoffenders #scratchacid #poison13 #texaspunk #punk #musicbook #hardcoremusic #hxc #noecho

04/13/2020

Last night in 1985, Metallica and Slayer met for the first time. The two bands were already rivals, so the vibe backstage at the Kabuki Theater in SF was charged. Harald Oimoen, already a friend of both bands, snapped a roll of photos, four pages of which appear in MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW: Shots From the Bay Area Thrash Metal Epicenter. ♨️murderinthefrontrow.com ‼️ #davelombardo #larsulrich #jeffhanneman #kerryking #brianslagel #metallica #slayer #ridethelightning #hellawaits #thrashmetal #bayareathrash #bayareathrashmetal #lathrash #metalphotos #metalphotography #metalphoto #murderinthefrontrow

04/10/2020

New TEXAS IS THE REASON book interview w/Pat Blashill today on NoEcho.net : "The band more people should know about is the Dicks. They had it all—good politics, filthy yet touching lyrics, and an even dirtier sound. Both their live split album with the Big Boys and their debut, Kill from the Heart, are some of the most savage punk rock ever recorded. They were the epitome of Texas—ferocious, tender, and absolutely unafraid of anything." 🐎 #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 #teresanervosa #ashown #donnarich #ushardcore

04/10/2020

Excellent posture, form, and gaze intensity here for reading CHOOSING DEATH by Albert Mudrian—well done! Also happy 40th a week or so ago to Def Leppard’s kick-ass debut LP. Reposting @trashin_mosh Listening to some Old #defleppard since they rule big time
Social Distancing makes #sundays even more boring
Decided to occupy myself with re-reading #choosingdeath
Still one of my fave books about #grindcore and #deathmetal history.
#medusa #typeonegative #petersteele #greenman #blackmetal #metalhead #vinyl #machinehead #bluegrapemerchandising # inked #tattoos #greekmythology #trickrtreat #horror #420 #metal #nwobhm #reading #books #Obituary #napalmdeath

04/09/2020

Thanx @austinchronicle for taking the lead on praising “weird gold mine” TEXAS IN THE REASON by Pat Blashill 🎉 read their fine excerpt then get the whole hog here: bazillionpoints.com/texas

04/09/2020

Check that X! Bazillion Points cross-connection here b/t MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW and STRAIGHT EDGE. ❌ Note the sharpie X on the hand of Lars Ulrich age 19, photographed by Brian Lew with bandmates Dave Mustaine and James Hetfield right before playing Metallica's first-ever SF show at the Stone in 1982.
This practice by S.F. club promoters of marking "X"s on the hands of underage kids to allow them into shows is thee ground zero origin of thee most prominent signifier of the straight edge movement. As Ian MacKaye says in STRAIGHT EDGE: "When the Teen Idles went to California, there was a little bit of concern over whether we were going to be able to play the gigs because of our ages. We were blown away that Dirk Dirksen, who put on the shows at the Mabuhay Gardens [across the street from the Stone], had developed this method of letting underage people into the shows by putting X’s on the back of their hands. We went back to the clubs in Washington and really pushed doing this." 🔗 Make your own countercultural connections, fill in the bleeding blanks, and complete the punk and metal puzzle by hoarding all our books via bazillionpoints.com 📕📔📒
#murderinthefrontrow #brianlew #haraldoimoen #straighteedge #tonyrettman #larsulrich #davemustaine #jameshetfield #ianmackaye #rockonbroadway #thestonesf #mabuhaygardens #dirkdirksen #thrashmetal #heavymetal #bayareathrash #bayareathrashmetal #sxe #hardcorepunk #minorthreat #teenidles #punkhistory #metalhistory #bazillionpoints

04/08/2020

Legit corona prevention—stay home and read. Grab 450 pages of SWEDISH DEATH METAL in hardcover and this might all be over when you’re done. 🗝swedishdeathmetal.com 🗡

04/07/2020

Today's the anniversary of the release of the first Adolescents LP. Foto by Spot at Baces Hall, East Hollywood, 1980, of Tony Adolescent, who contributed a chapter to our book WE GOT POWER!, by David Markey and Jordan Schwartz. ⚡️⚡️⚡️

"I was an annoying mosquito buzzing around the Agent Orange camp. I was the guy sneaking into shows, carrying in gear and losing it, jumping onstage and grabbing the microphone and singing, and generally making mischief. Building mayhem was easy, because Mike Palm and Steve Soto from Agent Orange were not able to grab the mic away from me while they were playing! Snickers from the Simpletones had tried to convince me that I should be in a band, as did General Hospital, aka Rikk Agnew—but neither of them wanted to try to generate the lasso to corral this little mustang. Soto took a chance and asked me to try something out with him and Frank Agnew. We ended up adopting the name of a garage band in Petaluma, from a pen pal who gave me her blessing, and we dubbed the band the Adolescents." 🧨

@theadolescentsusa #theadolescents #tonyreflex #kidsoftheblackhole #agentorange #stevesoto #rikkagnew #frankagnew #alfieagnew #caseyroyer #wegotpower #blackflag #circlejerks #spot #thecheifs #suicidaltendencies #socalpunk #lapunk #lahardcore #hardcorehistory #punkbooks #punkbook #partywithmepunker