{"product_id":"nyhc-new-york-hardcore-1980-1990-9781935950127","title":"NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980 1990","description":"\u003cp\u003eKnown for its glamorous 1970s punk rock scene  New York City matched the grim urban reality of the 1980s with a rawer musical uprising: New York hardcore. As bands of misfits from across the region gravitated to the forgotten frontier of Manhattans Lower East Side. With a a backdrop of despair  bands like Agnostic Front  Cro-Mags  Murphys Law  and Youth of Today confronted their reality with relentlessly energetic gigs at CBGB  A7  and the numerous squats in the area.  Tony Rettmans ambitious oral history captures ten years of struggling  including the scenes regional rivalries with D.C. and Boston  the birth of moshing  the clash and coming to terms of hardcore and heavy metal  the straightedge movement  and the unlikely influence of Krishna consciousness.  With a foreword by Freddy Cricien of Madball  who made his stage debut with Agnostic Front at age seven  NYHC slams the sidewalk with savage tales of larger-than-life characters and unlikely feats of willpower. The gripping and sometimes hilarious narrative is woven together like the fabric of New York itself from over 100 original interviews with members of Absolution  Adrenalin O.D.  Agnostic Front  Antidote  Bad Brains  Bloodclot  Bold  Born Against  Breakdown  Cause for Alarm  Citizen Arrest  Cro-Mags  Crumbsuckers  Death Before Dishonor  Even Worse  False Prophets  Don Fury  Gorilla Biscuits  H20  Heart Attack  Inhuman  Into Another  Irate  Judge  Kraut  Leeway  Life s Blood  Major Conflict  Max s Kansas City  Murphy s Law  Nausea  Nihilistics  Nuclear Assault  Numskulls  Outburst  Pro-Pain  Quicksand  Rat Cage Records  Raw Deal  Reagan Youth  Rorschach  S.O.D.  Sacrilege  Savage Circle  Sheer Terror  Shelter  Shok  Sick of it All  Side by Side  Skinhead Youth  Straight Ahead  the Abused  the Cryptcrashers  the Mad  the Misfits  the Misguided  the Mob  the Psychos  the Ritz  the Stimulators  the Undead  Token Entry  Underdog  Urban Waste  Virus  Warzone  Youth of Today  and many  many more.  MOSH IT UP!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45666220376117,"sku":"ByrdShop_1935950126","price":64.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781935950127.jpg?v=1782423744","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/nyhc-new-york-hardcore-1980-1990-9781935950127","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}