Hardcover, 7.25 x 10.75 inches, 224 pages, over 500 four-color
and black-and-white images
ISBN: 978-1-57687-472-1
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Radio Silence: A Selected Visual History of American Hardcore Music
By Nathan Nedorostek
By Anthony Pappalardo
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Hardcore music emerged just
after the first wave of punk rock in the late 1970s. American punk kids who loved the
speed and attitude of punk took hold of its spirit, got rid of the “live
fast, die young” mind-set and made a brilliant revision: hardcore.
The dividing line between punk and hardcore music was in the delivery:
less pretense, less melody, and more aggression. This urgency seeped
its way from the music into the look of hardcore. There wasn’t time
to mold your liberty spikes or shine your Docs, it was jeans and T-shirts,
Chuck Taylors and Vans. The skull and safety-pin punk costume was replaced
by hi-tops and hooded sweatshirts. Jamie Reid’s ransom note record
cover aesthetic gave way to black-and-white photographs of packed shows
accompanied by bold and simple typography declaring things like: The Kids Will Have Their Say, and You’re
Only Young Once.
Radio Silence documents the ignored space between
the Ramones and Nirvana through the words and images of the pre-Internet
era where this community built on do-it-yourself ethics thrived. Authors
Nathan Nedorostek and Anthony Pappalardo have cataloged private collections
of unseen images, personal letters, original artwork, and various ephemera
from the hardcore scene circa 1978-1993. Unseen photos lay next to hand-made
t-shirts and original artwork brought to life by the words of their
creators and fans. Radio
Silence includes over 500 images of unseen photographs, illustrations, rare records, t-shirts,
and fanzines presented in a manner that abandons the aesthetic clichés
normally employed to depict the genre and lets the subject matter speak
for itself. Contributions by Jeff Nelson, Dave Smalley, Walter Schreifels,
Cynthia Connolly, Pat Dubar, Gus Peña, Rusty Moore, and Gavin Ogelsby
with an essay by Mark Owens.
About the Authors
Nathan Nedorostek is
an art director living in Brooklyn, New York. Having previously worked
for a number of large design studios, Nathan is most comfortable straddling
the line between art and commerce. Nathan’s previous books include: All I Can Give You Is Everything, and Eulogy
for Marissa Cooper.
Anthony Pappalardo wrote
for Slap magazine from 1997 to 2002. He has been published in Alternative Press, Mass Appeal and Magnet since then. Anthony’s previous music projects
include Ten Yard Fight, In My Eyes and Get Down. He currently records
as the Italian Horn.
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