By now I'm sure you've heard of the book Radio Silence by Nathan Nedorostek and Anthony Pappalardo. It's the book about the American hardcore scene that everyone's been buzzing about for several weeks now. I saw a copy of it yesterday at St Marks Books and have to agree: this one's a keeper, except I can't afford to buy $30 photo books!

"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."

"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. 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."

Read more and buy the book here on powerHouse books' site and make sure to checkout the official site for the book, where you can listen to podcasts, two that include songs from bands covered in the book that you can listen to while flipping through the book. HOT!

Release Party
With DJs Steve Lowenthal and Tony Rettman and a special performance by Mind Eraser
Friday, October 3, 2008, 6-9PM
The powerHouse Arena
37 Main Street, Brooklyn
(718) 666-3049
RSVP: rsvp@powerhousearena.com