Punk Love

by Horgan, Susie J.; Rollins, Henry; MacKaye, Ian

• ISBN13: 9780789315410
• ISBN10: 0789315416
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-01-30
• Publisher: Universe

Summary

Celebrating friendships that have been bound together by music since 1979, Susie J. Horgan's largely unpublished images were taken as friend and participant on the music scene, rather than as a journalist, and are both an exceptional contribution to the history of punk as well as a true reflection of punk values. She captured iconic photographs of such hardcore legends as Minor Threat, S.O.A., Teen Idles, Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, The Cramps, Untouchables, Youth Brigade, the Germs, and many others.Punk Lovedocuments specifically the birth of the early Washington, D.C., punk movement in 1979. D.C. punk was a different kind of punk. It was hardcore. It was explosive. It was revolutionary. But people misread punk rock as being about hate and anger. It was spiritual. It was about self-respect and justice-basic morals and values. This is punk love.

Author Biography

Susie J. Horgan (also credited as "Susie Josephson" and "Susie J.") met Henry Rollins and Ian MacKaye at her ice cream-scooping job at the Häagen-Dazs in Georgetown. She began photographing her D.C. friends who played in hardcore punk bands. Susie is now based in Miami. Henry Rollins is an actor, writer, poet, and the frontman for the Rollins Band. He is also the host of his own television show, The Henry Rollins Show on the IFC Network. One of Ian MacKaye's first bands, Minor Threat, was the seminal D.C. hardcore punk band. MacKaye co-founded Dischord Records and still performs with his current bands, Fugazi and The Evens.

Table of Contents

Ian Mackaye and Susie J. Talk	p. 10
Ice cream, you scream	p. 18
X minor disturbance X	p. 28
Get up and go	p. 36
Riding with Henry	p. 46
Getting in to the shows	p. 50
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