Author Interviews – Bazillion Points Blog

Boston Public Library 11/26: Nancy Barile’s I’M NOT HOLDING YOUR COAT

Chief — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 15:18:13 +0000

Hey Boston, save the date! Nancy Barile, author of I’M NOT HOLDING YOUR COAT: My Bruises-and-All Memoir of Punk Rock Rebellion has been invited to the Book Talk series at Boston Public Library on the theme of “Revolutionary Music.” The event is tentatively set to kick off on November 26, 2024 around 6 p.m. “I can’t tell you what a thrill it will be to speak in this historic and hallowed building…

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Cleveland Scene: “Stunning” MIDNIGHT Book Captures Mystique

Chief — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 15:32:42 +0000

Midnight’s hometown paper Cleveland Scene has just published a lengthy interview with Hannah Verbeuren, the photographer behind MIDNIGHT: A Thousand Nights in Sodom. The article praises the book as a “stunning” work that “captures the Cleveland metal band’s mystique.” On capturing the personality of an enigmatic band, Hannah is quoted: “”It’s quite hard when you’re dealing with people in…

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MIDNIGHT Author Hannah Verbeuren: “In Cleveland There’s a Lot of Angst, So I Was Taking A Lot of Pictures of That”

Chief — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 17:32:21 +0000

STATIKNOIZE has just posted a pre-release interview with Hannah Verbeuren, the photographer behind our upcoming hardcover MIDNIGHT: A Thousand Nights in Sodom. The talk touches on the roots of Midnight, Hannah’s experiences on the road with metal bands, the crucial Ohio bands Boulder and Motörhead U.S.A., and the process of compiling her definitive document of the band’s many live, candid…

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Thurs 2/8, San Diego: Rettman’s pre-LA Weekend STRAIGHT EDGE Panel at Super7

Chief — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 22:31:09 +0000

This Thursday, Feb. 8, at the Super7 Store on 701 8th Street in San Diego, STRAIGHT EDGE author Tony Rettman arrives to sign books, take names, and talk hardcore punk with Rob Moran of Unbroken, Tim Gonzalez of Amenity, and Daniel Saint of Over My Dead Body. Of course an event such as this demands free drinks, and neighbors Heartwork Coffee Bar will step up with enough vats of the strong stuff to…

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Sat 2/10 & Sun 2/11, L.A.: West Coast STRAIGHT EDGE Weekend Events

Chief — Wed, 17 Jan 2018 19:34:10 +0000

Tony Rettman heads west in early February for a weekend of straight-shooting book events at Top Space and Vacation Vinyl celebrating the primary participants in his widely heralded new book STRAIGHT EDGE: A Clear-Headed Hardcore Punk History. Come freak on some of the best current bands in hardcore and a panel discussion featuring Tony Rettman, Jon Roa (Justice League, End To End, Eyelid)…

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NYHC / SXE: Tony Rettman Talks STRAIGHT EDGE & GIRLS TRIP on the Cinepunx Podcast

Chief — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 15:46:42 +0000

Cinepunx, the podcast with the credo, “Cinephiles Unite, Films Geeks on the Loose Tonight,” has invited Tony Rettman back to discuss his new STRAIGHT EDGE oral history…and the movie GIRLS TRIP. Listen up, read the book, then get a T-shirt. Hear for yourself, CINEPUNX Episode 73: CINEPUNX Read NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980-1990 Read STRAIGHT EDGE: A Clear-Headed Hardcore Punk History…

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ROOTS Presents 2017: The Year of Death Metal w/Decibel’s Albert Mudrian on Sirius XM

Chief — Sat, 02 Dec 2017 22:21:27 +0000

ROOTS Presents 2017: THE YEAR OF DEATH METAL w/special guest Albert Mudrian December 2, 2017 Sat 12/2, 6PM ET Sun 12/3, 1PM ET Mon 12/4, 9AM ET Tues 12/5, 4PM ET Thurs 12/7, 9PM ET Wrapping up a brutal 2017, host Ian Christe (Sound of the Beast, Bazillion Points) again welcomes Albert Mudrian (Choosing Death, Decibel), for a review of the outstanding year in death metal.

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Roots Welcomes CHOOSING DEATH Author Albert Mudrian to SiriusXM

Chief — Sun, 26 Nov 2017 18:49:22 +0000

ROOTS WELCOMES CHOOSING DEATH AUTHOR ALBERT MUDRIAN Week of November 25, 2017 Sat 11/25, 6PM ET Sun 11/26, 1PM ET Mon 11/27, 9AM ET Tues 11/28, 4PM ET Thurs 11/30, 9PM ET Join host Ian Christe (“Sound of the Beast”) and guest Albert Mudrian (“Choosing Death”, Decibel magazine) for an overview of the birth, explosion, and legacy of death metal and grindcore. Tracks by Morbid Angel…

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ONLY DEATH IS REAL: View the Tom Gabriel Fischer and Ian Christe Zurich Footage

Chief — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 13:43:24 +0000

One year ago tonight rates as a very special date in Bazillion Points history. Barely ten miles from the subterranean bunker on the outskirts of Zurich, Switzerland, where Hellhammer pounded out its anarchic darkness beginning in 1981, Hellhammer, Celtic Frost, and Triptykon leader Tom Gabriel Warrior sat with our publisher Ian Christe for a wide-ranging, candid, and lengthy discussion.

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Thurs 11/9, Sonos NYC: Exclusive STRAIGHT EDGE Book Launch w/Tony Rettman

Chief — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 19:34:18 +0000

UPDATE: Thursday’s itinerary has turned to out to be pretty well packed, and will include an author Q&A hosted by Scott Crawford (director of the DC hardcore documentary Salad Days); an open bar (?!); limited Al Barile / SSD Champion sweatshirts; plenty of chances to pick up copies of the book signed by Tony Rettman and stamped with a unique rubber event stamp. Come see for yourself!

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