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I'm a huge Minor Threat fan, and a big champion of Glen E. Friedman; his books are really the only collections that I consistently pick up, despite knowing that these coffee table sized things are going on a shelf that barely holds them. But he never lets me down. This one has been in the works for a long time, and I'm happy it's going to be available this October.
If you're in the states, this is the way to go
https://www.akashicbooks.com/catalog/gef-minorthreat/
where you get signed copies, etc. If you're stuck in Canada and shipping will slaughter you, it's got a taxes in (for Ontario, anyway) pre-order price on amazon.ca that's under 50 CAD all in, and it's available on amazon.com as well (though I don't generally post links there without the RSP affiliation).
"Just a Minor Threat is a book of Glen E. Friedman’s most outstanding photographs of the Washington, DC, band Minor Threat, one of the most influential hardcore punk bands in music history. While the book offers Friedman’s best-known photographs of the band, most of the pictures in this volume, shot in 1982 and ’83, have never been seen before.
The book has writing by Zack de la Rocha, Jello Biafra, Ian F. Svenonius, Alec MacKaye, and Jamie Shanahan. Friedman’s own introduction explains how he initially met the band, and the lifelong friendships that grew from there.
The first time Friedman made pictures of Minor Threat was in Southern California early in the summer of 1982, then later on their home turf of Washington, DC. At the end of that same year, he shot them at an “explosive and uncontrollable” performance at CBGB in New York City. In addition to these, Just a Minor Threat also comprises very rare candid and posed photos of the band, including many from the same roll as the now classic “Salad Days” image on the front steps of their “Dischord House.”
If you're in the states, this is the way to go
https://www.akashicbooks.com/catalog/gef-minorthreat/
where you get signed copies, etc. If you're stuck in Canada and shipping will slaughter you, it's got a taxes in (for Ontario, anyway) pre-order price on amazon.ca that's under 50 CAD all in, and it's available on amazon.com as well (though I don't generally post links there without the RSP affiliation).
"Just a Minor Threat is a book of Glen E. Friedman’s most outstanding photographs of the Washington, DC, band Minor Threat, one of the most influential hardcore punk bands in music history. While the book offers Friedman’s best-known photographs of the band, most of the pictures in this volume, shot in 1982 and ’83, have never been seen before.
The book has writing by Zack de la Rocha, Jello Biafra, Ian F. Svenonius, Alec MacKaye, and Jamie Shanahan. Friedman’s own introduction explains how he initially met the band, and the lifelong friendships that grew from there.
The first time Friedman made pictures of Minor Threat was in Southern California early in the summer of 1982, then later on their home turf of Washington, DC. At the end of that same year, he shot them at an “explosive and uncontrollable” performance at CBGB in New York City. In addition to these, Just a Minor Threat also comprises very rare candid and posed photos of the band, including many from the same roll as the now classic “Salad Days” image on the front steps of their “Dischord House.”
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