Spoke: Images and Stories from the 1980s Washington, DC Punk Scene,Used

The pictures, which include some posed portraits but are mostly concert shots, are the chief attraction. They freeze moments of adolescent release, veinbulging intensity and sweaty communion that fuses performer and audience...Vivid and evocative.'Washington Post'Scott Crawford, the man behind the acclaimed documentary Salad Days, has given us another taste of the bestkept secret of 80s in his new book Spoke: Washington DCs hardcore punk scene.'Dazed'With music by Minor Threat, Void, Rites of Spring, Government Issue, and many others propelling the story of hardscrabble, Reaganera D.C. as the hotbed for a new artistic outlet in Salad Days, Crawford saw the book as a way to scoop up important narrative from the cuttingroom floor and find a new home for it.'Fast Company'Pockmarked with burnedout buildings and boardedover storefronts, Northwest DC was once home to a vibrant and sometimes violent punk movement beginning in the early 1980s. For geeky 12yearold Scott Crawford, that changed everything: He chucked comic books for punk rock and selfpublished a music zine from his mothers kitchen table in Silver Spring. This month, Crawford releases a book about those days, Spokea companion to his 2014 documentary, Salad Daysfeaturing stories from local players such as Dave Grohl, Henry Rollins, and Ian MacKaye.'Washingtonian Magazine'Spoke...adroitly uses both photographs and oral histories to capture the importance of what can best be described as a cultural revolution within the nations capital.'Shepherd Express'This coffee table version of the documentary [Salad Days] follows the D.C. scenes often politicallycharged brand of punk rock, from Bad Brains to Jawbox, and of course the legendary Fugazi. And theres even the nearforgotten SOA, whose frontman Henry Rollins took his D.C. energy to L.A. where he stepped in as the singer for Black Flag.'Yellow Scene Magazine'A musthave for any rock historian or popculture buff...The perfect punk coffee table book.'Shockwave Magazine'Highly recommended...A must read for punk fans.'Chorus.fm/HiFiNoise'A worthy addition to the growing amount of literature on the American hardcore/punk scene, Spoke will look great on any aging punks coffee table as a document to a vital, electric time.'Ink19.com'A forthright testament to a kaleidoscopic community. This is a rounded collection, with surprises on every page...Its collection that rocks.'Shelf Awareness for ReadersThe Washington, DC punk music scene of the 1980s gave birth to influential bands like Bad Brains, Minor Threat, and Fugazi. Here that era is portrayed in its purest form: an oral history by the creators themselves, including nearly two hundred photographs capturing the power and spirit of this politically progressive corner of American underground music. This stunning and intimate collection features rare images from Jim Saah, Cynthia Connolly, Bert Queiroz, and many others who documented this vibrant community. Compiled by Scott Crawfordwhose critically acclaimed film Salad Days provided an unprecedented exploration into the 1980s DC punk sceneSpoke delves deeper into one of the most dynamic movements in US music history.Featuring: BAD BRAINS, THE TEEN IDLES, BLACK MARKET BABY, SOA, MINOR THREAT, GOVERNMENT ISSUE, VOID, IRON CROSS, THE FAITH, SCREAM, MARGINAL MAN, GRAY MATTER, BEEFEATER, KING FACE, RITES OF SPRING, DAG NASTY, EMBRACE, SOULSIDE, FIRE PARTY, SHUDDER TO THINK, IGNITION, FUGAZI, SWIZ, THE NATION OF ULYSSES, and JAWBOX.