This is WAR , baby, a Rock'n’ Roll war against the grim purveyors of slick- dick commercial shtick and when the smoke clears and the last call sounds, you better be clear about which side you're on! Are you part of the problem , or part of the solution? The Powder Monkeys are playing for keeps.- they don't fuck around, and neither should you. Real rock'n'roll is in short supply these days, and there ain't no room for wimps , geeks or limp wristed creeps here! - Tim Hemensley 1998
A wonderful compendium of all published articles, interviews, and reviews, gigs, lineups, flyers, and photos—just about anything and everything that had our name in it—between 1991 and 1996. Meticulously and tirelessly collated, “chronologicalised,” and configured by the Gran Majesté of Rock’n’Roll nerdoriety and chief archivist, the most amazingly amazingest Clinton Rooney. - TJ RAY, 2024
In the 1970s, photographer Hugh Holland masterfully captured the burgeoning culture of skateboarding against a sometimes harsh but always sunny Southern California landscape. This never-before-published collection showcases his black-and-white photographs that document young skateboarders sidewalk surfing off Mulholland Drive in concrete drainage ditches and empty swimming pools in a drought-ridden Southern California. From suburban backyard haunts to the asphalt streets that connected them, this was the place that inspired the legendary Dogtown and Z-Boys skateboarders. With their requisite bleached-blond hair, tanned bodies, tube socks and Vans, these young outsiders evoke the sometimes reckless but always exhilarating origins of skateboarding lifestyle and culture.
Bell Publishing Company, 1970. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x8x1. Dust jacket has shelf wear, scuffs and is faded. Black boards with yellow cloth spine is lightly worn head/tail of spine. Interior clean.Photos and stories of curiosities and wonders, eccentrics, and the grotesque, all edited by Barry Humphries (Dame Edna.)
A photo book from the famous skate magazine Jenkem Magazine, published in honor of the magazine's 10th anniversary. The book charts the first 10 years of the magazine's existence. Inside you will find articles, photos of skateboarding, communities, illustrations, magazine covers and more.
Compendium Mindbendium is a book of art by lowbrow artist Mike "Fox" Foxall collecting poster / flyer art, tshirt / album designs, comics, paintings and illustrations from the past 15 years or so. Frequent dwellers of the underground rock and roll scene will clock many of the pieces from their travels amongst merch desks and record stores, so expect to recognise images celebrating bands such as The Neptune Power Federation, Frenzal Rhomb, King Parrot, Nashville Pussy, Gorilla, The Hard-Ons, Astrodeath, Dr Colossus, Alien Nosejob, Sick Fizz, Dr Colossus, Black Aces, Where's The Pope?, Nancy Vandal, Guttermouth, Downgirl, The Veebees, The Stripp and many many more.
An Australian’s journey from the suburbs to original punk-era Sydney and beyond. Operating record labels, designing & printing rock posters, running amok with fireworks into the night – all to the soundtrack of some of the region’s best-ever contemporary music. In pursuit of even more, he evolved into a Global traveller and World Citizen of no fixed address.
Within ‘CRAIC as it happened’ you will find discourses on: Radio Birdman / Lou Reed / The Saints / The Birthday Party / Television / Lydia Lunch / Bob Dylan / Neil Young / Kraftwerk / Iggy Pop / Punk-Era Sydney / White Light Records / Phantom Records / Red Eye Records / Beasts of Bourbon / The Crystal Set / Mixed Relations / The Cruel Sea / Steve Kilbey / Killing Time / The Clouds / Buying Toys / Selling Antiques / Dealing in Art / Living in Paris / Living in New York / Visiting Cuba / Ralph Records / Polydor Records & PolyGram / Designing Posters / Making Records / Buying & Selling Collectable Records / Bands Seen / Books to Read / Being a Kid / Becoming a Teenager / Friends, Lawyers & Lovers. Loads of observations, laughs and pictures - all as it happened.
John Foy is a former graphic designer and poster artist who also ran two prominent independent record labels during Australian music’s particularly golden era in the 1980’s & 90’s.
John is also a great friend to us here at Trash Cult and we are super excited to have signed copies of his his new book in stock.
Masterful music producer-engineer Tony Cohen defined Australia’s punk and rock sounds in the late ’70s and ’80s. His long and celebrated career took him from the studios of Melbourne to West Berlin and Abbey Road. Half Deaf, Completely Mad is an exuberant, hilarious, tragic and triumphant memoir that reveals a chaotic genius who lived hard and loud.In candid reflections, Tony’s decades-long relationship with Nick Cave and his bands – Boys Next Door, The Birthday Party, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – is well documented, along with behind-the-scenes classic recordings by Laughing Clowns, Models, The Reels, The Birthday Party, The Go-Betweens, Hunters & Collectors, Cold Chisel, Beasts of Bourbon, The Saints, X, The Cruel Sea, Paul Kelly and so many more.
