NYHC: NEW YORK HARDCORE 1980-1990 by Tony Rettman
This ambitious oral history captures 10 years of struggle, including the NY scene’s regional rivalries with D.C. and Boston, the birth of moshing, the clash and coming to terms of hardcore and heavy metal, the straight-edge movement, and the unlikely influence of Krishna consciousness. The gripping and sometimes hilarious narrative is woven together like the fabric of New York itself from over 100 original interviews. 384 pages.
