Anthony Pappallardo and Nathan Nedorostek just finished what might be the most intellectual and personal look at American Hardcore... ever.

It's called "Radio Silence: A Selected Visual History of American Hardcore Music" and it rips. By gathering interviews, photos, zines, clippings, home-made t-shirts, flyers, and other ephemera from personal collections of hardcore kids focusing on the years between 1978-1993, this look into the often misunderstood space between punk and grunge ... into the real blood and sweat of a subculture at it's dawn is both moving and nostalgic. If the American Hardcore film was "Black Flag", then this book is "Antioch Arrow" or "Embrace". I hope that analogy works for you.

You aren't reading a dude's opinion on a "scene", rather, this book makes you feel like you're experiencing a memory - with contributions from the people that lived it (among them Dave Smalley, Jeff Nelson, etc).

There is an all ages release party and show (Mind Eraser is playing) on October 3rd in NYC, and selected photography from the book will be on display at Riviera gallery in Brooklyn through the end of October.

For more info on the book, the party, and the opening, click here: www.radiosilencebook.com

PHOTO: Antioch Arrow at 915 E. Street. San Diego, California. May, 1993; Photograph by Cameron Campbell [using Jeff Winterberg’s camera]