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Brutalists

Here's a lap-top. Here's the spell check. Now write a book.

About Me

The Brutalists were formed by writers TONY O'NEILL, ADELLE STRIPE and BEN MYERS during the long record-breaking heatwave summer of 2006. All are active members of the literary underground, publishing their work via a plethora of books, anthologies, fanzines, websites, readings and weblogs.Brutalism calls for writing that touches upon levels of raw honesty that is a lacking form most mainstream fiction. We cannot simply sit around waiting to be discovered — we would rather do it ourselves. Total control, total creativity. The Brutalists see ourselves as a band who have put down their instruments and picked up their pens and scalpels instead.The only maxim we adhere to is an old punk belief, which we have bastardised for our own means: 'Here’s a laptop. Here’s a spell-check. Now write a book.'Brutalist writing is open to anyone who shares similar ideas about the role of literature.The debut Brutalist work is Brutalism 1, due for publication Feb/March 2007. It will feature six poems from each writer, each tackling their respective Northern town where they grew up (Blackburn, Durham and Tadcaster respectively).We’re here to take scalps.

My Interests

Music:

PiL, KLF, Black Flag, Billie Holliday, Black Sabbath, The Clash, Ornette Coleman, The Stooges, John Coltrane, At The Drive-In, Nico, Guns N’ Roses, Gang Of Four, Minor Threat, Leonard Cohen, Velvet Underground, Jimi Hendrix, Acoustic Ladyland, Whitehouse, Wire, Iggy Pop, Happy Mondays, Captain Beefheart, Gogol Bordello, Cutty Ranks, Refused, The Slits, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Shy FX, Can, MC5, Scott Walker, Gun Club, Roky Erickson, The Fall, Dillinger Escape Plan, Tom Waits, Dizzee Rascal, Dead Kids, Selfish Cunt, Gay For Johnny Depp. Punk. Post-punk. Jazz. Metal. Hardcore. Dub. Ragga. Jungle. Disco. Surf instrumentals, Klezmer. Speed brass. Baile funk.

Books:

BRUTAList works: ‘Digging The Vein’ by Tony O’Neill (Contemporary Press/Wrecking Ball Press, 2006), ‘Seizure Wet Dreams’ by Tony O'Neill (Social Disease 2007), ‘Straight From The Fridge’ (weblog) Edited by Adelle Stripe, ‘Edgier Waters: Year Of 3AM’ (Snow Books anthology, 2006), ‘The Missing Kidney’ by Ben Myers (Wrecking Ball Press, 2007), ‘Songs From The Shooting Gallery’ by Tony O’Neill (Burning Shore Press, 2007).‘The Book Of Fuck’ by Ben Myers (Wrecking Ball Press/Baldini Castoldi 2005)

Heroes:

Dan Fante, Herbert Huncke, Charles Bukowski, Jim Carroll, Billy Childish, William S. Burroughs, Sylvia Plath, Dennis Cooper, Hubert Selby Jr, John Fante, Alexander Trocchi, Tracey Emin, Bill Hicks, Jack Kerouac, Louis-Ferdinand Celine, Albert Camus, Richard Brautigan, JT Leroy, Mikhail Bulgakov, Stella Vine, Doug Stanhope, Pedro Juan Gutierrez, Shane Meadows, Werner Herzog, Paddy Considine, Robert Crumb, Bob Flanagan.

My Blog

The Great Brutalist Debate...

...Has started online at Guardian Books...Have your say... http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/07/the_rise_and_rise_ of_the_bruta.html...
Posted by Brutalists on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 05:43:00 PST

Brutalists at the Social Disease Social - Straight From The Fridge Is One!

STRAIGHT FROM THE FRIDGE IS ONE!Thursday 5th July 2007Social Disease and Straight From The Fridge Are Having A Party.Be there.An evening of anti-readings, music and socialising from Social Disease, ce...
Posted by Brutalists on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 03:03:00 PST

Offbeats & Brutalists in Scarecrow

Out now at www.hodmandod.blogspot.com - Offbeats and Brutalists special with new poetry, fiction and interviews online from Tony O'Neill, Ben Myers & Adelle Stripe "If you'd have as...
Posted by Brutalists on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 04:22:00 PST

The Brutalists in The Guardian, today.

  Greetings - We, the Brutalists, and a number of our writer pals feature in a piece in today's edition of THE GUARDIAN about writers who upblish online. You can read the article here: http://bo...
Posted by Brutalists on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 08:41:00 PST

The Brutalists on 3AM magazine

  Roll up, roll up - read all about it.... http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/we-are-the-brutalists-fuck-yo u/ The BRUTALISTS....
Posted by Brutalists on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 02:25:00 PST

Yes, history was made.

    Remember the date: January 5th 2007. The first meeting of the BRUTALISTS. Plans were hatched over coffee in a northern heavy metal pub. Pictures and details about - yes - our debut poetr...
Posted by Brutalists on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 05:54:00 PST

Brutalism: A Rough Biography

Brutalism: A Rough Biography   The Brutalists were formed in early 2006 by writers Tony O' Neill, Ben Myers and Adelle Stripe, all published poets. Brutalism is an ideology born out of...
Posted by Brutalists on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 05:19:00 PST

All Madly Dancing In The Pleasant Valley

Brutal1: Arrives January 2007...
Posted by Brutalists on Thu, 16 Nov 2006 06:53:00 PST

And so the revolution begins. ..

  "An experience of transcendence has always been part of the human experience. We seek out moments of ecstasy, when we feel deeply touched within and lifted momentarily beyond ourselves. At...
Posted by Brutalists on Thu, 16 Nov 2006 06:50:00 PST