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Political Punk NYC (1984-1991)

Reject the System Which Dictates the Norm!

About Me

This page is a clearinghouse for info on political and Anarchist punk bands from NYC 1984-1991. (Yeah, that's right, I changed it back to 1984 because of the amount of material I'm getting from people that were around from that era.)

Check out the Political Punk NYC Photobucket for photos and fliers from back in the day!

Political Punk NYC 1984-1991 Photobucket

My Interests

Anti-Racism, Anti-Nukes, Anti-War, Anti-Gentrification, Squatting, Animal liberation, Vegetarianism/ Veganism, Women's liberation, AIDS Activism, Against US intervention in El Salvador, Anti-Draft/ Against Selective Service Registration

I'd like to meet:

Political and Anarchist punks. Phil Donahue. Richard Bey. Morton Downey Junior's corpse. Secaucus, NJ. Bob Barry. Corry Prime. Joe Saccone. Jamen. Hippy James.

This site is dedicated to the memory of Carlo Martino (R.I.P.) Here's a photo of him getting beaten up and arrested by the NYPD at a protest against the demolition of the 8th Street squat 05/02/89

Music:

NAUSEA, A.P.P.L.E., REAGAN YOUTH, FALSE PROPHETS, HEART ATTACK, COUNTER FORCE, DIRECT ACTION, DOOMSDAY, INSURGENCE, JESUS CHRUST/ SLAUGHTER, PSYCHO SIN, MISSING FOUNDATION, NO MUSIC...NOIZE, THE APOSTATES, URGENT FURY...THE RADICTS, PUBLIC NUISANCE, THE RESISTURZ, THE DIABOLIX, MALACHI KRUNCH, SEIZURE, SUMMER'S EVE, BLOODSUCKERS FROM OUTER SPACE, MAGGOT, NUTJOB, THE DENIED, WINTER...S.F.A., THE PRESS, YUPPICIDE...PUBLIC ENEMY, KRS-ONE, BEASTIE BOYS

Movies:

How To Squash a Squat * Squat or Rot the Video (1990) * The Animal's Film * American Hardcore

Television:

Smash your television! (except for that episode of Kate And Allie that Marcos appeared in, and the episode of Donahue with Hardcore Punks)

Books:

Politics of Punk: More Than Noise by Craig O'Hara * Making A Scene by Bri Hurley * American Hardcore: A Tribal History by Steven Blush * Going Underground: American Punk 1979-1992 By George Hurchalla * War In The Neighborhood by Seth Tobocman * The Selling of the Lower East Side by Christopher Mele * From Urban Village To East Village by Janet Abu-Lughod * Survival Without Rent by Anon * Mayday in Tompkins Square Park by Lori Rizzo * Glass House by Margaret Morton * You Don't Have To Fuck People Over to Survive by Seth Tobocman

Heroes:

the Tompkins Square rebels 1988, the LES Squatters, Anarchist Switchboard, Sabotage Books, @ Central Books, Tin Pan Alley, ABC NO Rio, Lucky 13's, Squat Or Rot, A.W.O.L., NYDAC, The Sweetwater Tavern, Don Yippie

My Blog

Exclusive Interview with WINTER from 1990!

WINTER were a fucking awesome band- they sounded like CELTIC FROST. In fact, WINTER's bassist John Alman (who had played in the anarchopunk band DOOMSDAY in 1986-1987 and had been active in the Long ...
Posted by Political Punk NYC (1984-1991) on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 09:44:00 PST

Interview with Jae A.P.P.L.E. from A BEAT OF OUR OWN 2

Interview with Jae Monroe of A.P.P.L.E. from A BEAT OF OUR OWN 2 Earliest memories of the New York punk scene and how you got involved? Jae: How I got involved in the punk scene deserves a bit of hi...
Posted by Political Punk NYC (1984-1991) on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 08:46:00 PST

Show Review: Tompkins Square Park Riot memorial in WSP Sun Aug 5, 2007

SHOW REVIEW: A.P.P.L.E., False Prophets, Witch Hunt, Leftover Crack, World Inferno Friendship Society Sunday August 5, 2007 in Washington Square Park This show was booked as the 19th anniversary of ...
Posted by Political Punk NYC (1984-1991) on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 06:46:00 PST

Interview With Steve Distraught from A BEAT OF OUR OWN 2

INTERVIEW WITH STEVE DISTRAUGHT From A Beat Of Our Own 2 (2007) So yer from NYC? Steve: Well, I lived in NYC for 11 years but I am not from there. I grew up about an hour south of Boston in a town c...
Posted by Political Punk NYC (1984-1991) on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 09:35:00 PST

Zine Review: A Beat Of Our Own 2

A BEAT OF OUR OWN 2 (2007)40 pages/ color cover/ newsprint$2 US/ $3 Mexico and Canada/ $5 World A BEAT OF OUR OWN is a very good zine out of North Carolina. Issue 2 consists almost entirely of inter...
Posted by Political Punk NYC (1984-1991) on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:37:00 PST

BOOK REVIEW- "Going Underground: American Punk '79-'92"

BOOK REVIEW- Going Underground: American Punk '79-'92 by George Hurchalla (Zuo Press; 2005)George Hurchalla has written a pretty good book about American hardcore punk in the 1980's. The book is an or...
Posted by Political Punk NYC (1984-1991) on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 04:21:00 PST

Do-It-Yourself Punk by Sammy Blue from SPEW 1 (1986)

Here's an article on building the scene from SPEW #1 (1986), youth magazine of the WAR RESISTERS LEAGUE (an anti-war group). I remember this article having a big influence on me as a 15 year old kid. ...
Posted by Political Punk NYC (1984-1991) on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 04:09:00 PST

"Anarchy In The USA" article from UTNE READER Nov/Dec 1988

ANARCHY IN THE USA (AND CANADA)Anarchist politics take root among the young By Brian AhlbergFrom Utne Reader Nov/ Dec 1988 Clashes between young anarchists and police in three different citie...
Posted by Political Punk NYC (1984-1991) on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 03:48:00 PST

Book on Glass House squat (1993-1994)

For those that remember the Glass House squat on Avenue D (evicted in 1994) there is a book of stories and photos that was published about it in October 2004. The author is Margaret Morton, a pho...
Posted by Political Punk NYC (1984-1991) on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 06:45:00 PST

NYC Political Punk Record Labels 1984-1991

NYC POLITICAL PUNK RECORD LABELS 1984-1991 As with zines the NYC political and Anarcho punk scene didn't produce many record labels between 1984- 1991. Most of our music circulated in the form of dem...
Posted by Political Punk NYC (1984-1991) on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 04:38:00 PST