Earthisland Books (UK)

Forman, Jared - JOURNEY DOWN THE PUNK ROCK HIGHWAY [Author's NUMBERED EDITION] – New Book

$ 29.00

Special numbered edition by the author. 125 copies. Pressed in Europe.

JOURNEY DOWN THE PUNK ROCK HIGHWAY: 35 years of writing and interviews - 8" x 11.5" professionally printed paperback book with a full-color cover. 140+ pages.

Featuring interviews with members of Toxic Reasons, Doom, Happy Spastics, Adolescents, M.D C, The Avengers, Reagan Youth, Subhumans, Channel 3, Social Unrest, The Hated, A P.P.LE., The Maggots, Mission of Burma, Anti-Nowhere-League, The Detonators, Distraught, False Prophets and Icons of Filth, Jim Testa of Jersey Beat fame, the History of Danger House Records, the stories of ABC No Rio and Gilman Street and personal accounts and memories, from scene veterans and activists, Jared Forman’

Punk Rock filled a gap Jared didn't know existed in his life. He first stumbled across the scene when learning to skateboard, and as one band inevitably led to another, it soon became his overbearing and overriding passion. Jared embraced DIY culture without hesitation, releasing his first 7-inch record whilst still in the 10th Grade, and by the time he was eighteen, he was living in his first Punk House, where he stayed for the next seven years.

That house was where Jared became more politically and socially active, where his band, Inept, started through a mutual passion for Food Not Bombs, and booked all their shows (and promoted a lot more for other bands). He gradually fell in love with touring and travel, and journeyed from Coast to Coast, squatting and meeting punks and experienced the duality of ABC No Rio and Gilman Street, two vastly different scene institutions on either end of the United States that were born from a similar need, run with the same purpose and forged from the same ideals

Jared started writing to, interviewing and trading records with people from all over the world, and much later viewed social media as a revolutionary way to bring punks together. His new book, Down The Punk Rock Highway, in a strange sort of way is the story of his life, and the people, places, and music that have made it what it is.

Evoking and channelling the spirit of rebellion, energy and freedom that defines the punk rock movement, Down The Punk Rock Highway is a testament to the determination of the writers' mission to detail and capture the scene, people and places that made punk rock what it was, is and can be over thirty-five years.

Whether you're feeling nostalgic for the glory days of the eighties scene and want to revisit it, or just dipping your toes in the punk ocean for the first time and want to find out what it’s all about, you’ll find what you’re looking for as you venture down the punk rock highway. Music, history and everything in between can be found in these pages. So wave your family and friends goodbye, throw your cases in the trunk, and start your engine. It’s time to head down the Punk Rock Highway…