Want a sneak peak of “More Than Music”?

Two limited-edition zines are now available, each drawing on a different chapter of what will be the final book.

More Than Music vol. 1: FESTS

Part oral history, part essay, this installment explores the role of festivals in defining a new expression of punk identity while “centralizing” a confederated, pre-Internet culture. From people throwing hamburgers at Earth Crisis to you making out with that guy in the Oi Polloi shirt behind the merch table, this is the too-hot-for-HeartattaCk stuff!

“I remember walking through the parking lot and seeing license plates from all over the country…a feeling of knowing a secret. It’s empowering to know that you could send out this beacon and people would come from great distances to be a part of it.” - Steve Wade (Neil House)

“Fests were always a logistical nightmare. ‘Who’s playing now? Where? Why is Scott Beibin on stage playing a trumpet?’” - Charles Maggio (Rorschach)

“I couldn’t believe that somehow this 'It’ band, Earth Crisis, had written an entire set based on palm-muting the E chord.” - Dan Yemin (Lifetime)

32 pages, black and white. $6 US, $8 worldwide.

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More Than Music vol. 2: BORN AGAIN$T

Through interviews and oral history, shares the story of the influential band and its place within this chapter of punk and hardcore culture. Includes photography (some never before published!) from Chrissy Piper (“The Unheard Music”) and Christine Boarts Larson (“Slug 'n Lettuce”).

“When we’d travel, we’d say we were from New Jersey. Even though some of us lived in New York, we just thought it was so stupid, what it meant to say 'N-Y-H-C, number one!’” - Adam Nathanson (Born Against)

“Born Against could use that medium and yet keep it totally real… it was cool that they could do that with this genre that seemed a bit washed up. Their San Francisco show was the first time I feel like I got it.” - Blake Schwarzenbach (Jawbreaker)

“At one point [Sam and Adam] asked me if I would like to move in, but I would have to share a room with their rabbit… It remains one of the most fitful nights of sleep I’ve ever had.” - Joe Martin (Citizen’s Arrest)

32 pages, black and white. $6 US, $8 worldwide.

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To order copies, please order via Paypal to: info@morethanmusicbook.com

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These zines were published originally for the This is Not a Step festival in Berkeley, California, earlier this year. Proceeds (after costs) will still go towards the family of Sarah Kirsch, the Pacific Center for Growth and the San Francisco Trans March.