SASSENBERGER, BILL – Toxic Shock Records (Assassin of Mediocrity) (BOOK) (Könyv) (2025)

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Megjelenési dátum: 2025-08-01 Cikkszám: 9781916864627 Kategória: Címke:
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Punk Rock, Punk, Punk History and Criticism, 204 oldalas angol nyelvű könyv, 2025.
English language book, 204 pages.
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„A brick and mortar affirmation of punk’s relevance and importance.” – Mick Rhodes, Claremont Courier
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This is a story of a lifetime spent in the trenches of the mercantile class. Yes, it’s been said before, but punk rock did change our lives. You’re about to read a patchwork of triumphant, bittersweet and sometimes painful memories. From 1981 until 2014, my wife Julianna and I owned and operated a totally independent record shop called Toxic Shock. Our mission was to support independent music and the culture it came from. To that end, we refused to sell major label releases and preferred to promote the outsiders in the music “industry.”
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We were lucky to have been in the right place at the right time, as punk was spreading to the suburbs and beyond. We also ran an independent record label through much of this period, working with some pretty diverse characters. As with many “do it yourself” ventures and personal relationships, we had our share of ups and downs. The record store supported us financially up until the mid 1990s, when taking on a parttime job in the “real world” became a necessity.
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Bill Sassenberger was born in Springfield IL and was driven west like a tumbleweed, to Phoenix, then southern California until he was finally wedged between rocks in Tucson AZ and settled down in 1988. His first book is TOXIC SHOCK Assassin of Mediocrity A Story of Love, Loss and Loud Music, published by Earth Island Books.
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Bill and his late wife Julianna Towns were the proprietors of Toxic Shock Records, which operated its gloriously weird store and record label at various Pomona CA locations and brief foray in New Orleans from 1980 to 1988, before decamping to Tucson, Arizona where it became vital for a whole new group of outsider music fans up until its 2014 closure.
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Today, Bill lives in Tucson and enjoys spending his spare time innkeeping, budget traveling, collecting gimcrack and eating broccoli.
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Toxic Shock is a full color, 204-page book that chronicles the history of the punk record store/mail order enterprise and groundbreaking record label Toxic Shock from its origins in 1980 in the grimy suburbs of Pomona, CA to its demise in Tucson, AZ in 2014.

Loaded with many rare photos and gig flyers, and through a combination of a very personal biography, oral history and extensive imagery, the book covers the many twists and turns that made Toxic Shock an often misunderstood punk rock institution. It also covers how the death rock band Christian Death inspired the co-owners to create the record label.

Graphic artists such as Pushead, Vince Rancid and Jim Blanchard lent their work to its earliest label releases and mail order catalogs. It documents Toxic Shock’s involvement with the bands Decry, Zero Boys, Corrosion of Conformity, Dayglo Abortions, Skinner box, the Hickoids, th’Inbred, Skin Yard, Sloppy Seconds, Treepeople plus tour diaries with Italy’s Raw Power.

Toxic Shock features cover art and several illustrations from graphic artist Brian Walsby, plus several never published before photos from the iconic Ed Colver. The book covers the trials and tribulations of running a totally independent record store for 34 years and an in-depth oral history from former employees and musicians from the Toxic Shock roster—such as Decry, Modern Industry, Manson Youth, Massacre Guys, Human Therapy, Raw Power, Peace Corpse, Pillsbury Hardcore, Hullabaloo, House of Large Sizes and more!

(Barcode: 9781916864627)

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