Book Reviews



The Scene That Would Not Die – Twenty Years of Post-Millennial Punk in the UK 2xCD (Engineer Records)

Double CD featuring 56 tracks from a tranche of the many bands featured in Ian Glasper’s seemingly never ending ‘trilogy’ of UK Punk. It’s a rather wonderful snapshot of the varied styles and talents on…


Mass Movement: The Digital Years Volume Two – Tim Cundle (Earth Island Books)

I remember well the conversation between Tim and myself over coffee in a local supermarket cafe regarding the future of Mass Movement given the challenges facing a printed zine in the digital age (the instant…



I’m Not Holding Your Coat – My Bruises and All Memoir of Punk Rock Rebellion – Nancy Barile (Bazillion Points)

Another entry into the pantheon of books about the 80s USHC scene? Well not quite… Unlike many retrospectives of this era, Barile’s book is more a personal, biographical account of her formative years as a…



Dark Horse Books & Squanch Games To Release ‘The Art of Trover Saves The Universe’ This Summer

Dark Horse Books and Squanch Games invite you to experience Trover in a whole new dimension with The Art of Trover Saves the Universe, the most bizarre and hilarious art book ever created! Or don’t. Whatever….



What Would Gary Gygax Do? – Tim Cundle & Rachel Evans (Earth Island Books)

I’ve commented previously on the awkwardness of reviewing friends’ work and it’s an even stranger proposition to review a book in which you yourself are a character (albeit a minor one) but I’ll do my…



Warum Dauert Es So Lange Bis Es Besser Wird? Hardcore, Punk, Evolution – Dolf Hermannstädter (Ventil)

I can\’t get my mind around the fact the previous book by Trust magazine main-editor Dolf was released about 11 years ago. I vividly remember reading it and for the most part agreeing what was…