Punk and Other Four Letter Words - Linda Aronow

 

I met Linda Aronow in the 80's, first as a friend, but when I learned of her terrific photography skills, we worked together on many of my musical projects. She always had a great eye, a fine sense of composition, and a cool black'n'white technique. It's gratifying to see that she is finally getting some recognition for her work, lo these many years later. Of course, my bands are nowhere near cool enough to be included in this collection, but there are many excellent combos represented.

This coffee table book is  meant to highlight the photos, so there is minimal text, but some great writings, as well - Linda's personal intro and outro, along with reminiscences from a number of the band members included. There are lots of hardcore groups represented, which I never really cared for (although still, some fab captures), but there are also plenty of excellent, original bands such as Redd Kross, Kommunity FK, Christian Death, GWAR, Celebrity Skin, Alice Bag, Haunted Garage, Screaming Jay Hawkins and lots more!

At close to 8-1/2 x 11 (as fliers would have been in the day), the book gives plenty of room to showcase the pix and, cleverly, the font used for the band names emulates the Letraset type that so mnay of us used at the time. Anyone interested in the 80's punk rock and related scenes - particularly LA, but plenty of traveling bands, as well - will definitely want to check this out either to remember the wild times or to see what it was all about! Get it!