American Hardcore: A Tribal History is a book by Steven Blush detailing the history of the early hardcore punk music scene.
The book was the basis of the documentary American Hardcore directed by Paul Rachman and written by Steven Blush.
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“On the whole, the great success of marriage in the States is due partly to the fact that no American man is ever idle, and partly to the fact that no American wife is considered responsible for the quality of her husband’s dinners.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
“Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and Paris.”
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