Bazillion Points Publishing is releasing the iconic collection of rarely seen photos of Blag Flag’s takeover of the Wilshire Federal Building and later, The Vex club in Los Angeles, as part of My War On Wilshire: Black Flag Vs. The Wilshire Federal Building…And The Vex, By Michael Pearson. The indie publishing house has long championed essential Punk and Metal books and other ephemera (such as We Got Power, Murder In The Front Row, Misery Obscura), and this new one adds to the lore. The book is shipping this week and can be ordered below. Pearson also wrote a missive on the BP website to mark the occasion. Continue reading
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Murder In The Front Row Documentary To Premiere Next Month
Loosely based on the book of the same name from Bazillion Points and a lyric inspired by Exodus, Murder In The Front Row: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal Story will première next month on Saturday, April 20 at AMC Kabuki 8 in San Francisco, CA at 1pm. Directed by Adam Dubin (Beastie Boys ‘Fight For Your Right to Party’ & ‘No Sleep ‘til Brooklyn’), the film contains over fifty interviews with metal legends such as Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax, Exodus, Testament, and Death Angel, and animation and narration by comedian Brian Posehn. Watch/Share the trailer for Murder In The Front Row below. Continue reading
Eerie Von’s Photobook From Misfits, Samhain, And Danzig Years To See Deluxe Reissue
Eerie Von, best known as the bassist for Danzig and Samhain, will see the rerelease of his 2009 photography book Misery Obscura The Photography of Eerie Von (1981-2009), this fall via Bazillion Points Publishing. Von who was The Misfits photographer during their heyday before later playing in his own band Rosemary’s Baby, and on seminal Danzig releases, continued to mine his keen eye for photography throughout his performing career and beyond. Now a 160 page hardcover book, the deluxe edition of Misery Obscura features hundreds of color and black and white photos of the Misfits and Eerie’s bands Samhain and Danzig across the 1980s and 1990s.


