Media response to the American Hardcore book's Second Edition has been phenomenal, below are just a few examples of the feedback:
Look Inside
I'm documenting the American Hardcore Punk music scene because it's being forgotten. It's history is evaporating since as the participants die off or find religion or repress their memories of those dynamics days.
Steven Blush's American Hardcore is absolutely essential reading.
The Onion
Steven Blush is the definitive chronicler of hardcore.
New York Press
Blush never lets any participant's testimony -including his own- devolve into self-serving autobiography. That's why he created a juicier, more satisfying record of this particular cultural moment than professional critics or academics ever could.