Brick Through the Window: An Oral History of Punk Rock, New Wave and Noise in Milwaukee, 1964-1984 - Softcover

Nodine, Steven; Beaumont, Eric; Carroll, Clancy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1985194708 ISBN 13: 9781985194700

Publisher: Independently Published, 2017

Synopsis

This book chronicles a small number of people who made musical history in a setting that produced internationally recognized bands such as the Violent Femmes, die kreuzen, Plasticland, and Oil Tasters. Original interviews with such visionaries as the late Mark Shurilla and Richard LaValliere tell stories of imagination, creativity, resourcefulness, and sacrifice. Compiled from hundreds of hours of interviews, Brick Through the Window vividly brings to life a short-lived period of creativity and excitement in a heartland American town that was home to a musical subculture more prolific and diverse than that of many larger cities.

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About the Authors

Steve Nodine is a web developer and author of The Cease Is Increase: An Oral History of the Milwaukee Punk & Alternative Music Scene, interviews from which provide the foundation for this book. Steve has written for the ShepherdExpress, OnMilwaukee.com, Loose magazine and Fall from Grace, in addition to several blog sites. Steve was the lead singer for the Milwaukee-based bands Dark Façade and Between Walls, and has recorded with the renowned Milwaukee noise band Boy Dirt Car. His most recent musical project is as singer and songwriter for the Milwaukee band Newly Damaged.

Eric Beaumont is a musician, DJ, paralegal and writer living in Milwaukee. His literary criticism has appeared in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, African American Review, Milwaukee JournalSentinel and ShepherdExpress. As Eric Blowtorch, he has written, performed, and arranged six albums, seven singles and numerous songs on compilations and soundtracks. As a solo singer/guitarist and bandleader, he has played across America and in England, Canada and Jamaica, where he performed with the Alpha Boys Band. Beaumont has lectured on Jamaican music and history at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in History. His published interviews include those with George McGovern, Brian Wilson, Elvis Costello, KRS-ONE, Wayne Kramer, Linton Kwesi Johnson, De La Soul, Manic Street Preachers, Jeffrey Lee Pierce and filmmaker Karyn Kusama.

Clancy Carroll is a musician, record label owner and music writer based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His past bands, including Ozone, the Ones, the Dominoes, the Clancy Carroll Band, 3 On Fire, c2, and AlNiCo, have released numerous 45s, EPs, CDs, and compilation tracks. As King and CEO of Splunge Communications, Inc., he has released records by the likes of the Haskels, the Prosecutors, Triple Forbidden Taboo, Wanda Chrome and the Leather Pharaohs and Fuckface, as well as the double-CD compilation History in 3 Chords: Milwaukee Alternative Bands 1973-1982. Carroll has written record reviews, reviewed live shows and conducted interviews for Autonomy, Milwaukees first punk fanzine; Express; and Milk magazine, in which "Clancy's Kookie Corner" was a reader's favorite.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently Published
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1985194708
• ISBN 13: 9781985194700
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 710