Bundle Wanderlust and Toxic Shock books
Two book bundle! Toxic Shock Records Assassin of Mediocrity AND Wanderlust and Welcome Mats-the Broccoli Chronicles, the Sequel to TOXIC SHOCK Assassin of Mediocrity Both books by Bill Sassenberger.
Wanderlust is a 158 page profusely illustrated full-color book covers the life of a punk rock innkeeper, as he becomes a successful author. This also gives you a behind the scenes look at DIY publishing and a diary of the whirlwind book tour around the globe to promote it in record store, galleries, book store and festivals. Book design and layout by Welly Artcore. Front cover artwork by Brian Walsby. Back cover painting by Vince Ransid (Screams from the Gutter) Welcome to the Wild, Wild, World of Wanderlust and Welcome mats!
"This sequel to Toxic Shock, Assassin of Mediocrity will delight anyone who's ever thought life ends after sixty. Wanderlust and Welcome Mats proves that not only does it go on, it can be happily reinvented." Janet Brown- travel author
Toxic Shock Records Assassin of Mediocrity is a heavily illustrated tome is now a 338 page full color work. Images that were originally postage stamp size now encompass half or full pages from brand new scans by graphic designer Welly Artcore. Includes 40 unreleased photos not seen in the first edition! Rare flyers, album artwork, plus full sets of photos from all manner of early gigs I attended in the 80's at venues like the Whisky, Olympic, PAL boxing gym, the Eastern Front fest, Desolation Center and several Raw Power US tour diaries. New photo contributions from the likes of Edward Colver, Ben DeSoto and Bob Durkee . Revamped cover art and illustrations by Brian Walsby, Pushead, Vince Ransid, Jim Blanchard and more.
Chronicles the history of the punk record store/mail-order enterprise and groundbreaking record label Toxic Shock from its origins in 1980 in the grimy suburbs of Pomona CA, a brief foray into New Orleans. to its demise after 23 years spent in Tucson by 2014. Through a combination of a very personal biography, oral history and extensive imagery, the book covers the many twists and turns that made Toxic Shock an often misunderstood punk rock institution. It covers how the death rock band Christian Death inspired the co-owners to create the record label and how it survived without selling major label releases. Graphic artists such as Pushead, Vince Rancid and Jim Blanchard lent their artwork to document its record label releases and mail order catalogs. It covers it’s involvement with the bands Decry, Zero Boys, Skinner box, Corrosion of Conformity, Dayglo Abortions, the Hickoids, th’Inbred, Skin Yard, Sloppy Seconds, Treepeople and more! Includes tour diaries with Italy’s Raw Power. It features cover art and several illustrations from graphic artist Brian Walsby, plus several never published photos from the iconic Ed Colver. The book covers the trials and tribulations of running a totally independent record store through 3 decades and an in-depth oral history from former employees, and musicians from the Toxic Shock roster, such as Decry, Modern Industry, Manson Youth, Massacre Guys, Human Therapy, Raw Power, Peace Corpse, Pillsbury Hardcore, Hullabaloo, House of Large Sizes and more!