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SHIPPING NOW: Summer 2019 vinyl 3-PACK!
August 3rd, 2019ORDER SUMMER 2019 3-Pack HERE!!
NEW LPs from TRAMPOLINE TEAM and VELVETEEN RABBIT and the debut 7″ EP from DISCO JUNK!
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Trampoline Team new LP + European Tour
July 6th, 2019SHIT-HOT second LP coming THIS SUMMER, and don’t miss ’em on tour in Europe in August:
Sun 8/11 Aarhus Denmark
Mon 8/12 Copenhagen @ Mayhem
Tue 8/13 Gothenburg
Wed 8/14 Stockholm @ Vielle Montagne
Thu 8/15 Malmo @ Massingshornet
Fri 8/16 Berlin @ Bei Ruth
Sat 8/17 Leipzig Germany
Sun 8/18 Prague Czech Republic
Mon 8/19 Vienna Austria
Tue 8/20 Zagreb Croatia @ Klub Mocvara
Wed 8/21 Venice Italy
Thu 8/22 Bergamo Italy
Fri 8/23 Bologna Italy @ Freak Show
Sat 8/24 Teramo Italy
Sun 8/25 Naples Italy
Mon 8/26 Mantova Italy
Tue 8/27 Kreuzlingen Switzerland @ Horst
Wed 8/28 Heidelberg Germany @ Schmitthelm
Thu 8/29 Hamburg Germany @ Hafenklang
Fri 8/30 Hamburg Germany
Sat 8/31 Hamburg Germany
SHIPPING NOW: Spring 2019 4-Pack!
May 7th, 2019JULIAN LEAL
Archival debut Remastered/Expanded LP – 1985 private press Power Pop masterpiece.
NUN
The Dome LP – Melbourne darkwave synth punk
MATT GIMMICK
Detroit Renaissance ’79 Archival 7″ – 1979 DETROIT STOOGES-soaked KBD PUNK
THE ANEMIC BOYFRIENDS
Fake I.D. Archival 7″ – 1980-81 ALASKAN TEEN PUNK SUPREME
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SOLD OUT: I’m Just The Drummer BOOK
February 3rd, 2019Hozac Books is proud to present our third art book, I’m Just The Drummer the Bob Bert artist compendium of photography and interviews, establishing his irreplaceable link between the 1970s No Wave movement and contemporary noise rock. Although Bert’s immediate work is best known drumming in his wide array of musical projects he’s been involved with (such as SONIC YOUTH, PUSSY GALORE, CHROME CRANKS, LYDIA LUNCH, and many more) since the early 1980s, the focus of his book isn’t drum-centric as it is an encapsulation of the artistic world he’s developed within. It’s not a drumming instructional guide, or a critical assessment of how the drummers in bands are treated, but a 200+ page guide through Bob’s musically adventurous life, and what a ride! Starting out with his teenage love of photography and his process of capturing the underground downtown figureheads as well as the emerging unknown No Wave bands, Bob was just as much of an enthusiastic fan of music as he was a fixture in some of the most crucial music of the 1980s, 90s, and beyond. And that’s what’s really important in the long run, as his excitement for music bursts from each page, providing the springboard to his long-running life in bands on the fringe of the mainstream.
HZB-008
200+ pages, paperback
FIRST EDITION of 400 copies SOLD OUT
ISBN: 978-0-9963319-7-5
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SECOND EDITION COMING SOON, LAST COPIES OF the 1st edition AVAILABLE HERE
SHIPPING NOW: There Was A Light: The Cosmic History of Chris Bell and the Rise of BIG STAR – BOOK
September 20th, 2018After FIVE solid years of painstaking research and hard work, Rich Tupica’s epic tome on the deep end of the BIG STAR story is ready.
1st edition now SOLD OUT!
2nd edition shipping NOW!
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THERE WAS A LIGHT is an oral history containing new and archival interviews with those closest to Chris Bell and the Big Star circle: their friends, family, former bandmates—even some fans, exes, classmates and co-workers.
The varied cast of voices, many from the band’s hometown of Memphis, comprises all the members of Big Star, including: Chris Bell, the iconic Alex Chilton, Andy Hummel and Jody Stephens. In the following decades after its 1975 breakup, the obscure group somehow reached and inspired some of rock’s most important bands, including R.E.M., the Replacements, Yo La Tengo, Teenage Fanclub, Beck, and Wilco.
With Chris Bell at the center of the Big Star universe, this book carefully reveals the production of Big Star’s masterful 1972 debut LP, #1 Record, for Ardent/Stax Records. Despite stellar reviews in music magazines, the record saw abysmal sales. Soon after, toxic personality conflicts and turmoil tore Big Star apart while Bell battled drug abuse and clinical depression.
There Was A Light then delves into Big Star’s second and third albums, while recounting Bell’s second act as a struggling solo musician and devout born-again Christian. During several trips to Europe, he ambitiously recorded songs and pitched to record labels—even crossing paths with Paul McCartney. From this productive era arose Bell’s lone solo album, the posthumously released I Am the Cosmos LP—his swan song and masterpiece.
There Was A Light details the pop culture phenomenon that made Big Star legends and divulges how its staunch fanbase saved the band from obscurity.
SHIPPING NOW: Fall 2018 Archival LP 3-Pack
September 16th, 2018CHEAP NASTIES
LP – 1977 Perth, Australia (pre-SCIENTISTS/MANIKINS)
BABY GRANDE
LP – 1975-77 Canberra, Australia (pre-THE CHURCH)
VECTOR COMMAND
System 3 LP – 1983-84 SF, CA (post-CRIME)
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ORDER Archival 3-Pack HERE
ORDER Archival 3-Pack HERE
The Sueves European Tour 2018
August 31st, 2018The Sueves are coming to EUROPE with their new R.I.P. Clearance Event LP to make mincemeat out of you, and to carry their torch of bludgeoning rock’n roll right into your brains. See them at Get Lost Fest in Germany, Denmark, Italy, Switzerland, FREAKENDER in England, Scotland, France, and Belgium, DO NOT MISS this crucial Midwest punk band!
SHIPPING NOW: Spring 2018 4Pack!
March 5th, 2018
THE SUEVES R.I.P. Clearance Event LP
RUBY KARINTO s/t debut LP
VELVETEEN RABBIT debut 7″
F.U.K. Road Kill / I Got A Head 7″ (1977 Archival)
ORDER 2018 4-Pack HERE
ORDER 2018 4-Pack HERE
ORDER 2018 4-Pack HERE
Check out the official video for “Fox’s Wedding” by RUBY KARINTO right here:
Check out the official video for “Never Been To The Beach” by THE SUEVES right here:
STREAM a track from the debut RUBY KARINTO LP Here:
STREAM a track from VELVETEEN RABBIT HERE:
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STREAM a track from F.U.K. HERE:
SHIPPING NOW: Madman’s Eye: The Art of Mac Blackout – BOOK
November 28th, 2017OUT NOW ON HOZAC BOOKS,
More Info & ORDER DETAILS HERE!
HZB-006
1st edition of 300
240 Pages, Full color monograph
SHIPPING NOW: The Cowboys, Razor Boys, Lowlife, & Surfbort
October 13th, 2017
THE COWBOYS 3rd LP
RAZOR BOYS Atlanta 1978 LP
LOWLIFE Leaders 7″ EP
SURFBORT Bort To Death 7″ EP
Fall 2017 4-Pack is SHIPPING NOW! Fall 2017 4-Pack is SHIPPING NOW! Fall 2017 4-Pack is SHIPPING NOW! Fall 2017 4-Pack is SHIPPING NOW!
THE COWBOYS feature on Raven Sings the Blues
STREAM the RAZOR BOYS Atlanta 1978 LP on VictimofTime.com
Check out videos from SURFBORT for “Hippie Vomit Inhaler” and “Back To Reaction”