"PUMP ME UP: DC Subculture of the 1980s"

Roger Gastman, Iley Brown, Caleb Neelon & Joseph Pattisall
PUMP ME UP: DC Subculture of the 1980s
Hardbound, 320 Pages
8.5 x 11 (21.6 x 27.9 cm)
This book has been long out of print and these copies were just discovered in deep storage. Very few copies remain.

Pump Me Up: D.C. Subculture of the 1980s explores the thriving underground of Washington, D.C., during the 1980s, giving visual form to the raucous energy of graffiti, Go-Go music, and a world-renowned punk and hardcore scene. The book serves as the catalog to the corresponding exhibit that was held at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, exploring the visual culture of the “other D.C.,” demonstrating its place in the history of street art as well as that of America’s capital city. The book traces the history of graffiti in Washington while emphasizing its inextricable ties to the burgeoning forms of local music, including Go-Go and hardcore punk.

Includes interviews and essays on:
DC Go-Go, Marion Barry, Ian MacKaye, Jeff Nelson, Go-Go Graffiti, Mad Max, Gangster George, Big Tony of Trouble Funk, Globe Posters, 9:30 Club, Crack, Chuck Brown, Rayful Edmond III, Kenny Ball, GO-GO Tonya, RE RANDY, WHAT’S UP WOODY, Walter Fauntroy & more.

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