IN THE PIT by Alison Braun / 86 pages, hardcover
Alison Braun started taking photos in Los Angeles at the advent of the 80s, documenting the local punk and hardcore scene and having her work published in Maximumrocknroll, Flipside, and other punk zines of the time. Many a band she saw through the lenses of her camera, from local heroes Black Flag, Descendents, Circle Jerks, Bad Religion, Dickies, Fear, Social Distortion, Youth Brigade, Adolescents,... to international acts that would roll through the town (GBH, Exploited, Ramones, Dead Kennedys, Adicts, DOA, Bad Brains, Discharge, Misfits, SNFU,...), not to forget countless other “small” bands that populated SoCal underground scene in those years (Battalion Of Saints, Channel 3, Dr. Know, Aggression, Decry, Wasted Youth, 45 Grave, Bl´ast, Shattered Faith, Sin 34,...). You can find it all here in this book. The “best of” ten years of her work condensed into 86 pages packed with photos and relative gig flyers. European edition, 28 x 20 cm, hardcover plus dust jacket.