Terveet Kadet - Photographs by Heikki Kemppainen 1980 to 1984 BOOK (Finnish Hardcore)

The Second Edition of the “definitive work on one of rock’s most important eras” (-Juxtapoz), has over 100 new pieces of artwork, hundreds of new band bios and a radically expanded discography. The first edition, which became the Sony Classics released documentary of the same name, was 328 pages; the new edition clocks in at 408 pages.

According to the Los Angeles Times, American Hardcore is the “definitive treatment of hardcore punk,” changing the way we look at punk rock. And according to Paper magazine, American Hardcore sets the record straight about the last great American subculture.”