Early Henry Rollins with Black Flag on my instagram

HENRY ROLLINS (and Greg Ginn in the background) of BLACK FLAG late summer 1981, at the Cuckoo's Nest in Costa Mesa, California. This was one of Henry's very first shows as Black Flag's official new vocalist. I've published several photographs over the years from this day, but I don't think this one (extra rare in color) has ever been seen before. #blackflag #HenryRollins #gregGinn #punk #punkrock #hardcorepunk #huntingtonBeach #cuckoosnest #1981 #RISEABOVE #PADDEDCELL #DAMAGED #THIRSTYANDMISERABLE #DEPRESSION #SST #HENRYgarfield #Rollins #SOA #SERIOUSASAHEARTATTACK #BADASS

A photo posted by glen E. friedman Ⓥ (@glenefriedman) on Apr 9, 2016 at 2:45pm PDT

Early Beastie Boys on my Instagram

BEASTIE BOYS on the Like A Virgin tour circa 1984-5, opening for Madonna. She wouldn't let us make a photo with her, so we stood outside the venue and made this one. Classic stuff. This week was really the first time i was meant to take photos with them, i never did when they were only playing their punk stuff, i wasn't that into them, but once they were getting into hip hop is when they first began to inspire me to want to make photos with them. This few days of hanging out and showing them around L.A. was an incredible time, made so many great photos of them goofing with the celebrities, around the Loyola Marymount campus, and up in Malibu... One for the books... Don't think I've released this one prior... #knowyourroots #hiphop #beastieboys #MCA #MikeD #KingAdRock #ExtraStrengthPosse #DefJam #GrandRoyal #madonna #licenseToIll #RockHard #LikeAVirgintour

A photo posted by glen E. friedman Ⓥ (@glenefriedman) on Apr 16, 2016 at 3:08pm PDT

BLACK FLAG 1983 Playing a Suicidal party during the day in a garage. (video)

Contrary to popular belief and the youTube caption, this is NOT in Mike Muir's garage, it was in the garage of the grandmother of Suicidal roadie Albert.

It turns out this was the last time Dez played in the band. The party was being thrown to get a bunch of Suicidal Tendencies fans together to shoot their hand drawn shirts for the debut album cover. I shot some great photos this day as well, although in this video i'm not taking pictures but can be seen slamming by the front.



These are just a few of the songs, about 14 minutes of video does exist, thanks to Al "FlipSide" but i could only find these two clips today.



here's a previously un published one that appears in the new MY RULES book.

Archive Discovery - Never Before Seenclassic Beastie Boys w/ Run DMC & JMJ

Working many a late night on the next book, probably a long ways off, but as promised before, it's gonna be a monster!

Discovering incredible, cool, never seen before, stuff often. Here's a fun example of the crew on the roof of the original RUSH productions / DEF JAM offices at 298 Elizabeth Street, coincidentally just around the corner from where CBGB's once stood.



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1981 Black Flag interview

Bonus 1995 Henry Rollins interview:



extra bonus: ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE ALBUMS, IF NOT MY ALL IME FAVORITE.

The MINUTEMEN Archive Discoveries (continued...)

Here are a few pictures I took of the Minutemen from circa 1981, that I've recently had scanned, and most, probably have never been seen before.

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"Check Your Head" out take - MCA's smile

Of course you're still thinking of Yauch every once in a while, it's only natural, and it's still dreadful at times. But i came across this image of mine today, and please excuse the poor quality, as it's just scanned off an old marked up proof sheet from between the two shots you may be more familiar with ... the cover of Check Your Head was shot #35 on the roll of 36, and i actually stretched the roll to get 37 images out of it. Only 3 of the shots were of them sitting there on the curb. #35 (the 1st one) became the cover as I said, the last un-numbered (37) was my personal pick of the three and was used on the official T-shirt back then - BUT this #36 is a gem now that Adam's gone, check that smile, that's our old friend! #RIPMCA

click on the image to see it bigger

Finding Cool Photos In The Crates

Above is my classic picture of Milo Aukerman of the DESCENDANTS that I first printed in MY RULES and then later in FUCK YOU TOO. I shot this photo at the Dancing Waters club in San Pedro, CA back in early 1982.

Old friend Jordan Schwartz of We Got Power fanzine and We Got Power Films recently dug up the photo of me below shooting what looks like the exact moment i shot the very same photo of Milo above. Pretty cool when this stuff turns up.


(as usual click on the images to see them bigger)

Great Hank Shocklee Interview

Here's an interview with one of my good old friends, music producer, cultural critique, hustler, Hank Shocklee, the leader of the infamous Bomb Squad, who of course produced all the Public Enemy recordings I shot the covers on, not to mention countless other tracks and artists.

here's the blurb that came with the clip:

Public Enemy is without a doubt the most influential rap group of our planet. Thanks to Hank Shocklee. The founding member and legendary DJ/producer gives you an insight into the beginnings of P.E.. Whether it is the complementary combination of the voices of Chuck D. and Flavor Flav, or the legendary noisy and soulful sound design of Public Enemy, making rock 'n' roll by the means of hip hop - Shocklee's beats has always been balanced out ingeniously in order to be charged with fierce energy. Being a DJ the turntable have always been a fundamental part of the intrumentation. Moreover Hank Shocklee provides some really exquisite recipes for unique production results.

My Hank Shocklee photo at top of this post, shot in the jail in New Jersey, away from the set of "Black Steel In The Hour of Chaos" video shoot. circa 1988. (see the video below)



check Hanks main web presence at Shocklee.com

"The Bones Brigade Video Show" cont. (part 3)

To continue from Mondays original post on the forthcoming "Bones Brigade" documentary, here's the last set of stills from the interviews, and a few more shots from my own unseen archive that may appear in the film.

Stacy Peralta, Feb 2011

Tony Hawk, Feb 2011

Tony Hawk, early 80's

Alan "Ollie" Gelfand, Feb 2011

Alan "Ollie" Gelfand, late 70's

Alan "Ollie" Gelfand, late 70's

Tony Alva, Feb 2011

Jay Smith, late 70's

Myself, Feb 2011

Now that the first round of interviews have been done, the film is currently only in it's earliest stages of post production. There is no trailer or anything like that even close to being cut yet. Any new information should turn up at powell-peralta.com before anywhere else, so keep your eye over there if you're interested.

And you can bet, as soon as they have a trailer or teaser of any kind i will have it up here too.

"The Bones Brigade Video Show" cont. (part 2)

To continue from yesterdays original post on the forthcoming "Bones Brigade" documentary, here are some more stills from the interviews, and a few shots from my own unseen archive that may appear in the film.

Craig Stecyk, Feb 2011

George Powell, Feb 2011

Rodney Mullen hanging out with Minor Threat at Kenter Canyon School, Early 80's

Rodney Mullen, Feb 2011

Steve Caballero and Rodney Mullen, early 80's

Steve Caballero, Feb 2011

Steve Caballero, early 80's

Ben Harper, Feb 2011

Christian Hosoi, late 70's

(I will post a few more images from the production and my personal unseen archive tomorrow, for the last installment)

Now that the first round of interviews have been done, the film is currently only in it's earliest stages of post production. There is no trailer or anything like that even close to being cut yet. Any new information should turn up at powell-peralta.com before anywhere else, so keep your eye over there if you're interested.

"The Bones Brigade Video Show" cont.

First word.

In case you haven't heard, Stacy Peralta (former Z-Boy and more recently award winning film maker) has begun his latest documentary, looking back on the crew that got him to pick up the video camera for the first time. A film that is going to take a look at the years and lives of the original "Bones Brigade" that he so masterfully put together in the late 70's and the through the 80's, as well as the time and the sport itself, what it went through and how it survived a complete commercial breakdown and then flourished.

Post Zephyr/Dogtown days Stacy became the world class spokesman for the sport, that he always seemed to be cut out for. Soon after his own skateboarding was no longer to be in the forefront of his personal agenda, he began to put together a team of skateboarders from far and wide, that he would hand pick and coach, to become some of the most influential and inspiring skaters in the history of the sport. By the early 80's he became the defacto cameraman, director, and editor of his own teams' videos, the very first ever made in the skateboard industry. The impact they made can not be downplayed at all, even from the least interested but knowledgeable skateboard history skeptic. Along with collaborator Craig Stecyk, whom Peralta befriended since the early Zephyr days, they would continue to make skateboarding, via the "Brigade" a world class attention getter, and an outlet for creativity in art, design as well as performance.

I was one of the dozens of people he corralled in late february to sit and talk for a while about the skaters, the era, and the videos, not to mention the lives, and the drama that ensued. What I can say is that on the day I was interviewed it was a ton of fun between Stecyk, Steve Olson, Tommy Guerrero, Alan "Ollie" Gelfand (yes he's the one who actually invented the trick) and myself. But from what i've gathered in the weeks since, and now that Stacy has had time to go over all the transcribed interviews, this flick is going to be a fucking monster. The emotions and lifes stories that spilled out of the guts of these guys, most totally unexpected, have revealed an underbelly of the "boy scouts" that they seemed, from the "den father" down, to an incredibly dedicated, heartfelt, motivated group of perfectionists who would do anything to promote the sport because what it had done for them, through the good times and bad.

Here's an exclusive peek from the set of some of the folks that have been interviewed, as well as a few vintage shots of my own that may make it in the film.

Stacy Peralta, Feb 2011

Stacy Peralta, late 70's

Lance Mountain, Feb 2011

Lance Mountain, early 80's

Lance Mountain and Steve Caballero, early 80's

Tommy Guerrero, Feb 2011

Duane Peters, Feb 2011

Mike McGill, early 80's

Shepard Fairey, Feb 2011

(I will post more images from the production and my personal unseen archive over the next few days)

Now that the first round of interviews have been done, the film is currently only in it's earliest stages of post production. There is no trailer or anything like that even close to being cut yet. Any new information should turn up at powell-peralta.com before anywhere else, so keep your eye over there if you're interested.

The Incredible Story of Vivian Maier

from PetaPixel

In 2007, 26-year-old real estate agent John Maloof purchased a box filled with 30,000 negatives from an estate sale for $400. After being stunned by the quality of the street photographs, Maloof began digging and discovered that they were created by a nanny and street photographer named Vivian Maier. He then decided to purchase the other boxes of negatives, bringing his collection of Maier photos up to about 100,000 images. Now some are saying he might have discovered one of the greatest (and previously unknown) street photographers of the 20th century. You can view some of Maier’s photographs here.

Next time you’re at an estate sale, you might want to take a closer look at any boxes of negatives you come across.

Thanks, Doug!

more unpublished BLACK FLAG

Here are two more photos I have from that first set of shows Black Flag played with Henry as their new singer towards the end of the summer in 1981, down at the Cuckoo's Nest in Orange County.




(click to enlarge - and use freely on your non-commercial website or blog)

Previously Unpublished - DANZIG *

Here are a couple of photos from the first photo session ever of the band DANZIG (circa 1988). Not one of these was used for the original purpose of publicity, for one reason or another, but when you look back at them it's just hard to believe.


I shot this whole day more as a favor to Rick Rubin than anything else. Rick has always been a big fan and supporter of my work. I actually introduced him to Glenn Danzig at his request, and he signed him shortly thereafter. I even had the idea to introduce them to Chuck Biscuits when i heard they were looking for a drummer, and i had heard Chuck was no longer in any bands at the time (although i probably never saw a better fit for Chuck than the few years he played with the Circle Jerks - not to say he was not totally incredible in Black Flag, because of course he was, i believe he just couldn't keep up the work ethic - and of course you can never downplay his teen years as a member of the groundbreaking DOA) truthfully Chuck adds to any group he's in, hands down one of the greatest if not the greatest punk drummer of all time.

Anyway, unless you have my Fuck You Too book you've never seen any photos from this session anywhere (and there are quite a few more good ones too!)

Let's throw in this poorly scanned still i took from the Tougher Than Leather movie shoot of Rick with adult film star, Lois Ayres, for good measure:



*recycled old post (6/5/09), I should be live again tomorrow - thanks.

King Tee - previously unpublished shots *

These are just a few bad ass shots taken in the parking lot at the Forum in Inglewood, California, that we never got to use.

*actually this last shot was published in a book called Rockin' Down The Highway

King Tee (Roger McBride) was probably one of the least popular hip-hop artists that i shot more than once over the years (i mean there indeed were some less popular, but i only shot them once), but all the work we did was really good looking, and always based around some cool car that he or his friends had at the time. We did three album covers together (and i can't remember how many 12" single covers we got from those same sessions), and i got great compliments for all of them from people of every ilk, I think i like the last one (At Your Own Risk) the best because it was so damn real, and it was all so not set up. The front cover I shot while leaning out the window of Amery's car while on the 101 freeway headed downtown to the L.A. County Jail (to shoot what we thought would be the front cover), it was a one off killer, composition and attitude perfect, the day i got it back from Kodak i knew it was the shot that we didn't plan, but that I'd convince them all to use. Now i gotta admit that wasn't hard, since Ice-T was in fact making a lot of those art/management type decisions with "T-La" at the time, and the shot we got for the back cover with the insets were incredible. On the way back to Ice-T's house, where we all met up for the photo-session, the police pulled up behind the lowered light green Impala '64 and flipped the lights on and made them all get out of the car, we were in the car just ahead of them, so we saw it all happen then pulled over, parked down a side street, as quickly as possible i threw some film into the camera and a long lens, then shot a few photos surveillance style before I walked up and vouched for them. Unfortunately once again white guy with a big mouth, saves the day, but we were in L.A. so some harassment was inevitable. But at least we got a dope shot for the back cover...





* FYI - On purpose, I have not taken a photo with a weapon, in over 15 years, and never plan to ever again. When i originally was doing it, it was before it became common, or worse, a novelty. Early on we were trying to show a particular reality, but once i became aware of the fact that it was no longer just helping to tell a story, share a reality of daily life for some of these lyricists, but eventually seemed to be glorifying the use of guns, I vowed never to create a picture with a gun in it again. The last time i did it was for the infamous 1993 cover of In Gatz We Truss' by South Central Cartel. Besides, shooting pictures with a gun, a cigarette or gratuitous nudity, i came to realize for the most part is just a cop-out, when there's not something else great about a personality, composition or character, just throw in one of those "props" and all sense goes out the window. Too corny and too easy, that's my opinion. Not to mention, I HATE GUNS!



*recycled old post (5/23/09) while i'm flying back home to NYC from SF - thanks.