Fastcore Photos
Fastcore Photos is a photo zine by Will Butler.
Fastcore Photos documents hardcore punk shows around North Carolina, U.S.A. and surrounding areas from 2010 onwards.
Issue #1 One photo from each band, all taken in 2010 at house shows or small venues in North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland. Bands included: MAGRUDERGRIND, SEASICK, TRIAC, DEATHRATS, ACID REFLUX, BUKKAKE BOYS, WHITE CROSS, DOUBLE NEGATIVE, SURROUNDINGS, PLAGUE, POLLUTION, MAD WORLD, FROM THE DEPTHS, SYSTEMS, THOU, COKE BUST, STRIPMINES, FLEX YOUR HEAD, FOREIGN OBJECTS, CAPITALIST CASUALTIES, FANG, MAN WILL DESTROY HIMSELF, PAVLICHENKO, VERBAL ABUSE, KYKLOOPPIEN SUKUPUUTTO, NO TOMORROW, DEVOUR, SLANG, WORLD BURNS TO DEATH, BACKSLIDER, NOTHING IS OVER, WALL, BASTARD NOISE, ATTAKE, PARASYTIC, BUY THE STEAK, OLD PAINLESS, CHEST PAIN, THIEVES, PHOBIA, SONS OF TONATIUH, WORMROT, CORROSION OF CONFORMITY, RAMMING SPEED, and NEGATIVE APPROACH.
Issue #2 Sophomore edition of Will Butler from To Live A Lie Records photo zine. Issue #2 includes show write ups originally published on Maximum Rock 'N' Roll's page for "Wow, What A Show", with some new pictures and a different layout (also grammar corrections) as well as a large nice photo section. Copies are limited to 300, they are punk pro-printed on a printing press with nice paper via Econopress. 32 1/2 size pages long. Bands included in this issue: DOUBLE NEGATIVE, DEVOUR, CORROSION OF CONFORMITY, BURMA, KAKKA HATA 77, ACID REFLUX OLD PAINLESS, BUY THE STEAK, THIEVES, CHEST PAIN, NATURAL LAW, DYSTROPHY, TRAPPER, DETHRONED EMPORER, DROPDEAD, MAGRUDERGRIND, WASTED TIME, COUGH, ILSA, LIBYANS, DIRECT CONTROL, SHARDS, LOGIC PROBLEM, MAN WILL DESTROY HIMSELF, STRIPMINES, BACKSLIDER, LEATHER, BIG EYES, NIMBUS TERRIFIX, WALL, DODSFALLA, & DISCIPLES OF CHRIST.
Issue #3 Unreleased as it is part of the book. While being mainly an interview issue, it also has some old film photos with bands like EARTH CRISIS and THE MISFITS
Book Shook Up Publishing will be releasing a book of all three first issues of Fastcore Photos + a limited bonus DVD for the first 100 copies. 101 bands represented in the pages. The issues have been fixed up and cleaned up. First press will be softback and there will also be a digital version available.
