Coyote Satan Amerika: The Unspeakable Art and Performances of Reverend Steven Johnson Leyba (Paperback)

by Steven Johnson Leyba (Author), Reverend Steven Johnson Leyba (Author) "Johnson sees a subject as it is, sees an asshole or a cock as is without a stroke of simpering prurience, or irrelevant repugnance..." (more)
Key Phrases: pewter pentagram, mixed media painting, blood ritual, Reverend Steven Johnson Leyba, San Francisco, United Satanic Apache Front (more...)

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Product Description
Coyote Satan Amerika documents the infamous work of an artist who has collaborated with Burroughs, Giger, and other countercultural icons. A legally ordained priest in the Church of Satan and self-described redeemer of the swastika and desecrator of the American flag, Leyba assaults every notion of propriety and good taste in plumbing the depths of American culture. Includes essays by H. R. Giger, William S. Burroughs, Charles Gatewood, Poppy Z. Brite, and others.

Product Details

• Paperback: 178 pages
• Publisher: Last Gasp (April 9, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0867195053
• ISBN-13: 978-0867195057
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,428,596 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Close Friend and a Satanic Genius, December 16, 2001

By	Atheist Recommended (atheistdiary.com) - See all my reviews

This is a man who started creating his books with (...) raw, unapologetic rage, and a whole (...) load of creative genius. I personally have met with the author of this book, Rev. Steven Johnson Leyba and have attended his exhibitions. In no way can one easily sum up the power behind this man's words and ideas. Unspeakable? Maybe. Bold and intense? Definitely. Satanic? You bet (...).
This is a definite must read for any cynical, misanthropic, and/or Satanic individual.

As a foot note: I believed in, and was moved so much by, this man's writings that I collaborated with Rev. Steven Johnson Leyba to produce background music for his passage "I Don't Believe", contained on page 37 of this book (...)

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Speaks loud and clear!, December 21, 2002

By	Michael A. Parodi (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews

I didn't know what to to expect. What I got was something at once exhilirating (the written part) and disturbingly beautiful (the paintings and photos). You can't look at these pictures and not cringe at some while at the same time appreciating the painstaking (pardon the expression), and obviously loving work that went into them. The manifesto is a good read for anyone interested in Lavey's Satanism as well as revealing the artists' stance against and rejection of the consumer culture. An Apache, Satanist, and a radical artist rolled into one, the Reverand is certainly not for the squeamish.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely thought provoking, August 26, 2001

By	Paul W. Henderson "paulktulu" (Yuma, AZ USA) - See all my reviews

This is a wonderfully wicked book. Incredibly offensive, the way I like it. Reverend Leyba is a premiere Satanic Artist. Why haven't you bought it?