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Fuck You Too: The Extras + More -- Music and Skating thru --> '95

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"It's odd how many of the photographs are familiar.
Five minutes with the book and I'm counting the
number of shots that were on my bedroom wall
growing up." -NEW YORK PRESS

"Many of these pictures are recognized as the
subjects' definitive portraits, and it's a
revelation to find they were all created by
one man... Friedman is in awe of the loudest
loud young mouths of the last fifteen years.
He respects their impact immensely and he's
committed to passing inspiration around."
-WARP MAGAZINE

"Fuck You Heroes & Fuck You Too have all star
casts that'll make any coffee table look dope."
-SLAP MAGAZINE

"If Glen E. Friedman's pictures of seminal punk
rockers, daredevil skateboarders and ground-
breaking Def Jam artists were set to a soundtrack,
it would have to be "Rebel Without A Pause". They,
like the photographer, are energetic, gritty and
awash with old school cool... If you're into
grunge, hip-hop, or skateboarding now, this is
the photo album of your roots." -SOURCE MAGAZINE

"The lineup of defiant faces and quotations he's
assembled is a challenge to all up-and-comers."
-REQUEST MAGAZINE

"This book is an important social document...
`People need to see these pictures; they need to
be reminded of what they were like when they were
young.' And that according to Friedman is the
point: `Who needs to grow up? All you do is
lose your integrity, lost your ideals,
lose your drive.'" -VIBE MAGAZINE

"Honesty, unfettered by dogma and convention,
can only survive outside of limitations,
Fuck You Heroes and Fuck You Too are pictorial
documentation of that wide open world...
Seeing these edgy, exciting images in one package
is an unforgettable experience... FYH & FYT
are not for those who think punk, rap or skating
is a fashion statement. It's only for those who
had no choice but to grow up different, real and
true." -RIP MAGAZINE

"Up close and intense... It gets to the nut,
then cracks it." -SPIN MAGAZINE

"In Friedman's images--bird-flipping skaters,
snarling punks and posing-hard rappers alike--
the overarching message appears to be more than,
simply, fuck you. It is instead fuck you with a
subtext: I reject you outright. Reject you and
all of your stupid, petty beliefs and limitations;
I am against you and that for which you stand,
so high and mighty. In the shorthand for ,
the sub-language of the moving body: the finger.
I don't need to talk to you. Fuck you.
Think for yourself." -NEW YORK PRESS

"For nearly two decades, Glen E. Friedman's
noted photo work has served as a historical
log on the seminal suburban/urban subculture.
From his earliest days as a 13-year old
skateboarder photographing top mid-to-late
70's skate icons like Jay Adams and Tony Alva,
to his documentation of the burgeoning
early-80's hard-core punk scene (captured in
the `82 cult soft cover classic My Rules),
to his high profile work as a renowned hip-hop
photographer (most notably, the legendary album
jackets for Ice T's Power and Public Enemy's Yo,
Bum Rush The Show), Friedman has kept his finger
on the pulse--not for fame and fortune but as a
vital lifeline." -PAPER MAGAZINE

"Revealing, naturalistic and deserving of
attention... Friedman's approach, his dedication
and the quality of his photography should all be
applauded." -BLUR MAGAZINE

"In twenty years these collections will be
considered time capsules, an encyclopedia from
an important decade and a half of modern mayhem
and change in popular culture. What makes FYH
& FYT fly is the intensity and honesty that looks
you in the eye from Friedman's 1/250th second
perspective." -JUXTAPOZ MAGAZINE

"Friedman has trained his lens on groups like
Minor Threat, Black Flag, Fugazi, the Beastie Boys
and other punk pioneers with the same skills with
which he's frozen hip-hop pilgrims like L.L. Cool
J and Chuck D. in honest, intimate moments of
power and integrity. Friedman's camera seems
to have been part of the action, so when
Friedman's there, you're there. And Friedman has
literally been there throughout his career.
-LA VILLAGE VIEW

I had to write this review because no other Amazon customers have given

this book the review it deserves (other than the press reviews). This

book is unbelievable, if for nothing else, just for the sheer volume of

Hardcore Punk, Hardcore Hip Hop legends, Hardcore

Skateboarding (much Dogtown), and MORE, all in here. Friedman's previous

book was much more selective, he says this is his "scrapbook" of

leftovers but he's really downplaying it, it's much much more in several

ways. This one contains a way larger cast of characters and is much more

relaxed in it's presentation. I think it's cool for that. Only downfall

is that it's a softcover, but for $20 I can't really complain. There's

over 300 pictures in this 168 page book and it just looks amazing, so

much energy comes off the pages. It's a perfect companion to F*** YOU

HEROES with this 2nd edition black cover, I love it.

Lots of amazing obscure PUNK shots, of the Bad Brains, Black Flag, Dead

Kennedy's, Misfits, TSOL, Wierdos, Minutemen, Minor Threat, Husker Du,

D.O.A., Social Distortion, Reagan Youth, Circle Jerks, the Make-Up,

Suicidal Tendencies, Cramps, Big Boys, Ramones, GERMS, the

Faith, Necros, Descendents, Adolescents, Stimulators, Discharge, the

Damned, Murphy's Law, UK Subs, Angelic Upstarts, S.S. Decontrol, 999,

BuzzCocks, tons of Fugazi.

Classic incredible Hip-Hop shots of Run-DMC, Beastie Boys, LL Cool Jay,

Ice-T, South Central Cartel, Busy Bee, Slick Rick, Doug E. Fresh, Ultra

Magnetic MC's, KRS-1, Kurtis Blow, King Tee, PUBLIC ENEMY, A Tribe

Called Quest, Fat Boys, Eric B.& Rakim, even U.T.F.O.!

The skate shots are of all the originators in DogTown (Tony Alva, Jay

Adams, Shogo Kubo, Jim Muir, Paul Constantineau, and Stacy Peralta -

Dogtown skate photos not in any of his other books - most notably of Jay

Adams at the DogBowl.) Some great East Coast shots too, and classic

early stuff of folks like Duane Peters, Steve Caballero, Lance Mountain,

Gator, Blender, Ray "Bones", "Wally", "Playboy" Bobby Piercy, Steve

Alba, Alan "Ollie" Gelfand, Tom Groholski, Mike McGill, Eddie Elgura,

Christian Hosoi, and more.

Some of the other obscure interesting shots include portraits of Rick

Rubin, Russell Simmons and C.R.Stecyk. Music stuff of the DeadBoys-Stiv

Bators, Go-Go's, Sting of the Police, Billy Idol when still in

Generation-X, AC/DC, Iggy Pop, Johnny Thunders, and killer shots of

Slayer.

Believe it or not there's more I didn't even mention. You will be

pleasantly surprised by this book. It packs a great punch of classic

shots that you won't find by any other photographer anywhere.

EXCELLENT!

gave up on waiting

attempted to contact at time of sale

however its been a couple of yrs since i purchase it

love this book
esp cuz it includes a photo from 1993 roseland nyc fugazi show and i am in this photo