Issue Oriented Blog Article

Hey all,

Just a quick update: Thanks to Ronen Kauffman for allowing me to contribute to his Issue Oriented website. Here´s the link to a blog entry I just wrote called “The Past is the Prelude to the Present”:

http://www.issueoriented.com/justoneblog/brian-peterson-the-past-is-the-prelude-to-the-present/

Also, thanks to Kurt Orzeck for running this interview with me on his “Bad Penny” music blog.:

http://thebadpennyblog.wordpress.com/2010/01/01/burning-questions-for-brian-peterson-a-conversation-about-hardcore-punk-and-beyond/
Check it out!

More info and updates coming soon. Happy new year!

Take care,
Brian/Burning Fight

November Reviews and Updates

Hey all,

Burning Fight received a really positive review from Jeanne Fury in the new issue of Decibel (Dec. 2009 Issue with Converge on the cover). Check it out at newsstands everywhere:

http://decibelmagazine.com/Home.aspx

Also, I recently did an interview with longtime writer and hardcore kid Ellen Thompson for her amazing blog called One Thing Every Day. Check it out:

http://1thingeveryday.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/growing-on-the-inside-brian-peterson/

Burning Fight also recently received a great review from RTE in Ireland. Here’s the link to the review:

http://www.rte.ie/arts/2009/1105/petersonb.html

and an interview with RTE:

http://www.rte.ie/ie/entertainmentmusic/entry/brian_peterson_interview

Please also take a look at the new issue (#36) of Alarm Magazine with a feature on the book and the May book release shows:

http://www.alarmpress.com/

I also recently did an interview with a website called Music Scan from Germany. Here’s the link:

http://www.music-scan.de/infos/stories/details.php?id=982

Finally, thanks to everyone who came out for the October Burning Fight book talks in San Diego and L.A. They were both great events. I met a lot of really cool people and thought the panel guests had lots of great things to say. Special thanks to Andrew Kline, Rob Moran, Justin Pearson, Vique Martin, Kent McClard, Ryan Downey, Mike Hartsfield, and Tim Gonzales for taking part in the panel discussions and setting up the events.

I’m hoping to get out to more places this Winter and Spring (East Coast? Midwest? Europe?) for similar events. Let me know if you’re interested in setting something up.

Watch for more info/updates/news soon!

Take care,
Brian Peterson/Burning Fight

October Burning Fight Events…

Friday, October 9th at the Che Cafe, San Diego, CA

Burning Fight panel discussion and show
Panel discussion/Q and A with the author Brian Peterson and book contributors
Rob Moran (Unbroken/Some Girls/Narrows)
Justin Pearson (Swing Kids/Crimson Curse/Some Girls/The Locust/31G Records
Tim Gonzales (Amenity/X-Cellent Covers/Adult Crash).
Followed by two raging bands:
Cold Stare
Modern Man

Event starts at 7:30
$7.00
For more info check out: http://checafe.ucsd.edu/

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Saturday, October 10th, 7 - 11 PM

Tradition and Revelation Records present:
Burning Fight: A Night of Hardcore at Tradition
Featuring Q&A and book signing with:
Brian Peterson (author of Burning Fight)
Mike Hartsfield (Outspoken/New Age Records)
Dave McClure (Downcast)
Ryan Downey (Burn it Down)
Vique Martin (Simba Fanzine/Records)

Plus a collection of art, flyers, t-shirts, and photos from:
Dave Sine (Tidbit Zine)
Mike Hartsfield (New Age Records)
Don Irwin (Punk Life)
Don Ward (Social Justice)
Andrew Kline (Strife)
Rey Reynoso (Macondo)

Tradition / 2895 Agoura Road / Westlake Village, CA 91361
www.shoptradition.com
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Saturday, October 17th, 1:00 PM

Free screening of Edge: Perspectives on a Drug Free Culture at Roden Library (a CPL Branch) featuring Q&A discussion with filmmakers Michael Kirchner and Marc Pierschel hosted by Brian Peterson, author of Burning Fight: The Nineties Hardcore Revolution in Ethics, Politics, Spirit, and Sound.

Roden Library (a CPL Branch)*
6083 N. Northwesy Hwy
Chicago, IL 60631

Edge: Perspectives on a Drug Free Culture (83 mins.) examines the history of the straight edge movement in hardcore punk music and how its adherents have incorporated the idea into their lives. The film features interviews with Ian MacKaye (Minor Threat, Fugazi), Ray Cappo (Youth of Today, Shelter), Karl Buechner (Earth Crisis), Kent McClard (Ebullition Records), Patrick Flynn (Have Heart) and several others. The Roden Library is located at 6083 N Northwest Hwy, Chicago, IL 60631-2502. It is right across the street from the Norwood Park Metra station and within a mile of the Harlem Blue Line stop. Any questions feel free to contact the Roden Library at (312) 744-1478 or e-mail at 90shardcore@gmail.com. For more information about the film, check out www.edgethemovie.com

*Roden Library is located directly across the street from the Norwood Park Metra stop on the UP-NW line and within 1 mile of the Harlem stop on the Blue Line.

Next Burning Fight Book Talks…

Hey all,

Here’s the info for the next two Burning Fight book talks:

Thursday, July 2nd: Harold Washington Library (7th Floor), Chicago, IL
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
program presented by the Library’s Music Information Center (312-747-4850)
Harold Washington Library Center
located at 400 S. State St., Chicago, IL 60605-1203

Friday, July 3rd: Rhizome Radical Space, Rock Island, IL
5:00 PM
Burning Fight book talk, featuring sets from Pictures of a City and Lord Green
Located at 1704 3rd Avenue, Rock Island, IL 61201

If any of you live near these areas, please come out to hear more about Burning Fight.

On a side note, anyone interested in looking to put together a Burning Fight book talk/presentation, please contact me at: 90shardcore@gmail.com

Thanks for the support! Looking forward to seeing some of you soon!

Brian/Burning Fight

Thank You / Update

The past two weekends have been unbelievable! Thanks so much to everyone for coming out to the shows and for their support for Burning Fight. I put six years of my life into making Burning Fight a reality, and I’m ecstatic that it has finally seen the light of day.

Both the Chicago and Pomona shows were incredible. I left both with such a positive feeling. Hardcore is what we make of it. This music, this community, these ideals forever changed my outlook on the world, as well as countless others. These past two weekends were a firm reminder of that, and I thank everyone who came out to share these experiences.   

Thanks to all who picked up Burning Fight at the shows or ordered it online. Please drop me a line and let me know your thoughts as you dig into it. The book is now available and shipping at www.revhq.com as well as several other indie retail outlets. It will be available in larger retail stores in the coming weeks.

In the past couple weeks there have been several other stories on Burning Fight. Here are links to a couple of pieces:

http://www.altpress.com/features/feature_burning-fight.htm

http://www.ampmagazine.com/index.php/interviews/comments/burning_fight_the_nineties_hardcore_revolution_in_ethics_politics_spirit_an/

http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2009/05/05/this-show-belongs-to-you-burning-fight-in-chicago

I am also lining up some places to talk about the book this summer. The first set date will be Saturday, June 20^th at the Evanston Public Library in Evanston, IL. More info about this and other engagements coming soon. If you know of any colleges, bookstores, libraries, or other places that might be interested in hosting an event, please contact me at 90shardcore@gmail.com

Again, thanks to everyone for their enthusiasm and support. Without you none of this would have been possible.

Hardcore lives!

Take care,

Brian/Burning Fight

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Burning Fight Chicago Show Weekend

Wow!

This weekend, the shows, the bands, the faces, energy, smiles, thoughts and words… I’m still taking it all in… 

I had a smile stretched ear to ear this weekend and my lips would quiver at times because my face muscles aren’t accustomed to smiling that much for that long. Tears of joy and pride came during Jim’s speech before Unbroken. The intensity that followed with stage dives and the look on peoples’ faces, fulfilled me in a way that’s been missing for a very long time. 

Jim and I put in over ten months of extremely hard work into organizing twenty-two bands, securing the Metro, insurance, tickets, flights, hotels, transportation, photographers, food, special requests, answering a million ridiculous questions, yet all the while knowing that all of our headaches and irritations would pay off in the end. 

It absolutely did. Though I wasn’t expecting it to pay off as grandly as it did. It exceeded all of my hopes for a fun and smooth weekend. I’m so proud to be a part of such a passionate, compassionate, and heartfelt hardcore community. 

Thanks to everyone who came out and truly enjoyed themselves without looking for things to be negative and complain about, like so many of us often do. 

Congratulations to Brian for selling out of all 700 copies of his book that were available at the show!

MAJOR SUCCESS!
Sincerely, 
Thank you, thank you, thank you, 
Caitlin/Burning Fight Team

Pre-Order Burning Fight From www.revhq.com

Revelation has just posted a link to pre-order Burning Fight directly from them.  Shipping date should be around May 7th.  If you order directly from Rev HQ (or some other select indie outlets) the cost of the book will be slightly cheaper than when it goes into retail stores this summer.

Here’s the link to pre-order Burning Fight:

http://revhq.com/store.revhq?Page=search&Id=REVBKS03

After working on this project for six years, it's such a wonderful
feeling to see it become fully realized.  Thank you to all the 150+
people I interviewed, everyone who contributed photos or other images,
everyone who gave me their support along the way, and to Revelation
for helping me see this project through to the end.

Much more info about the book coming soon...

Take care,
Brian/Burning Fight

Blog Intro/Update…

Hey all,

Welcome to the Burning Fight Blog! In the coming weeks there will be many updates about the status of the book, where the book can be purchased, information about the people interviewed in the book, and much more.

I can tell you that the editing process is finished and the layout should be complete within days. My aim is to have copies of the book available for the shows in May. More news about that to follow soon…

I’m extremely excited for the Chicago and Pomona shows. They will both be very special events featuring amazing bands. Some proceeds from both events will also go to worthy causes. For example, the Chicago show proceeds will go to Rock for Reading (www.rockforreading.org) and PAWS Chicago (www.pawschicago.org). More details to come about these organizations.

Feel free to drop me a line if you have any questions. I’ll do my best to respond soon.

Thanks for your support!

Take care,
Brian/Burning Fight