Join Brett Beach from Hardware Fanzine and In My Blood Records along with John Scharbach and Zach Wuerthner from Shining Life Press for a discussion around Hardware’s Hardcore Fanzine Anthology.

The HARDWARE hardcore fanzine anthology is a book collecting every issue of this legendary fanzine from New jersey that existed from 1993-1997. Created and edited by New Jersey natives Dave Koenig and Brett Beach, the zine covered the current and recent hardcore music scenes from New Jersey, New York, and beyond. This collection compiles all issues plus the unreleased final 10th issue along with new writings, artwork, memories, flyers, photos, the history of In My Blood Records, and more.

The book is 462 pages total with over 70 pages of new content.

BRETT BEACH grew up in Red Bank, NJ and was responsible for creating, editing, and publishing Hardware Fanzine from 1993-1997 and ran In My Blood Records from 1995-1998. He is a life long Yankees fan, husband and father of one son and now a mechanical engineer in New Jersey.

SHINING LIFE PRESS is a publishing imprint from Silver Spring, MD. Founded in 2018 and operated by John Scharbach and Zachary Wuerthner, they release books and fanzines covering different subcultures.

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