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DEAD KENNEDYS SHOW April 25th 1981 IRVING PLAZA,NYC PHOTO BOOK ■With Special Offer

A “DEAD KENNEDYS SCRAP BOOK 1979-1981 Xerox Edition” (A4 46 pages) will be given to all customers as a special gift for purchasing at our store.

This is the first book of photographs from photographer Joseph Szkodzinski’s archive to be published in Japan. This book was produced to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the show, and was taken at the DEAD KENNEDYS live show at the IRVING PLAZA in New York on April 25, 1981. The year 1981 was also the year that DEAD KENNEDYS released their classic punk numbers such as “NAZI PUNKS FUCK OFF” (#11 on the UK charts) and “TOO DRUNK TO FUCK” (#1 on the UK charts), both of which are still classics today. In 1981, the band toured Europe for the second time, following the previous year. The following year, 1982, saw the release of their second album, Plastic Surgery Disasters. The band entered its golden age. Signed by Joseph Szkodzinski, photographer, on the front cover of the book, and the accompanying cover photo (12.5cm x 17.5cm). Sold exclusively by Foudobrain in Japan. Published: 2021

Publication: 2021 Hard Cover
Photo by Joseph Szkodzinski
Publisher:the found image
Full text in English : 24 photos 20.5cm x 20.5cm x 10mm

Joseph Szkodzinski: Joseph Szkodzinski, who grew up in Queens, NY in the 1960s, is a photographer who photographed New York nightclubs and numerous band shows in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Bands he photographed during that time include Bad Brains, Dead Kennedys, NewYork Dolls, Johnny Thunders, The Clash, BAUHAUS, Steel Pulse, Screaming Jay Hawkins, TALKING HEADS, and DICTATORS, and many more.
He studied photography and art at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, graduating with a BFA in photography in 1981. Since then, he has worked as a staff photographer for Image Bank, Getty Images, and the NYPD, and has also freelanced and contributed to newspapers and magazines. Joe Sokodzinski has taken his camera into the back alleys and backrooms of 1970s New York City to capture street photography that captures obvious moments of reality. His black-and-white photographs, such as one of a battered boxer staring at his reflection in a dirty gym mirror, show the grit of New York when it was still tough. It represents New York before Giuliani, before chain stores, and before loft developers.

#BUY BONUS: DEAD KENNEDYS SCRAP BOOK 1979-1981 Xeroxed A4 size 46 pages

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