Murray Bowles: Hail Murray The Bay Area Punk Photography of Murray Bowles, 1982-1995

Vibrant images from the San Francisco Bay Area Punk Rock Scene in a deluxe hardcover

Murray Bowles photographed Bay Area punk for four decades, capturing its infectious energy, wild creativity, and ragged tenderness everywhere he found it.

From San Francisco’s Mabuhay Gardens to Berkeley’s 924 Gilman—and the countless basements, backyards, and warehouses in between—Murray was there, camera in hand, the scene’s beloved documentarian.

Collected here for the first time, Murray’s classic images chronicle a uniquely dynamic and enduring music community in all its chaos and glory.   

Featuring hundreds of images of bands such as Green Day, Operation Ivy, Neurosis, Crimpshrine, the Dead Kennedys, MDC, Special Forces, Social Unrest, Spit Boy, Melvins, Gwar, Soundgarden, NOFX, The Offspring and many, many more.

This collection of photographs documents and celebrates the punk music scene from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s.

Book Details:
Edited by Anna Brown
Introduction by Aaron Cometbus
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Publication date :  December 1, 2024
Print length ‏ : ‎ 270 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9780867199277
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 086719927X
Item Weight ‏ : ‎4 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12″ x 1" x 9″ landscape