A new book covering golden skateboarding and punk rock history in LA is about to be released by the in-house producer for SST records back in the 80s. SPOT was at the right place at the right time at the beginning of Black Flag forming and was around many other hardcore bands starting out in the Californian scene before taking up his own project.
The book, Sounds of Two Eyes Opening covers unseen black and white photos of the bands that came through Media Art Recording Studio in Hermosa Beach in the mid 70s and the emergence of the American skate scene that inspired the planet.
It’s said that Toy Machine’s Ed Templeton has designed 7″ sleeve art found in editions of the book bought in record stores featuring SPOT’s song “Too Wise to Crack”. It comes as a hardbound, 272 page book, printed on matte art paper, with 4-color black-and-white printing, a lay flat binding. Scout it out on Sinecure books.
