Beyond the Streets BTS01 Cynthia Connolly Banned in DC (Hard Cover)
2026 hardbound version, 188 pages, 700+ images.
8th edition.
8th edition.
Assembled by Cynthia Connolly, Leslie Clague, and Sharon Cheslow and originally released in December of 1988, Banned in DC collects hundreds of photos, flyers, and stories documenting the DC punk scene of the mid-’80s.
The intention of the book – one of the first to be published on punk in the US -- was to capture the feeling and energy of the movement, using stories from the many people who were involved. Images of many of the bands of that time can be found in this book: Minor Threat, Faith, Marginal Man, Scream, Red C, Bad Brains, Nuclear Crayons, Insurrection, Hate from Ignorance, G. I., Bloody Mannequin Orchestra, Void, Second Wind, and many more.
Publisher and founding author Cynthia Connolly has added an eight-page afterword explaining how and why the book came together. The story highlights years growing up in Los Angeles in the late ’70s and early ’80s – going to shows and discovering and documenting the punk scene in DC after her family relocated to the area in 1981.
My daughter just told me about Cynthia being in Portland with the show re: Banned In DC and how they had used the original negatives to reproduce the book. My daughter gave this book to me as a present years ago and actually took it back from me so thank your for reissuing it. Ha Ha!