"Sunday Matinee" Photo Gallery by Brooke Smith

For a lot of you that heard about this and missed it, I felt like you needed to see a real piece of New York Hardcore history the way it really was courtesy of Brooke Smith entitled "Sunday Matinee".

The exhibition & book launch was curated by Tim Barber

Brooke Smith was a teenager immersed in the boiling mid-80's hardcore scene of downtown Manhattan. Her intimate photographs, from '83 to '88, reveal an underground scene at it's most potent in a city's troubled era. These bands were the backdrop for Smith's adolescence : Agnostic Front, Bad Brains, Cro-Mags, Murphy's Law, Underdog, Icemen, Armed Citizen, Urban Waste, No Thanks, The Abused, Warzone, Violence, The Young n Useless, Adrenalin OD, The Nihilistics, Rapid Deployment, The Psychos, The Misguided, The Stimulators, Sheer Terror, Ultra-Violence, Antidote, Hinkley Fan Club, Reagan Youth, Bold, Crackdown, Krieg Kropf, Supertouch, Crumbsuckers, Sick of it All, Kraut, Scab, False Prophets, Heart Attack, P.M.S., Gilligan's Revenge, Major Conflict, Leeway, Youth Defense League, Cause For Alarm, The Mob, Modern Clix and Token Entry. Brooke Smith's photographs tell the complex story of youth trying to find and maintain community amidst an aggressive and volatile music scene.

There was also a release of a 52 page, large format, limited edition catalog, with an introduction written by Gavin McInnes of Absolution / Burn

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[step2far]

Sid how long is this on for?

[PsYcHoTVVideos]

@step2far - When I went it was the last day, I was fortunate enough to get it all on film though. Sorry for the late response bro.

[PeculiarChameleon]

Wish I made it out there, many brilliant pictures of an important era for New york hardcore. GREAT WORK!

[owlsrock150]

NTHC4LIFE.thanks for sharing.i played drums on victim in pain/AGNOSTIC FRONT it was great to see ray and frenchy again.we miss you guys and love ya lots.great times,great memories.i could write a book on just cool raybees stories.

MUCH LOVE AND RESPECT,NAMASTE