Sep 19, 2016 Imprint Picks: My Damage by Keith Morris with Jim Ruland
Anyone who has seen Keith Morris sing for Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Bug Lamp, or OFF! knows that he knows how to editorialize, talk shit, and tell a story. My Damage boasts the same no-holds-barred tone and attitude that Morris displays between songs, as he lovingly and unapologetically recounts his survival and narrates the saga of L.A. punk and hardcore at the same time. In this thick page-turner of a hardcover bolstered by original cover art and flyers by Raymond Pettibon as well as iconic photography by the likes of Spot, Ed Colver, Gary Leonard, and Glen E. Friedman, co-author, RazorCake contributor, and novelist Jim Ruland does a miraculous job of organizing the singer’s famously never-ending stream of consciousness and preserving the voice of a true original.