Russ Bestley
Biographic Data
| ID | 1362546 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Russ Bestley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Russ |
| FAMILY NAME | Bestley |
| SIGNATURE | BESTLEY R |
| AFFILIATIONS | The London College |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5262-219X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 37 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 37 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Walls of Transgression: Czech and Slovak Subcultural Posters 1989–1995, Stano Grežďo and Miro Michela (2025)
Review of: Walls of Transgression: Czech and Slovak Subcultural Posters 1989–1995 , Stano Grežďo and Miro Michela (2025) Prague: Archiv českých a slovenských subkultur, 118 pp., ISBN 978-8-01106-781-6, p/bk, EUR 10.00
An Anarchy of Demons, Charlie Harper (2025)
Review of: An Anarchy of Demons , Charlie Harper (2025) Ticehurst: Earth Island Books, 478 pp., ISBN 978-1-91686-471-9, p/bk, GBP 24.99
Belfast Punk and the Troubles: An Oral History, Fearghus Roulston (2024)
Review of: Belfast Punk and the Troubles: An Oral History , Fearghus Roulston (2024) Manchester: Manchester University Press, 192 pp., ISBN 978-1-52618-246-3, p/bk, £20.00
A Country Fit for Heroes: DIY Punk in Eighties Britain, Ian Glasper (2024)
Review of: A Country Fit for Heroes: DIY Punk in Eighties Britain , Ian Glasper (2024) Ticehurst: Earth Island Books, 686 pp., ISBN 978-1-91686-424-5, p/bk, £24.99
Running at the Edge of Their World: The Suspect Device Fanzine Story, Tony Suspect and Gaz Suspect (2024)
Review of: Running at the Edge of Their World: The Suspect Device Fanzine Story , Tony Suspect and Gaz Suspect (2024) Ticehurst: Earth Island Books, 288 pp., ISBN 978-1-91686-422-1, p/bk, £19.99
Wild Colonial Boys: A Belfast Punk Story, Thomas Paul Burgess (2024)
Review of: Wild Colonial Boys: A Belfast Punk Story , Thomas Paul Burgess (2024) Manchester: Manchester University Press, 285 pp., ISBN 978-1-52617-337-9, p/bk, £16.99
Sounds Irish, Acts Global: Explaining the Success of Ireland’s Popular Music Industry, Michael Mary Murphy and Jim Rogers (2023)
Review of: Sounds Irish, Acts Global: Explaining the Success of Ireland’s Popular Music Industry , Michael Mary Murphy and Jim Rogers (2023) Sheffield: Equinox Publishing, 222 pp., ISBN 978-1-78179-779-2, h/bk, £70.00
Nefarious Artists: The Evolution and Art of the Punk Rock, Post-Punk, New Wave, Hardcore Punk and Alternative Rock Compilation Record, 1976–1989, Welly Artcore (2023)
Review of: Nefarious Artists: The Evolution and Art of the Punk Rock, Post-Punk, New Wave, Hardcore Punk and Alternative Rock Compilation Record, 1976–1989 , Welly Artcore (2023) Ticehurst: Earth Island Books, 414 pp., ISBN 978-1-91686-412-2, p/bk, £24.99
Best B4 1984: Fanzine & Flyer Images from the Anarcho-Punk Underground, Chris Low (2023)
Review of: Best B4 1984: Fanzine & Flyer Images from the Anarcho-Punk Underground , Chris Low (2023) London: Lowthario Press, 98 pp., p/bk, £25.00
We Can Be the New Wind, Alexandros Anesiadis (2022)
Review of: We Can Be the New Wind , Alexandros Anesiadis (2022) Ticehurst: Earth Island Books, 822 pp., ISBN 978-1-83835-676-7, p/bk, £29.99 A Hardcore Heart: Adventures in a DIY Scene , David Gamage (2022) Ticehurst: Earth Island Books, 654 pp., ISBN 978-1-73964-773-5, p/bk, £24.99
Pz77: A Town a Time a Tribe, Simon Parker (2022)
Review of: PZ77: A Town a Time a Tribe , Simon Parker (2022) Penzance: Scryfa of Linkinhorne, 392 pp., ISBN 978-1-83847-183-5, p/bk, £12.00
Now That’s What I Call a History of the 1980s: Pop Culture and Politics in the Decade that Shaped Modern Britain, Lucy Robinson (2023)
Review of: Now That’s What I Call a History of the 1980s: Pop Culture and Politics in the Decade that Shaped Modern Britain , Lucy Robinson (2023) Manchester: Manchester University Press, 376 pp., ISBN 9-781-52616-725-5, p/bk, £14.99
‘Fuck Art, Let’s Dance’: An interview with Chris Morton
Born in Singapore, Chris Morton moved with his family to England as a young child, settling in the north-east in the early 1960s. His passion and talent for drawing was reflected in his love of comics and animation, later with a combined interest in music leading him to underground magazines and posters associated with the hippie counterculture. After having to leave art college early in 1975, he found himself in the right place at the right time…
‘You Make Me Sick’: An interview with Puss Johnson and Steve Eagles of Satan’s Cats
Formed in Evesham, Worcestershire, in January 1977, Satan’s Rats released three superb but commercially unsuccessful singles in a period of a little more than eighteen months before splitting up. Guitarist Steve Eagles, drummer Olly Harrison and bassist Dave Sparrow then teamed up with Wendy Wu (Wendy Yates) to form The Photos, a new wave group that achieved a major label record deal and went on to a measure of chart success in the early 1980s. T…
So36: 1978 BIS Heute, Sub Opus 36 e.V. (ed.) (2022)
Review of: SO36: 1978 BIS HEUTE , Sub Opus 36 e.V. (ed.) (2022) Mainz: Ventil Verlag, 480 pp., ISBN 978-3-95575-165-4, h/bk, €36.00
From Arthaus to Bauhaus, 1972–1979, Andrew J. Brooksbank (2021)
Review of: From Arthaus to Bauhaus, 1972–1979 , Andrew J. Brooksbank (2021) Stratford-upon-Avon: Tome & Metre, 284 pp., ISBN 978-1-83801-161-1, p/bk, £15.00
No Machos or Pop Stars: When the Leeds Art Experiment Went Punk, Gavin Butt (2022)
Review of: No Machos or Pop Stars: When the Leeds Art Experiment Went Punk , Gavin Butt (2022) Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 282 pp., ISBN 978-1-47801-863-6, p/bk, £20.99
Faster! Louder! How a Punk Rocker from Yorkshire Became British Champion Fell Runner, Boff Whalley (2021)
Review of: Faster! Louder! How a Punk Rocker from Yorkshire Became British Champion Fell Runner , Boff Whalley (2021) Bradford: Great Northern Books, 232 pp., ISBN 978-1-91210-129-0, p/bk, GBP £9.99
A Case of Pride: Skrewdriver, Punk’n’roll 1976–79, Mark Green (2021)
Review of: A Case of Pride: Skrewdriver, Punk’n’roll 1976–79 , Mark Green (2021) Hamburg: tredition, 304 pp., ISBN 978-3-34718-679-8, h/bk, £36.99
Days of Punk, Blindwell Gallery, Braunton, Devon, 14 July–3 September 2022
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Reversing Into The Future: New Wave Graphics 1977–1990, Andrew Krivine (2021)
Review of: Reversing Into The Future: New Wave Graphics 1977–1990 , Andrew Krivine (2021) London: Pavilion, 336 pp., ISBN 978-1-91166-395-9, h/bk, £35.00
Directions to the Outskirts of Town: Punk Rock Tour Diaries from Nineties North America, Welly Artcore (2021)
Review of: Directions to the Outskirts of Town: Punk Rock Tour Diaries from Nineties North America , Welly Artcore (2021) Ticehurst: Earth Island Books, 316 pp., ISBN 978-1-83835-674-3, p/bk, GBP £14.99
Sex, Drugs & HIV: The Studio Sessions, DVD Box Set
Review of: Sex, Drugs & HIV: The Studio Sessions , DVD Box Set London: Copyright Control Mat Sargent, distributed by Plastichead, £20.00
Shellshock Rock: Alternative Blasts from Northern Ireland 1977–1984, 3CD and DVD box set, Various Artists
Review of: Shellshock Rock: Alternative Blasts from Northern Ireland 1977–1984 , 3CD and DVD box set, Various Artists London: Cherry Red, £24.99
Diminished Responsibility: My Life as a U.K. Sub, and Other Strange Stories, vol. 1, Alvin Gibbs (2020)
Review of: Diminished Responsibility: My Life as a U.K. Sub, and Other Strange Stories , vol. 1, Alvin Gibbs (2020) Stratford-upon-Avon: Tome & Metre, 282 pp., ISBN 978-1-83801-160-4, p/bk, £15.00
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I Wanna Be Your Punk: DIY e culturas underground
Design it Yourself? Punk's Division of Labour
Punk's do-it-yourself call to arms led to a widespread adoption of the rhetoric, if not always the practice, of independence from traditional means of production. During the early period of punk's development in the United Kingdom, a distinct division of labour can be seen in the impact of an 'anyone can do it' DIY ethos on a range of activities.1 These range from live performance to the creation and manufacture of punk artifacts (clothes, poster…
Dreams to Fill the Vacuum: The Sound of Sheffield 1978–1988, 4CD Box Set, Various Artists
Review of: Dreams to Fill the Vacuum: The Sound of Sheffield 1978–1988 , 4CD Box Set, Various Artists London: Cherry Red, £24.99
‘Waltzinblack’: Dave Greenfield, 29 March 1949–3 May 2020
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Art On My Sleeve: An interview with Steve Averill, graphic designer
When Midnight Comes Around, Gary Green (2020)
When Midnight Comes Around , Gary Green (2020) London: Stanley/Barker, 72 pp., ISBN 978-1-91328-807-5, p/bk, £25.00
Optimism/Reject: UK DIY Punk and Post-Punk 1977–1981, 4CD Box Set, Various Artists
Review of: Optimism/Reject: UK DIY Punk and Post-Punk 1977–1981 , 4CD Box Set, Various Artists London: Cherry Red, £29.99
‘This Monkey’s Gone to Heaven’: Vaughan Oliver 1957–2019
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Designing fascism: The evolution of a neo-Nazi punk aesthetic
This article explores the design strategies of four record labels associated with the growth of an explicitly far-right sub-genre of punk in the United Kingdom between 1979 and the early 2000s: Rock-O-Rama Records, White Noise Records, Rebelles Européens and ISD Records. While Rock-O-Rama saw the inclusion of the genre as simply an extension of their existing business model, the other labels were established specifically to support the activities…
Young Punks, Sheila Rock (2020)
Young Punks , Sheila Rock (2020) London: Omnibus, 288 pp., ISBN 978-1-91317-215-2, h/bk, £25.00
Sex, Drugs & HIV: The Studio Sessions, DVD Box Set
Review of: Sex, Drugs & HIV: The Studio Sessions , DVD Box Set London: Copyright Control Mat Sargent, distributed by Plastichead, £20.00
Shellshock Rock: Alternative Blasts from Northern Ireland 1977–1984, 3CD and DVD box set, Various Artists
Review of: Shellshock Rock: Alternative Blasts from Northern Ireland 1977–1984 , 3CD and DVD box set, Various Artists London: Cherry Red, £24.99
Diminished Responsibility: My Life as a U.K. Sub, and Other Strange Stories, vol. 1, Alvin Gibbs (2020)
Review of: Diminished Responsibility: My Life as a U.K. Sub, and Other Strange Stories , vol. 1, Alvin Gibbs (2020) Stratford-upon-Avon: Tome & Metre, 282 pp., ISBN 978-1-83801-160-4, p/bk, £15.00
The Scene That Would Not Die: Twenty Years of Post-Millennial Punk in the UK, Ian Glasper (2020)
Review of: The Scene That Would Not Die: Twenty Years of Post-Millennial Punk in the UK , Ian Glasper (2020) Ticehurst: Earth Island Books, 636 pp., ISBN 978-1-99975-815-8, p/bk, £14.99
Punkzines: British Fanzine Culture from the Punk Scene 1976–1983, Eddie Piller and Steve Rowland (2021)
Review of: Punkzines: British Fanzine Culture from the Punk Scene 1976–1983 , Eddie Piller and Steve Rowland (2021) London: Omnibus Press, 176 pp., ISBN 978-1-91317-213-8, p/bk, £16.99
From Arthaus to Bauhaus, 1972–1979, Andrew J. Brooksbank (2021)
Review of: From Arthaus to Bauhaus, 1972–1979 , Andrew J. Brooksbank (2021) Stratford-upon-Avon: Tome & Metre, 284 pp., ISBN 978-1-83801-161-1, p/bk, £15.00
No Machos or Pop Stars: When the Leeds Art Experiment Went Punk, Gavin Butt (2022)
Review of: No Machos or Pop Stars: When the Leeds Art Experiment Went Punk , Gavin Butt (2022) Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 282 pp., ISBN 978-1-47801-863-6, p/bk, £20.99
Faster! Louder! How a Punk Rocker from Yorkshire Became British Champion Fell Runner, Boff Whalley (2021)
Review of: Faster! Louder! How a Punk Rocker from Yorkshire Became British Champion Fell Runner , Boff Whalley (2021) Bradford: Great Northern Books, 232 pp., ISBN 978-1-91210-129-0, p/bk, GBP £9.99
A Case of Pride: Skrewdriver, Punk’n’roll 1976–79, Mark Green (2021)
Review of: A Case of Pride: Skrewdriver, Punk’n’roll 1976–79 , Mark Green (2021) Hamburg: tredition, 304 pp., ISBN 978-3-34718-679-8, h/bk, £36.99
Days of Punk, Blindwell Gallery, Braunton, Devon, 14 July–3 September 2022
Preview this article: Days of Punk, Blindwell Gallery, Braunton, Devon, 14 July–3 September 2022, Page 1 of 1 /docserver/preview/fulltext/punk/11/3/punk.11.3.435_Bestley-1.gif
Reversing Into The Future: New Wave Graphics 1977–1990, Andrew Krivine (2021)
Review of: Reversing Into The Future: New Wave Graphics 1977–1990 , Andrew Krivine (2021) London: Pavilion, 336 pp., ISBN 978-1-91166-395-9, h/bk, £35.00
Directions to the Outskirts of Town: Punk Rock Tour Diaries from Nineties North America, Welly Artcore (2021)
Review of: Directions to the Outskirts of Town: Punk Rock Tour Diaries from Nineties North America , Welly Artcore (2021) Ticehurst: Earth Island Books, 316 pp., ISBN 978-1-83835-674-3, p/bk, GBP £14.99
Best B4 1984: Fanzine & Flyer Images from the Anarcho-Punk Underground, Chris Low (2023)
Review of: Best B4 1984: Fanzine & Flyer Images from the Anarcho-Punk Underground , Chris Low (2023) London: Lowthario Press, 98 pp., p/bk, £25.00
We Can Be the New Wind, Alexandros Anesiadis (2022)
Review of: We Can Be the New Wind , Alexandros Anesiadis (2022) Ticehurst: Earth Island Books, 822 pp., ISBN 978-1-83835-676-7, p/bk, £29.99 A Hardcore Heart: Adventures in a DIY Scene , David Gamage (2022) Ticehurst: Earth Island Books, 654 pp., ISBN 978-1-73964-773-5, p/bk, £24.99
Pz77: A Town a Time a Tribe, Simon Parker (2022)
Review of: PZ77: A Town a Time a Tribe , Simon Parker (2022) Penzance: Scryfa of Linkinhorne, 392 pp., ISBN 978-1-83847-183-5, p/bk, £12.00
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