Mutations: The Many Strange Faces Of Hardcore Punk

"As the incendiary singer of the ’90s band Born Against, Sam McPheeters is a legendary figure in hardcore punk. It’s a status he hates – and he spends much of Mutations deconstructing the entire notion of icons and subcultures. Through personal essays, record reviews and features on other musicians, he dissects his own cracked heart and teeming brain with cynical insight and disarming self-deprecation. For those familiar with McPheeters, Mutations is a catch-up session with a wise, witty cousin; for those who aren’t, it’s a brilliant look at how creativity, social forces, mental illness and growing older can make for a potent literary cocktail, Molotov or otherwise."