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This is a pre-order item with an estimated shipment date of late April 2026. Anything else purchased in the same order will not be shipping until this is in stock.
Free Stickers with Every Order: A History of Hardcore Stickers
By Thomas Rackow
By Thomas Rackow
Page Count: 250
Dimensions: 10” x 10”
Spanning North America from the early 1980s to now, this deluxe hardcover volume presents a carefully curated archive of rare and often long-lost hardcore stickers, preserved from a medium never intended to survive. Stickers were cheap to produce and easy to distribute. They were powerful in their immediacy, functioning as both promotion and protest, identity and community. Pasted on lampposts, venue walls, record bins, and street signs, they carried the values of hardcore far beyond the shows themselves.
Collected over decades and contextualized through firsthand interviews, the book pairs full-color visual documentation with oral histories from key figures in the scene, including members of 7 Seconds, Quicksand, Earth Crisis, Have Heart, American Nightmare, Hot Water Music, Bane, Integrity, and Agnostic Front, among others.
Rather than aiming for encyclopedic completeness, Free Stickers with Every Order follows a selective and thoughtful approach. Many sticker artifacts have been lost over time and cannot be recovered. The book stands as a focused time capsule of hardcore’s visual language, values, and community, told by those who were there.
Deluxe Hardcover Edition
First Edition Limited to 1,000 Copies
Details & Craftsmanship
Every detail has been carefully considered to bring you the perfect product.
Details & Craftsmanship
Every detail has been carefully considered to bring you the perfect product.
Details & Craftsmanship
Every detail has been carefully considered to bring you the perfect product.
Details & Craftsmanship
Every detail has been carefully considered to bring you the perfect product.
Details & Craftsmanship
Every detail has been carefully considered to bring you the perfect product.
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This is a pre-order item with an estimated shipment date of late April 2026. Anything else purchased in the same order will not be shipping until this is in stock.
Free Stickers with Every Order: A History of Hardcore Stickers
By Thomas Rackow
By Thomas Rackow
Page Count: 250
Dimensions: 10” x 10”
Spanning North America from the early 1980s to now, this deluxe hardcover volume presents a carefully curated archive of rare and often long-lost hardcore stickers, preserved from a medium never intended to survive. Stickers were cheap to produce and easy to distribute. They were powerful in their immediacy, functioning as both promotion and protest, identity and community. Pasted on lampposts, venue walls, record bins, and street signs, they carried the values of hardcore far beyond the shows themselves.
Collected over decades and contextualized through firsthand interviews, the book pairs full-color visual documentation with oral histories from key figures in the scene, including members of 7 Seconds, Quicksand, Earth Crisis, Have Heart, American Nightmare, Hot Water Music, Bane, Integrity, and Agnostic Front, among others.
Rather than aiming for encyclopedic completeness, Free Stickers with Every Order follows a selective and thoughtful approach. Many sticker artifacts have been lost over time and cannot be recovered. The book stands as a focused time capsule of hardcore’s visual language, values, and community, told by those who were there.
Deluxe Hardcover Edition
First Edition Limited to 1,000 Copies
