About this Archive

Editor David Ensminger’s book Left of the Dial: Conversations with Punk Icons, is available from PM Press on Dec. 2 2012!

This archive is maintained by Visual Vitriol and the Center for Punk Arts, led by folklorist David Ensminger, a native of Rockford, IL. It features a wide array of punk, indie, and rock’n’roll photographs, texts, information, gig flyers and posters, photographs, and ephemera relating to his summer 2011 book found below. If you would like to contribute items, please feel free to email Ensminger at: leftofthedialmag@hotmail.com.

Also, please check out his history of punk’s visual history and subcultures:

http://www.amazon.com/Visual-Vitriol-Subcultures-Hardcore-Generation/dp/1604739681