Manchild 6: Bye Bye Punk Rock... Hello Adulthood

by Brian Walsby

Overview

After finally being suckered into fatherhood with the birth of his daughter Willow, Brian Walsby finally says, "goodbye punk rock, hello adulthood" with the release of MANCHILD 6. Joining the ride is new publisher Will Butler of To Live a Lie Records. Will somehow believed in Brian enough to spend his own money on someone who obviously is out of touch, has betrayed the scene (any scene, take your pick) and has more or less moved on. Or has he? Despite the nonstop demands of diapers, real life responsibilities and taking the six year old Noble to school most of the time Brian has still somehow found precious time in coming up with new work. Filling out MANCHILD 6 are exclusive interviews straight from Brian's blog (INTROVERTED LOUDMOUTH) from the last couple of years with lengthy interviews with Richmond's TANNON PENLAND (LOINCLOTH), Raleigh's own incredible songwriter KENNY ROBY, The split personality of SCOTT RADINSKY (PULLEY, TEN FOOT POLE, SCARED STRAIGHT) , guitarist for the DESCENDENTS and ALL STEPHEN EGERTON and a lengthy tour diary on the road with MELVINS right before Willow was born. Lots of good reading. So if you are at all interested in punk rock, fatherhood, MELVINS, potshots at people who deserve it, Mad magazine type satire and all of the other things that Brian Walsby is known for, MANCHILD 6 is a must have and a fine addition to a growing collection of hard work.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014390224
Publisher:	Will Butler
Publication date:	05/25/2012
Series:	Manchild , #6
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	68
File size:	14 MB
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About the Author

Brian Walsby first reared his big head in the early 1980s as a prolific contributor (via letter writing) to the harcore/punk scene's vibrant literary underground. He was an artist who had few local friends and decided that it was easy to contribute to the punk scene via the postal service. From the years 1984 through 1986, Brian drew numerous cartoons and drawings for various zines around at the time like MAXIMUM ROCK AND ROLL, FLIPSIDE, INK DISEASE, XXX, SUBURBAN VOICE, SIXTY MILES NORTH, GUILLOTINE among others. He also drew some album and single covers for bands like SEVEN SECONDS, PSYCHO, SCARED STRAIGHT, THE MELVINS, SKEEZICKS, and the Oxnard California compilation album NARDCORE. For a while, Brian had a pretty sizable name. "But after a while, you tend to get burned out, especially after moving to Raleigh North Carolina in the springtime of 1986." says Brian. "Also, I was only twenty years old and I wanted to take my drumming a little bit more seriously so I pursued that at the expense of my art. I always drew stuff and got things printed but it definitely suffered." All of this sets up Brian's other outlet, being in too many bands. Started with SCARED STRAIGHT in 1984, Brian has been in numerous bands like WWAX (with Mac from SUPERCHUNK and Merge Records), SNAKE NATION (project with Mike Dean and Woody Weatherman of CORROSION OF CONFORMITY), PATTY DUKE SYNDROME (with controversial songwriter Ryan Adams), SHINY BEAST, and a stint in POLVO, joining that band for their final album and tour. After realizing, toward the end of the nineties, that he had better get serious about his artistic talent, he spent four or so years armed with newfound inspiration and a desire to improve his skills. "Although I didn't really see that at the time. The work improved a lot all of a sudden. My initial muse for being involved in the eighties punk world was this amazing slice of history that was still a rich hotbed of inspiration which needed to be documented in some way. For instance all of these stories that I have pulled out of my hat represent the stupidity, excitement, glory, total bullshit of the time. It's all in there. They are very "coming of age" times. After being hunted down by various people wondering what had happened to Brian; He was soon up to speed contributing artwork, interviews and cartoons to a new generation of magazines like THE HIT LIST, CHUNKLET, LEFT OF THE DIAL, RAZORCAKE and DECIBEL. This paved the way for the debut of Brian's first ever boo