STEVEN BLUSH has written seven books about rock music and pop culture. His journalism has appeared in over 50 publications, such as Spin, Details, Interview, Village Voice, and The Times Of London, and for years was a contributing editor to Paper Magazine. Blush got his start in the early 80s promoting punk rock shows in Washington, DC, and then moved to NYC in 1986, where he published 52 issues of Seconds Magazine through 2000. He worked as a nightclub DJ/promoter, noted for his sound designs for fashion designer Stephen Sprouse, and “Röck Cändy” parties at Don Hill’s (1999-2006). He wrote and produced the theatrically released Sundance Film Festival-premiered documentary American Hardcore (Sony Pictures Classics, 2006). In 2010, Feral House published an expanded Second Edition of the American Hardcore book, now available in four languages. His follow-up film with director Paul Rachman, Lost Rockers, about great forgotten musicians, came out in 2017.