Joe Carducci is an American

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, and former A&R executive, formerly most closely associated with the influential record label

SST Records SST Records is an American independent record label formed in 1978 in Long Beach, California by musician Greg Ginn. The company was formed in 1966 by Ginn at age 12 as Solid State Tuners, a small business through which he sold electronics equipm ...

. Carducci lived for a time in

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before moving to

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in 1976. From 1981 to 1986 he was an A&R man,

, and co-owner of

, working with, among other bands, the

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, the

Meat Puppets Meat Puppets are an American rock band formed in January 1980 in Phoenix, Arizona. The group's original lineup was Curt Kirkwood (guitar/vocals), his brother Cris Kirkwood (bass guitar/vocals), and Derrick Bostrom (drums). The Kirkwood brothers ...

, Black Flag and

Saccharine Trust Saccharine Trust is an American punk rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1980 by singer Jack Brewer and guitarist Joe Baiza. The band would frequently perform with SST labelmates Minutemen and Black Flag. However, Baiza descri ...

. He also ran his own record label,

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, which released albums by The Birthday Party, the

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, Flipper, Nig Heist, SPK and

Al Jourgensen Alain David Jourgensen (born Alejandro Ramírez Casas; October 9, 1958) is a Cuban-American singer, musician and music producer. Closely related with the independent record label Wax Trax! Records, his musical career spans four decades. He is be ...

's pre-

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band

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. He wrote lyrics for the song "Jesus & Tequila" by the Minutemen (''

Double Nickels on the Dime ''Double Nickels on the Dime'' is the third album by American punk trio Minutemen, released on the California independent record label SST Records in 1984. A double album containing 45 songs, ''Double Nickels on the Dime'' combines elements of p ...

'', 1984) and "Chinese Firedrill" from

Mike Watt Michael David Watt (born December 20, 1957) is an American bassist, vocalist and songwriter. Watt co-founded and played bass guitar for the rock bands Minutemen (1980–1985), Dos (1985–present), and Firehose (1986–1994). He began a solo ...

's 1995 solo album ''

Ball-Hog or Tugboat? ''Ball-Hog or Tugboat?'' is the 1995 debut solo album by American musician Mike Watt, previously known for his work as the bass guitarist and songwriter for the punk rock groups Minutemen and fIREHOSE. The title references the difference bet ...

''. He now resides in Centennial, Wyoming, where he runs Redoubt Press and O&O Recordings. Carducci wrote the screenplays for the 1998 films ''Rock and Roll Punk'' and ''Bullet On A Wire'' with

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. In 2007, Carducci published ''Enter Naomi: SST, L.A. and All That...'', which contained his reflections on his time at

and the life and death of former SST photographer

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Bibliography

*''

Rock and the Pop Narcotic ''Rock and the Pop Narcotic'' is a 1990 book of popular music criticism by Joe Carducci. (Revised edition 1995.) ''Rock and the Pop Narcotic'' is perhaps the only book of popular music criticism that attempts to achieve a genuine aesthetic of ro ...

'' (1991) *''Enter Naomi: SST, L.A. and All That...'' (2007) *''Life Against Dementia: Essays, Reviews, Interviews 1975-2011'' (2012) *''Stone Male: Requiem for the Living Picture'' (2016)

References

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