Reviews
"The phenomenal thing about Barred for Life is the community that exists between hardcore punks still, decades later, spanning generations and nations." -Jeva Lange, NY Daily News, " Barred for Life is a book with heart. Ebersole's tome gets into the history, joys, and sorrows of the Black Flag years, landing on the one point every fan can agree on: their awesome, four-bar logo that so many have had permanently inked onto their bodies." -www.BlackBookMag.com, "It's amazing that four simple sticks can capture such a comprehensive story, but much like Black Flag did for the punk scene, Barred For Life ties it all together." --Dan Ozzi, Jaded Punk, "The individual narratives collectively suggest that 'the Bars' are larger than Black Flag, symbolizing a punk rock code for standing against the establishment and being true to yourself." --Joshua Finnell, Library Journal, " Barred for Life is a book with heart. Ebersole's tome gets into the history, joys, and sorrows of the Black Flag years, landing on the one point every fan can agree on: their awesome, four-bar logo that so many have had permanently inked onto their bodies." -www.BlackBookMag.com, " Barred for Life is a book with heart. Ebersole's tome gets into the history, joys, and sorrows of the Black Flag years, landing on the one point every fan can agree on: their awesome, four-bar logo that so many have had permanently inked onto their bodies." --www.BlackBookMag.com, "Barred for Life is a book with heart. It also avoids the trap that similar single-subject photo books fall into. There's actually a narrative arc, thanks to a series of interviews with former band members interspersed throughout, telling the story of the band and its fans." --BlackBook "Most band tattoos look like complete shit. But Black Flag transcends this rule because even the shoddiest stick 'n' poke versions of the punk band's logo, four rectangular bars, somehow always look great. Having a crooked and faded set of the bars myself, this compilation reminds me of how meeting others who've defaced themselves similarly often means meeting your new best friend or future wife." --VICE "While the book is packed with insightful interviews and tales from inked fans and band members, it's Castaldi and Ebersole's beautiful black and white photos that are most impressive, and leap kicking and screaming from the pages." --Bizarre, "While the book is packed with insightful interviews and tales from inked fans and band members, it's Castaldi's beautiful black and white photos that are most impressive, and leap kicking and screaming from the pages." - Bizarre Magazine (February 2013), "The black and white photos that adorn Barred For Life create an honest appeal that sets this book apart from other tattoo focused publications. The interviews add another dimension to it as well, one that adds a personal touch." -- Louie Bones, Big Wheel Magazine, "This sleek heavy tome is a perfect combination of art and politics, beauty and truth, gift and emblem of history." --Chris Estey, KEPX, "While the book is packed with insightful interviews and tales from inked fans and band members, it's Castaldi's beautiful black and white photos that are most impressive, and leap kicking and screaming from the pages." -- Bizarre Magazine, "It's amazing that four simple sticks can capture such a comprehensive story, but much like Black Flag did for the punk scene, Barred For Life ties it all together." -Dan Ozzi, Jaded Punk, "The black and white photos that adorn Barred For Life create an honest appeal that sets this book apart from other tattoo focused publications. The interviews add another dimension to it as well, one that adds a personal touch." -Louie Bones, Big Wheel Magazine, "How "The Bars" signify not only Black Flag's relevance three decades after their career, but the impact of punk upon those who in this collection were usually far too young to have seen a gig, makes this photographic and journalistic anthology compelling." -John L. Murphy, Blogtrotter, "The individual narratives collectively suggest that 'the Bars' are larger than Black Flag, symbolizing a punk rock code for standing against the establishment and being true to yourself." -Joshua Finnell, Library Journal, "It is about the people and their Bars and their relation to the logo and the band. Not more, not less." -Dolf, Trust, "This sleek heavy tome is a perfect combination of art and politics, beauty and truth, gift and emblem of history." -Chris Estey, KEPX, "How 'The Bars' signify not only Black Flag's relevance three decades after their career, but the impact of punk upon those who in this collection were usually far too young to have seen a gig, makes this photographic and journalistic anthology compelling." --John L. Murphy, Blogtrotter, "While the book is packed with insightful interviews and tales from inked fans and band members, it's Castaldi's beautiful black and white photos that are most impressive, and leap kicking and screaming from the pages." - Bizarre Magazine, "How 'The Bars' signify not only Black Flag's relevance three decades after their career, but the impact of punk upon those who in this collection were usually far too young to have seen a gig, makes this photographic and journalistic anthology compelling." -John L. Murphy, Blogtrotter, "The phenomenal thing about Barred for Life is the community that exists between hardcore punks still, decades later, spanning generations and nations." --Jeva Lange, NY Daily News, "The black and white photos that adorn Barred For Life create an honest appeal that sets this book apart from other tattoo focused publications. The interviews add another dimension to it as well, one that adds a personal touch." - Louie Bones, Big Wheel Magazine
