He would travel into the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City with his father[3][4] who owned a print shop there.
[3][6] He moved to Washington, D.C. to attend George Washington University, with a view to becoming a lawyer, but that changed when he saw his first Black Flag concert there, which led to his getting involved with hardcore, working with bands like Black Flag, Minor Threat, the Circle Jerks and the Dead Kennedys.
[5] He was the senior editor at Paper[11] and he started his own magazine called Seconds,[3][12] where his interviews included Glenn Danzig of the Misfits.
[14] He has also written for Vice, High Times, The Village Voice and Interview[6][15] After moving on from Seconds magazine, Blush decided to chronicle his hardcore musical journey in a book.
He saw a documentary titled The History of Rock and Roll on PBS, which he described as going "straight from the Sex Pistols and Clash (I believe it mentions X) to Nirvana, as if this decade had never happened.
Club said is "absolutely essential reading"[19] In 2006 a movie version of the book was produced, which included interviews with bands such as Black Flag, Minor Threat and Bad Brains.
Author Steven Blush's 'American Hair Metal' remembers that era with philosophical quips from Poison and Mötley Crüe.
[citation needed] New York Rock chronicles the music of the city, starting with the rise of the Velvet Underground in 1966, to the closing of the CBGB bar in 2006, some 40 years later.
[25] Writing for AM New York, Hal Bienstock said: "Author, promoter and DJ Steven Blush has been covering the scene for decades, and his new book is a comprehensive look at the city's rock music, highlighting both the legends and the lesser-known acts.