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 equip ...

. 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

Minutemen Minutemen were members of the organized New England colonial militia companies trained in weaponry, tactics, and military strategies during the American Revolutionary War. They were known for being ready at a minute's notice, hence the name. Mi ...

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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 brother ...

, Black Flag and

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. He also ran his own record label, Thermidor Records, which released albums by The Birthday Party, the

Oil Tasters The Oil Tasters were an early 1980s band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the United States. The band comprised bassist and vocalist Richard LaValliere, saxophonist Caleb Alexander, and drummer Guy Hoffman. The trio, founded on Milwaukee's East Sid ...

, Flipper,

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, 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 b ...

's pre- Ministry band Special Affect. He wrote lyrics for the song "Jesus & Tequila" by the Minutemen ('' Double Nickels on the Dime'', 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?''. He now resides in

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, 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 Jim Sikora. 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 Naomi Petersen.

Bibliography

*'' Rock and the Pop Narcotic'' (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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