In 2019 I sent a letter to Chris Rowley, onetime member of Huggy Bear, to tell him how much I loved his band. Along with the other members of Huggy Bear, Chris sort of disappeared from public life after the band broke up in 1994. A friend had mentioned that Chris runs youth programming at a public park in London, a place she takes her kids. That first letter began a conversation that led a lot of places – sunny mornings in the park, records, zines, Free Palestine, aging, community, the end of policing, taking care of our hearts – really all the same places that the Huggy records led me to. But one of the places it led was to the three years we spent, we all spent, working on this book.
Killed (of Kids) is a book by the five members of Huggy Bear. It reproduces all seven zines made by the band during their lifespan alongside photos, correspondence, flyers and ephemera from their three year existence. This archive is joined by new text drawn from two years of interviews with the band members, carefully assembled into an extensive dialogue about intention, surprise, distress, encouragement.
Softback, 190mm wide x 250mm tall (7.5″ wide x 9.84″ tall), 352 pages, color and black & white
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