Music Maps Podcast14 Jun 2025

68 - Run DMC, Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, Black Flag, Minor Threat, Bad Brains & more with photographer Glen E. Friedman

Join us & legendary photographer Glen E. Friedman to talk through his beginnings photographing skateboarding before transitioning into the world of punk rock & hardcore photographing Black Flag, Minor Threat & Bad Brains.

Glen also talks us through the creation of his influential fanzine 'My Rules' & his eventual transition more into hip hop photography with the likes of Run DMC, Beastie Boys, LL Cool J & Public Enemy.

A few iconic photos from Glen’s archive include the cover of Check Your Head by the Beastie Boys, another iconic cover - It Takes a Nation of Millions by Public Enemy & some of the earliest pictures of Run DMC.

You can see more of Glen’s work here & his books are available to order directly from Akashic Books.

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115 - John Altman on Monty Python, Prince, Muddy Waters, Amy Winehouse & more

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114 - Gang Of Four with Jon King (Leeds)

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113 - Paul McCartney in the 70s & the end of The Beatles with Tom Doyle

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