{"product_id":"the-underground-in-china-ryan-dyer-9781918840001","title":"The Underground in China: Metal, Punk, Hardcore and Noise, 2013-2021.","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 2013, Ryan Dyer arrived in China with little idea of what lay beneath the surface of its music scene. Within a week, he found himself at an underground show featuring the band Rectal Wench. That night opened the door to a world few outsiders ever see.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the next eight years, Dyer travelled across Beijing, Tianjin, Suzhou, and Shanghai, documenting the country's explosive punk and metal underground. Armed with a camera and a journalist's curiosity, he attended hundreds of shows, capturing bands that express what it means to be an artist in modern China.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Underground in China: Metal, Punk, Hardcore and Noise 2013-2021 brings together more than 350 pages of photography, interviews, and first-hand observations from inside this thriving scene. Featuring over 100 bands across genres including grindcore, black metal, hardcore punk, noise, and experimental music, the book offers a rare glimpse into a creative community that seldom reaches Western audiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFEATURING OVER 100 BANDS INCLUDING: The Dark Prison Massacre, Nine Treasures, Torturing Nurse, Frozen Moon, Scare the Children, Rectal Wench, Impure Injection, Suffocated, Dreamspirit, Ritual Day, Black Kirin, Gum Bleed, Dummy Toys and more!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart photo archive, part cultural document, this is the story of China's underground as it was lived-loud, chaotic, and defiantly alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ryan Dyer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1918840008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781918840001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Earth Island Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/12\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 398\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.08d","brand":"Ryan Dyer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48801464844543,"sku":"9781918840001","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-underground-in-china-ryan-dyer-9781918840001","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}