Adam Parfrey (born 1957) is an American journalist, editor, and the publisher of Feral House books. Feral House is a publisher of high quality books on forbidden topics, which means that they publish pulp non-fiction books on the occult, punk rock, cultural criticism, serial killers, kink, and other cult topics. ...

Born in New York to actor Woodrow Parfrey (his mother, Rosa Ellovich, was Jewish, his father was not). He moved to Los Angeles, California in 1962. Upon graduating from Santa Monica High School, the young Parfrey enrolled at UCLA before transferring to UC, Santa Cruz where he studied theater and history without graduating. While at UCLA, he wrote for the student newspaper, the Daily Bruin, and later became co-Editor. Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 27th 141,205 km² 455 km 530 km 13. ... Born October 5, 1922 in New York City. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ... This article is about the largest city in California. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 3rd 410,000 km² 402. ... Santa Monica High School (SMHS), informally known as Samohi or just Samo, is a secondary school located in Santa Monica, California which was founded in 1884. ... The University of California, Los Angeles, popularly known as UCLA, is a public, coeducational university situated in the neighborhood of Westwood within the city of Los Angeles. ... The University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC or UC Santa Cruz) is a coeducational public university located in Santa Cruz, California. ... A student newspaper is a newspaper run by university or high or middle school students that covers local and in particular school or university news. ... The Daily Bruin is the official student newspaper of the University of California, Los Angeles, serving the campus and the surrounding Westwood community. ...

He collaborated on George Petros' Exit magazine. Collaboration, literally, consists of working together with one or more others. ... George Petros is an American art designer, author, and editor. ...

Following a stint at the tabloid newspaper Idea Magazine, Parfrey returned to New York. In 1989 he started Feral House with $5,000. Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 27th 141,205 km² 455 km 530 km 13. ... Feral House is a publisher of high quality books on forbidden topics, which means that they publish pulp non-fiction books on the occult, punk rock, cultural criticism, serial killers, kink, and other cult topics. ...

He now lives in Los Angeles, California. Nickname: City of Angels Official website: http://www. ...

Works

• Apocalypse Culture edited by Adam Parfrey (Amok Press, 1988, ISBN 0941693023)
• Rants and Incendiary Tracts edited by Bob Black and Adam Parfrey (Amok Press, 1988, ISBN 0941693031)
• The Manson File compiled by Parfrey, credited to Nikolas Schreck (Amok Press, 1988, ISBN 094169304X)
• Apocalypse Culture: Revised and Expanded edited by Adam Parfrey (Amok Press, 1990, ISBN 0922915059)
• Nightmare of Ecstasy: The Life and Art of Edward D. Wood, Jr. by Rudolph Grey, edited by Parfrey (Feral House, 1994, ISBN 0922915245)
• Cult Rapture: Revelations of the Apocalyptic Mind by Adam Parfrey (Feral House, 1995, ISBN 0922915229
• End Is Near!: Visions of Apocalypse, Millennium and Utopia by Stephen Jay Gould, Roger Manley, Adam Parfrey, Dalai Lama, foreword by Rebecca Hoffberger (Dilettante Press, 1998, paperback ISBN 0966427270, 1999, hardcover ISBN 0966427262)
• Muerte!: Death in Mexican Popular Culture by Harvey Stafford, edited by Adam Parfrey, illustrated by J. G. Posada, photographs by the ¡Alarma! Staff (Feral House, 2000, ISBN 0922915598)
• Apocalypse Culture II edited by Adam Parfrey (Feral House, 2000, ISBN 0922915571)
• Extreme Islam: Anti-American Propaganda of Muslim Fundamentalism edited by Adam Parfrey, introduction by Tamim Ansary (Feral House, 2002, ISBN 0922915784)
• Lexicon Devil: The Fast Times and Short Life of Darby Crash and the Germs by Brendan Mullen, Adam Parfrey, and Don Bolles (Feral House, 2002, ISBN 0922915709)
• It's a Man's World: Men's Adventure Magazines - the Postwar Pulps edited by Adam Parfrey, material by Josh Alan Friedman, Mort Kunstler, David Saunders, Bill Devine (Feral House, 2003, ISBN 0922915814)
• War is a Racket: The Anti-War Classic by America's Most Decorated General by Smedley D. Butler, with introduction by Adam Parfrey (reprinted in 2003 by Feral House, ISBN 0922915865)
• Two Thousand Formulas, Recipes, and Trade Secrets: The Classic Do-It-Yourself Book of Practical Everyday Chemistry by Harry Bennett, Adam Parfrey (Feral House, 2003, ISBN 0922915954)
• SIN-A-RAMA: Sleaze Sex Paperbacks of the Sixties by Britany A. Daley, Adam Parfrey and Lydia Lunch (Feral House, 2004, ISBN 1932595058)

Apocalypse Culture is a book edited by Adam Parfrey (1). ... Rants and Incendiary Tracts: Voices of Desperate Illumination 1558-Present is a book edited by Bob Black and Adam Parfrey. ... Bob Black is an American anarchist and lawyer. ... Edward D. Wood, Jr. ... Rudolph Grey is a musician and writer. ... Stephen Jay Gould Stephen Jay Gould (September 10, 1941 – May 20, 2002) was an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science. ... The 14th and current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso (born 1935) The 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso (1876-1933) In Tibetan Buddhism, the successive Dalai Lamas (Tibetan: ཏ་ཱལའི་བླ་མ་ taa-lavi bla-ma; Chinese: 达赖喇嘛 Dálài LāmÇŽ) form a tulku lineage of Gelugpa leaders which trace back to 1391. ... Calavera de la Catrina José Guadalupe Posada (2 February 1851 – 20 January 1913) was a Mexican engraver and illustrator. ... ¡Alarma! (lit. ... Apocalypse Culture II is a book edited by Adam Parfrey and published by Feral House in 2000 (ISBN 0-922915-57-1). ... Cover of Extreme Islam Extreme Islam: Anti-American Propaganda of Muslim Fundamentalism is a book edited by Adam Parfrey. ... Its a Mans World was the title of Chers 1995 album. ... War is a Racket (1935) is a short work by Major General Smedley Darlington Butler, retired from the United States Marine Corps in 1931, in which he takes a cynical view of the profit motive behind warfare. ... MSmedley Butler Smedley Darlington Butler (July 30, 1881—June 21, 1940), nicknamed Old Gimlet Eye, was a Major General in the U.S. Marine Corps and at the time of his death the most decorated marine in U.S. history. ... Lydia Lunch Lydia Lunch (born Lydia Koch on June 2, 1959 in Rochester, New York, also the birthplace of female rock musicians Kim Gordon and Wendy O. Williams) is an American singer, poet, writer, and actress. ...

Recordings

• S.W.A.T. - Deep Inside a Cop's Mind: The Soundtrack For The Next Police State]] (Audio CD, 1994, Label: Amphetamine Reptile Records)
• A Sordid Evening of Sonic Sorrows (Audio CD, 1997, Man's Ruin Records MR-066)

Amphetamine Reptile Records (or AmRep) was founded in 1986 by Tom Hazelmeyer. ... Mans Ruin Records was Frank Koziks independent record label. ...

Film

• Parfrey had a part in Crispin Glover's What Is It?.

Crispin Glover as Willard Stiles Crispin Hellion Glover (born April 20, 1964 in New York City) is a multifaceted American artist. ...

External links

• adam parfrey at Disinformation, bio sketch with quite a few links.
• Feral House's website
• Adam Parfrey bio
• [www.lukeford.net/profiles/profiles/adam_parfrey.htm Adam Parfrey bio]