Written by Michael Turner in 1993, the Hard Core Logo novel uses a "scrapbook" style to tell its story. Rather than traditional prose, it is composed of monologues, interviews, tour diaries, receipts, and photographs. It follows Joe Dick, an uncompromising punk rocker who convinces his former bandmates to reunite for an anti-logging benefit, which spirals into a full-scale, ill-fated tour across Western Canada. The 1996 Film
The film adaptation, directed by , is frequently cited as one of the greatest Canadian films ever made . It stars Hugh Dillon (lead singer of the Headstones) as Joe Dick and Callum Keith Rennie as guitarist Billy Tallent.
The movie presents itself as a documentary filmed by "Bruce McDonald" (playing a fictionalized version of himself), capturing the band's self-destruction as old tensions resurface on the road.