Ecstatic Yod

Coley was a contributing writer and the Underground Editor in Spin in the 1980s and '90s, and currently writes for Wire and Arthur with Thurston Moore. He has also run Ecstatic Yod, a record label and shop based in Florence, Massachusetts. He has also appeared in documentaries about musical artists Half Japanese, Minutemen, Jandek, The Holy Modal Rounders and Borbetomagus, in each extolling the genius of the subject matter. When he wrote the Flesh Eaters' entry in the Spin Alternative Record Guide, Coley stated that he considers A Minute to Pray, A Second to Die the best rock album ever recorded. For the 2007 Deluxe Edition of Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation, he contributed to the liner notes with a reflective essay on the album. In 1990 Coley began the Father Yod record label in order to put out a Spacemen 3 record. In 1993 the label partnered with Thurston Moore's label Ecstatic Peace and began releasing records under the name Ecstatic Yod. This label operates a retail outlet in Florence, Massachusetts. In 2006 it released OvO's record Smut. Coley is a published poet and occasionally gives public readings of his (and others') works. He also wrote a biography of Chuck Norris that was published in 1986. In 2010, Coley became involved with Feeding Tube Records in Northampton, Massachusetts, a record store where he sells rare items from his personal collection. In 2011, Coley published the first collection of his reviews, C'est la guerre: Early writings 1978-1983, in a bilingual edition put out by Montreal publisher L'Oie de Cravan.

It is associated with United States. Its recorded founders are Byron Coley. The recorded field of activity is record label.