He was 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.
He Collaborated on George Petros ' ''Exit'' magazine.
Following a stint at the tabloid newspaper '' Idea Magazine '', Parfrey returned to New York . In 1989 he started Feral House with $5,000.
He now lives in Los Angeles, California , where he is married to Jodi Wille , with whom he co-publishes Process Media .
- '' Apocalypse Culture '' edited by Adam Parfrey (Amok Press, 1988, ISBN 0-941693-02-3)
- '' Rants And Incendiary Tracts '' edited by Bob Black and Adam Parfrey (Amok Press, 1988, ISBN 0-941693-03-1)
- ''The Manson File'' compiled by Parfrey, credited to Nikolas Schreck (Amok Press, 1988, ISBN 0-941693-04-X)
- ''Apocalypse Culture: Revised and Expanded'' edited by Adam Parfrey (Amok Press, 1990, ISBN 0-922915-05-9)
- ''Nightmare of Ecstasy: The Life and Art of Edward D. Wood, Jr. '' by Rudolph Grey , edited by Parfrey (Feral House, 1994, ISBN 0-922915-24-5)
- ''Cult Rapture: Revelations of the Apocalyptic Mind'' by Adam Parfrey (Feral House, 1995, ISBN 0-922915-22-9
- ''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 0-9664272-7-0, 1999, hardcover ISBN 0-9664272-6-2)
- ''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 0-922915-59-8)
- '' Apocalypse Culture II '' edited by Adam Parfrey (Feral House, 2000, ISBN 0-922915-57-1)
- '' Extreme Islam : Anti-American Propaganda of Muslim Fundamentalism'' edited by Adam Parfrey, introduction by Tamim Ansary (Feral House, 2002, ISBN 0-922915-78-4)
- ''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 0-922915-70-9)
- ''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 0-922915-81-4)
- '', with introduction by Adam Parfrey (reprinted in 2003 by Feral House, ISBN 0-922915-86-5)
- ''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 0-922915-95-4)
- ''SIN-A-RAMA: Sleaze Sex Paperbacks of the Sixties'' by Britany A. Daley, Adam Parfrey and Lydia Lunch (Feral House, 2004, ISBN 1-932595-05-8)
- ''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)
He has also collaborated with Boyd Rice on his album Hatesville!
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