Joe Harvard

Incagnoli began to build an encyclopedic website, Rock in Boston, in 1996. It contained a trove of information on and photographs of Boston bands, in particular from the punk rock and new wave music scenes. The site came down in 2004 but was relaunched in 2014 as Boston Rock Storybook. Although Incagnoli was not able to rebuild it fully before his death from liver cancer on March 24, 2019, the original is still accessible.

Incagnoli moved to Asbury Park, New Jersey in 2001 and became an important part of the town's cultural scene and revival. In 2004, he authored the book The Velvet Underground & Nico for the 33⅓ series focusing on seminal albums.

Incagnoli studied Archaeological Anthropology and graduated cum laude. He worked as assistant to the director of the Peabody Museum and took part in a comprehensive survey of Saudi Arabia. However, he decided that his true calling lay in playing and recording music. By establishing Fort Apache in the mid-1980s (he later briefly became sole owner), he helped lay the foundation for the success of bands such as The Pixies, The Lemonheads, Dinosaur Jr., Morphine, Buffalo Tom, and Throwing Muses. He won the WFNX/Boston Phoenix Best Local Producer award in 1989. As co-founder of Helldorado Productions, he was also instrumental in bringing live rock music to The Middle East nightclub in Cambridge.

Joseph Incagnoli (1959–2019), better known as Joe Harvard, was a musician, producer, and writer who played a key role in developing the alternative rock scene in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 1980s. He founded Fort Apache Studios, along with Sean Slade, Paul Q. Kolderie, and Jim Fitting.