Description “Why Be Something That You’re Not, Detroit Hardcore 1979-1985” Book Tony Rettman, foreward by Tesco Vee Chronicles the first wave of Detroit hardcore from its origins in the late seventies up until the mid-eighties. A combination of cultural analysis, photos, flyer art and interviews (The Fix, Violent Apathy, Negative Approach, Necros, Pagans, Bored Youth, and L7 along with other people who had a hand in the early hardcore scene like Ian MacKaye, Tesco Vee and Dave Stimson). 2023 reprint with new colour cover. Paperback, 224 pages, 17cm x 24cm. (RRP $20.00)