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Anselmi, J. J. (2020). Doomed to fail: the incredibly loud history of doom, sludge, and post-metal. Los Angeles: Rare Bird Books.
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Rettman, T. (2010). Why Be Something That You're Not: Detroit Hardcore 1979-1985. Huntington Beach, California: Revelation Records.
Abstract: << In the early 70s, Detroit was the musical hub of America, but by the early eighties, it was a wasteland. It took a group of skateboarders, a teacher and a census clerk to wake the city up and start one of the first hardcore punk scenes in America.
“Why Be Something That You're Not” chronicles the first wave of Detroit hardcore from its origins in the late 70s to its demise in the mid-80s. Through oral histories and extensive imagery, the book proves that even though the California beach towns might have created the look and style of hardcore punk, it was the Detroit scene – along with a handful of other cities – that cultivated the music's grassroots aesthetic before most cultural hot spots around the globe even knew what the music was about.
The book includes interviews with members of The Fix, Violent Apathy, Negative Approach, Necros, Pagans, Bored Youth, and L-Seven along with other people who had a hand in the early hardcore scene like Ian MacKaye, Tesco Vee and Dave Stimson. >>
SOURCE: https://revhq.com/products/tony-rettman-why-be-something-that-youre-not-detroit-hardcore-1979-1985-book
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Rix-Hayes, D. 'A., & Wilson, T. (2025). Punk Flyer Archive 1980-1990. Amherst, Massachusetts: Soundscape Press.
Abstract: << This is a comprehensive collection that captures the art and spirit of hardcore punk through authentic show flyers. This book preserves the gritty, DIY culture of the '80s hardcore scene, highlighting how these hand-drawn, Xeroxed, and pasted flyers became iconic symbols of a cultural revolution.
Fom coast to coast, these flyers became visual records of the sound, rage, and passion that transformed music and culture. Every page of this book captures the evolution, intensity, and DIY ethos that made the hardcore punk scene so powerful for so many. Get ready to relive a decade of unfiltered, raw, and uncompromising energy. >>
(SOURCE: https://www.amazon.com/Flyer-Archive-1980-1990-DArcy-Hayes/dp/1069156809/ )
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