An extensive oral history of the Detroit Hardcore Punk scene from '79 to '85.It is written and compiled by Tony Rettman.
Tony Rettman is a freelance music journalist whose work has appeared in The Village Voice, Arthur, Swindle, Signal to Noise and Mean. He is also a regular contributor to on-line publications such as Swingset, Terminal Boredom, Blastitude and Double Cross and provided liner notes for releases by such artists as Religious Knives, King Darves and Violent Students. He currently resides on the north shore of Long Island, New York with his girlfriend and cat.
Complete with never-before-seen ephemera, this book is OUT NOW!!! and available from Revelation Records, Amazon, and Last Gasp. Tony's piece is dedicated to the memory of Larissa Strickland from L7 and the Laughing Hyenas, who sadly passed away in 2006, and who was by all accounts a remarkable woman/guitar goddess. The book also has never before seen photographs and fliers from that time period.
Check out Why Be Something That You're Not: Detroit Hardcore/blog.
here: http://wbstyn.blogspot.com/
TONY RETTMAN WRITES ABOUT TOUCH & GO
Tony Rettman also wrote some cool stuff about Touch & Go. Touch & Go is an Independent Record Label based out of Chicago, Illinois. However, the zine started in East Lansing, Michigan. It was a self printed fanzine written and produced by Dave Stimson and Tesco Vee. (The Meatmen) Touch and Go played a key role in the Hardcore scene in Detroit and around the United States in the 80's and for years to come. It's still currently a record label. The Article is very extensive and takes you through the history of Detroit's Hardcore Scene. It's also filled with some pretty cool photos.
here's that article:
http://swindlemagazine.com/issue12/detroit-hardcore/
