‘Why Be Something You’re Not’ Book Chronicles Detroit Hardcore Scene
Tony Rettman has authored 'Why Be Something That You're Not: Detroit Hardcore 1979-1985,' which recounts when the Motor City was a musical hub, and we're not talking about the Motown sound. When the city was suffering through a cultural, social and physical meltdown and the Romantics were the most visible musical export, suburban skaters, a grade school teacher and census clerk took to the streets