Fuck You Heroes

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"FUCK YOU HEROES", an anthology of photos taken by Glen E. Friedman, is one of the few photojournalist documentaries of the American underground music scene during the days when punk rock was just beginning to galvanize itself into a social movement. (Although it's concentration is mostly southern California, it also includes Washington D.C., San Francisco, Boston, and New York.). Not only are there photos of punk rock icons such as Black Flag, Dead Kennedys, Minor Threat, The Misfits, Bad Brains, and Fugazi, but also documents incredibly, the hip hop originators Public Enemy, Ice-T, Beastie Boys, Run-D.M.C., and others, along with photos of the early revolutionary skateboarding scene of the mid to late 1970s, lead by Dogtown pioneers such as Tony Alva, Jay Adams and Stacy Peralta, among others.

This book title is a reference to the subjects being seen as heroes in the eyes of many for saying "Fuck You" to authority figures, governments, and corporations trying to limit the ideals of others.