"Manchild 5: Rabid Pack With Sirens Howling" documents the bands, fans, and scene politics of the early hardcore scene as viewed from Raleigh, NC in the 1980s. Readers are given a vivid picture if this era through Walsby's infamous comic art, rare photographs and the words of the people who lived through it all. With the band Corrosion Of Conformity at the center, "Manchild 5" proves to be a fascinating read filled with anecdotes about punk houses, scene drama and bands like Bad Brains, No Labels, Scared Straight, Black Flag, Days Of, Wwax, Minor Threat, Confessor, Ugly Americans and many others.