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From jailhouse to suburban rock: music once had the ability to appal and shock. Now the most radical symbol worn by fans on the streets is the iPod. As Fifty years ago, a 19-year-old truck driver walked into a Memphis recording studio and changed the world. There are, inevitably, furious arguments over ......(Continue Reading) White riot: John King on the legacy of punk. - three books on phenomenon of punk rock - book review PUNK Stephen Colegrave and Chris Sullivan Cassell, 399pp, [pounds sterling]35 THE CLASH Photographs by Bob Gruen. Edited by Chris Salewicz ......(Continue Reading)Vex Populi: at an unprepossessing eastside punk rock landmark, Utopia was in the air. Until the day it wasn't - Culture "I'm here in L.A., got no place to stay." --LOS ILLEGALS, "EL LAY" IT WAS THE NIGHT THE CHICANOS got blessed by the Pope of L.A. Punk. * In 1980, ......(Continue Reading)Avril Lavigne: does this pop punkette deserve a Grammy, or to be grounded? - Music Debate - Let Go - Brief Article - Illustration Back when Iggy Pop was rolling around in broken glass, nobody imagined that punk rock could be a cash cow. Cut to last April, when a freshly scrubbed ......(Continue Reading)What is indie rock? This article defines the music category "indie rock" not just as an aesthetic genre, but as a method of social differentiation as well as a marketing tool. Using Pierre Bourdieu's concept...(Continue Reading)
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