The History of Punk Rock Podcast: Bands, Scenes, Hardcore, DIY Culture, Record Labels, Clubs, and Punk Music History
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The History of Punk Rock Podcast: Bands, Scenes, Hardcore, DIY Culture, Record Labels, Clubs, and Punk Music History explores the people, places, records, labels, venues, movements, controversies, and underground communities that shaped punk from its earliest roots through the modern era. Each episode examines how punk rock developed from the raw energy of 1960s garage rock and proto-punk into the explosive scenes of 1970s New York and London, the rise of American hardcore in the 1980s, the growth of independent labels and DIY touring networks, the global expansion of punk subcultures, and the later emergence of skate punk, pop punk...
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