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How Philly anarcho-punks blended music, noise and social justice in the 1990s and 2000s

  • Written by Edward Avery-Natale, Professor of Sociology, Mercer County Community College
imageA scene from R.A.M.B.O.'s last-ever show in Philadelphia (before a reunion in 2024) at Starlight Ballroom on May 27, 2007.Joseph A. Gervasi/LOUD! FAST! PHILLY!

While New York City is commonly considered the birthplace of American punk rock, just 100 miles south of the famous CBGB club where the Ramones and other early punk bands got their start is P...

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