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Cool Town: How Athens, Georgia, Launched Alternative Music and Changed American Culture
By Hale, Grace Elizabeth
- ISBN
- 9781469654874
- Publisher
- Univ. of North Carolina
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Reviewed on February 1, 2020 | Sites & Sounds
Readers may be surprised to learn that the "first postmodern rock band," according to Hale (American studies & history, Univ. of Virginia; A Nation of Outsiders), emerged not in the so-called musical mecca of New York City but in Athens, GA. Releasing their self-titled debut album in 1978, the B-52s caused a stir with their danceable art pop and campy, drag-inspired performances, drawing a national spotlight onto the b...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
