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Punks in Peoria: Making a Scene in the American Heartland
By Wright, Jonathan & Dawson Barrett
- ISBN
- 9780252043802
- Publisher
- Univ. of Illinois. (Music in American Life)
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Reviewed on May 1, 2021 | Arts & Humanities
Given that Peoria, IL, has a reputation as the quintessential conservative medium-size middle-American city, it's remarkable that it also had a thriving punk scene. In this volume, Wright (editor in chief, Peoria Magazines) and Barrett (history, Del Mar Coll.; The Defiant) have profiled Peoria's punk venues and interviewed the DIY punk rockers who performed in the city and its environs; the authors also note missed opportunities when major punk bands shied away from the ci...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
