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Punks in Peoria - Making a Scene in the American Heartland (Hardcover)
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Punks in Peoria - Making a Scene in the American Heartland (Hardcover)
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Punk rock culture in a preeminently average town Synonymous with
American mediocrity, Peoria was fertile ground for the boredom- and
anger-fueled fury of punk rock. Jonathan Wright and Dawson Barrett
explore the do-it-yourself scene built by Peoria punks, performers,
and scenesters in the 1980s and 1990s. From fanzines to indie
record shops to renting the VFW hall for an all-ages show, Peoria's
punk culture reflected the movement elsewhere, but the city's
conservatism and industrial decline offered a richer-than-usual
target environment for rebellion. Eyewitness accounts take readers
into hangouts and long-lost venues, while interviews with the
people who were there trace the ever-changing scene and varied
fortunes of local legends like Caustic Defiance, Dollface, and
Planes Mistaken for Stars. What emerges is a sympathetic portrait
of a youth culture in search of entertainment but just as hungry
for community—the shared sense of otherness that, even for one
night only, could unite outsiders and discontents under the banner
of music.A raucous look at a small-city underground, Punks in
Peoria takes readers off the beaten track to reveal the punk rock
life as lived in Anytown, U.S.A.
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