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Punk Rock vs. New Wave Economics and Politics – Holly Homan and Friends Respond to 1981 News Report on Seattle Punk Scene

In the news report above, two reporters try to explain the punk scene versus the new wave music scenes of Seattle in 1981. Although the report was pretty shallow, it also tried to discredit punk the way almost all the media did at the time. The reporters mentioned punk bands liked to use shock tactics …