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By the late 1970s, punk's influence had spread from England and America all around the globe. On New Zealand's South Island, in the college city of Dunedin, only the second largest city on that island and the seventh largest city in New Zealand, several punk bands
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For most of the Soviet Union's existence there were two types of musicians: those who worked for Melodiya, the state-run recording company, and the bards, those who recorded and performed underground, unwilling to let the government compromise their art. The bands who recorded on Melodiya inevitably wound up
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Combining the straightforward songwriting of pop, the hardness of rock, and the strangeness of psychedelic folk, glam rock quickly became a powerful force in the growing youth culture of the early '70s. Glam rock debuted with Marc Bolan of T. Rex, formerly a psychedelic folk group that had gained
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Punk exploded onto the music scene in the late '70s with bands like the Sex Pistols, the Ramones, and the Clash, but by the mid-80s these bands were beginning to move away from their early loud, fast and abrasive sound, and began to incorporate either more complex songwriting or
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Tropicália was a revolution. After a successful coup in 1964 by General Humberto Alencar Castello Branco, Brazil became oppressively traditionalist. A nationalist style of music developed, called Música popular brasileira, or MPB, which drew upon samba and regional Brazilian music. MPB was a direct response to the growing popularity of
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Public Image Ltd. created post-punk in their rejection of the late '70s punk scene. It's no secret that Malcolm McLaren, the Sex Pistols' manager, heavily controlled the band's image, music and membership. And although John Lydon was chosen as the Sex Pistols' singer
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In 1966 the West German economy fell into a recession. West Germany's post-WWII economy had proved surprisingly strong, so surprisingly it became known as "Wirtschaftswunder," meaning "economic miracle." Its sudden loss became a wake-up call for many students who began to express their dissatisfaction