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The Akron Sound: The Heyday of the Midwest's Punk Capital

The Akron Sound: The Heyday of the Midwest's Punk Capital

Rydbom, Calvin

Paperback

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Publisher Price: $21.99

ISBN10: 1625858639
ISBN13: 9781625858634
Publisher: History Press
Published: Mar 5 2018
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

Chrissie Hynde, Devo..Rubber City Rebels...The Rubber City's rebel musical roots


Music made in Akron symbolized an attitude more so than a singular sound. Crafted by kids hell-bent on not following their parents into the rubber plants, the music was an intentional antithesis of Top 40 radio. Call it punk or call it new wave, but in a short few years, major labels signed Chrissie Hynde, Devo, the Waitresses, Tin Huey, the Bizarros, the Rubber City Rebels and Rachel Sweet. They had their own bars, the Crypt and the Bank. They had their own label, Clone Records. They even had their own recording space, Bushflow Studios. London's Stiff Records released an Akron compilation album, and suddenly there were Akron Nights in London clubs and CBGB was waiving covers for people with Akron IDs. Author Calvin Rydbom of the Akron Sound Museum remembers that short time when the Rubber City was the place.

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