January 15, 2012
Is Punk the New Jazz?
Ebet Roberts, Redferns, Getty Images
A Black Flag performance in 1985 (far left). The label that signed the band, MCA Records, refused to release its debut album because it was "anti-parent."
Recently there was an exhibit in the art gallery at the university where I teach. It was a collection of fliers, posters, and album covers illustrated by Raymond Pettibon for the hard-core punk band Black Flag. Over the course of the exhibition, a series of lectures and films was held, hosted by professors—including me—about the punk scene in Southern California during the late 1970s and early 80s. On opening night, patrons were entertained by a punk-tribute band fronted by a
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