A musical gateway to SoCal punk
Author Stacy Russo brings us her primer playlist of female artists from the 1970s and 1980s Southern California punk rock scene.
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Stacy Russo is the author of We Were Going to Change the World: Interviews with Women From the 1970s & 1980s Southern California Punk Rock Scene. In this q gateway, Russo brings us her primer playlist of female artists from this era and shares stories about the impact these women had on the punk rock movement as a whole.
— Produced by Vanessa Nigro
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