Bibliograph

The Akron sound, the heyday of the Midwest's punk capital, Calvin C. Rydbom

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Label

The Akron sound, the heyday of the Midwest's punk capital, Calvin C. Rydbom

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Akron sound

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Calvin C. Rydbom

Sub title

the heyday of the Midwest's punk capital

Summary

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

Target audience

adult

Classification