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All Ages: Reflections on Straight Edge

With All Ages, Beth Lahickey presents a comprehensive overview of an underground hardcore music scene. The book includes 29 interviews with people involved in the straight edge scene, some of whom are now in prominent bands.

Themes
music
Setting
USA
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 223 pages

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