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PUNK @ 50 Alle Gegen Alles

This issue of GEGENÜBER presents punk not as a closed chapter in pop history, but as a source of cultural energy that feels surprisingly at home in the present: unruly, creative, sometimes irritating, sometimes inspiring, and still difficult to tame. Punk Is Not Dead. It's 50!

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A Brief History of Punk in Germany

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Culture War in Punk

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