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Stadium Concerts
In the 1970s, stadiums became the main venue for staging concert performances of popular music. From country and rock music stars to more...
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David Koresh and the Branch Davidians
The 1993 stand-off between federal agents and people inside the Branch Davidian compound at Waco, Texas, resulted in the deaths of approximately 80...
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The Replacements
A Minneapolis punk quartet that formed in 1979, the Replacements gained quick notoriety for their inebriated, freewheeling live performances....
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Highway System
In the mid-1950s, at a time when Detroit automobile manufacturers sold 7.92 million cars in one year and 70 percent of American families owned...
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Quiz Show Scandals
In 1958, while television was still in its infancy, Americans were still innocent about the medium's predilection to sacrifice veracity in favor of...
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The Dead Kennedys
Singer Jello Biafra's politically confrontational lyrics lived up to the provocative billing of his group's name: the Dead Kennedys. Biafra's...
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On the Road
Jack Kerouac's 1957 novel was a mostly autobiographical travelogue of cross-country trips that Kerouac took during the late 1940s. On the Road's...
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Singles Bars
Singles bars flourished in the 1970s, reflecting the sweeping changes that followed the Sexual Revolution and the attempted passage of the Equal...
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Tommy Ramone
Generally regarded as the forefathers of the punk rock movement, the Ramones--Joey, Dee Dee, Johnny, and Tommy--formed in Forest Hills, New York,...
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Leisure Time
Despite the persistent complaints Americans make about not having enough free time, the twentieth century ushered in an unprecedented age of...
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