PUNKS ON CINEMA: 'Nightclubbing: The Birth of Punk Rock in NYC'

PUNKS ON CINEMA: 'Nightclubbing: The Birth of Punk Rock in NYC'

Author: The Kings of Punk December 13, 2024 Duration: 1:20:31

Hold onto your popular knapsack, because the latest episode of KINGS OF PUNK PODCAST has arrived in many different listening locations!

Tubi-coded documentary "Nightclubbing: The Birth of Punk Rock in NYC" compiles lots of reminiscence about NYC’s underground rock grit, but did it do anything for THE KINGS? Our hosts dissect the documentary (suggested to us by a beloved listener [they’re all beloved, by all of us]), assessing its approach and sharing our own thoughts regarding its subject matter.

But that's not all— we recorded this in the wake of the recent U.S. Presidential election, so you get to hear some off-topic and on-brand KOPPOD musings regarding its result.


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Stupid Eric Adams video we reference in episode and also in this description: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk2Wc4Y5CxE

Theme music by Jake Razor w/apologies to NEGATIVE APPROACH and POISON IDEA

Other music in this episode by SHRAPNEL and ELLIOT MURPHY






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