California Über Alles: US '90s Punk part 2
Ian Fortnam, Kerrang!, 6 February 1999
After the huge success of GREEN DAY, THE OFFSPRING and RANCID came the inevitable wave of copy-cat bands and the backlash. Here, US punk's movers and shakers discuss what went wrong ― and where the scene is going next...
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