The Slits
Caroline Coon, '1988: The New Wave Punk Rock Explosion', 1977
ONE OF THE arguments trotted out to minimize punk rock was that however good or bad the sound was live, it would be impossible to capture it in a studio; therefore no one would buy punk rock records.
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