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Podcast: Ongoing History of New Music
Episode: The History of Alt-Rock: Chapter 4
Description: In the middle 1970s, Britain was a mess...like the rest of the west, the country was blindsided by the Arab oil embargo...it was a recession that just wouldn’t end...And to make matters worse, everyone seemed to be going on strike; from coal miners to gravediggers...unemployment was high, especially amongst young people...The once mighty British Empire was in big trouble...there was a sense that it was all over...done...there was no future...Complicating this was the class system...those at the top (including the Monarchy) kept on...