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Podcast: Pantheon - Podcasts for Music Lovers
Episode: Prisoners of Rock and Roll -- Whip It Good! New Wave
Description: Rock and roll started to lose its way in the late 1970s. The bands that once sounded dangerous were now playing 10-minute guitar solos in hockey arenas. Progressive rock groups were building entire albums around fantasy epics. Disco had taken over the charts and dance floors. Punk exploded then quickly burned out.Â
If you were a kid looking for something fresh, rock and roll felt a little…tired.Â
Then something strange started happening in clubs in New York and London. Bands were showing up wearing skinny ties instead of denim, playing short, sharp songs that mixe...