Surrounded by farms in the middle of the American Midwest, Peoria, Illinois isn’t known for much more than corn stalks and conservatism. Peoria’s even-keeled cultural temperament has made it one of the most popular test markets for consumer goods in the country— if it can “play in Peoria,” as the old cliché goes, then it can catch on anywhere. Including punk rock. In their new book Punks In Peoria: Making a Scene in the American Heartland (available June 2021 via University of Illinois Press), co-authors Dawson Barrett and Jonathan Wright dive deep into the unlikely history of their unassuming hometown’s nascent counterculture. It’s the quintessential story of small-city youth creating something from nothing, and ...
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