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Bad Brains – Rock for Light (1983)

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Martin Douglas dives into Rock for Light by Bad Brains. It's a story of how Black punks from one Washington (D.C.) influenced punk in the other Washington (state). 

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Martin Douglas dives into Rock for Light by Bad Brains. It's a story of how Black punks from one Washington (D.C.) influenced punk in the other Washington (state). 

Link to article mentioned in the final segment: https://afropunk.com/2019/02/bhm-the-agony-and-ecstasy-of-a-queer-bad-brains-fan/ 

Hosts: Dusty Henry and Martin Douglas
Audio Producers: Martin Douglas and Roddy Nikpour
Podcast Manager: Isabel Khalili
Editorial Director: Larry Mizell, Jr. 

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