Reaganized Rock: The 1983 Beach Boys Ban and the U.S. Culture Wars.
In 1983, Ronald Reagan's Interior Secretary, James Watt, decided that rock bands would not perform at the Independence Day celebration that year because they would "attract unwanted elements." With the Beach Boys having played the event in the past, Watt suffered a backlash even from Reagan himself....
| Publicado en: | Popular Music & Society Vol. 44; no. 3; pp. 306 - 324 |
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