Barstool School! #AkronSound The Music & Musicians That Made Akron Famous
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time for this Past Event
- Wednesday, Oct 23, 2024 7pm
Location
Jilly's Music Room
111 N Main St
Details
CULTURAL SESSION: Presented by Author & Historian Calvin Rydbom (The Akron Sound: The Heyday of the Midwest’s Punk Capital)
Music made in Akron symbolized an attitude more so than a singular sound. Crafted by kids hell-bent on not following their parents into the rubber plants, the music was an intentional antithesis of Top 40 radio. Call it punk or call it new wave, but in a short few years, major labels signed Chrissie Hynde, Devo, the Waitresses, Tin Huey, the Bizarros, the Rubber City Rebels and Rachel Sweet. They had their own bars, the Crypt and the Bank. They had their own label, Clone Records. They even had their own recording space, Bushflow Studios. London’s Stiff Records released an Akron compilation album, and suddenly there were “Akron Nights” in London clubs and CBGB was waiving covers for people with Akron IDs. Author Calvin Rydbom of the “Akron Sound” Museum remembers that short time when the Rubber City was the place. Books available for purchase. Book signing.
5-7PM Happy Hour Meet & Greet (20% off everything during Happy Hour). Program at 7PM. All ticket holders receive a $5 discount on their food and beverage order.
