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When X Took Punk Into Reagan Country, the Ride Got Dark
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In this chapter from ‘More Fun in the New World,’ the working-class members of X became Woody Guthrie-like troubadours singing about those left out of the American Dream.
John Doe
Published
Jul. 6 2019
11:15PM EDT
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