BAD VIBES ; ROCK CONCERTS CAN BE A WHOLE NEW EXPERIENCE WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR 11- YEAR-OLD Chicagoland Final Edition

It took a while for the answer to sink in, but eventually I realized that the bad words were probably aimed at me, the parent. One of the essential goals of a punk-rock band is to irritate the older generation, and by winding me up they had achieved the desired effect: I was transformed from a cool...

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Published inChicago tribune (1963)
Main Author John Soss, veteran concertgoer who occasionally uses bad words himself
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chicago, Ill Tribune Publishing Company, LLC 30.07.2006
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Parents & parenting
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Summary:It took a while for the answer to sink in, but eventually I realized that the bad words were probably aimed at me, the parent. One of the essential goals of a punk-rock band is to irritate the older generation, and by winding me up they had achieved the desired effect: I was transformed from a cool dad taking his kid to a rock show into an oversensitive parent. For the first time, I found myself sitting on the other side of the generation gap.
ISSN:1085-6706