Punk Under the Red Flag: How Youth Built an Underground Revolution in Socialist Yugoslavia

From Sarajevo’s squat‑filled streets to Belgrade’s Katalog store, this episode explores how young punks in 1980s Yugoslavia hacked out raw noise, forged DIY networks, and survived the Balkan wars. It uncovers fanzines like "Muzika", all‑ages shows, bootleg tape culture, and the cities’ unique musical flavors that stitched an international punk thread beneath a socialist façade.

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