Rehearsals on the Ground Floor: How Punk's Cramped Spaces Built a Movement

This episode dives into the humble rehearsal rooms that became punk’s raw sound crucible—basements, storage units, abandoned warehouses—and how their cramped conditions and DIY spirit shaped music, community, and distribution. From shared amps to impromptu jams, we trace how these spaces seeded the networks that carried punk from garage to global underground.

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