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The Chinatown Punk Wars

99% Invisible

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Madame Wong's

Punk bands were not allowed at the Troubadours. They tried sliding in through the back door of alternative, unsuspecting venues. Chinatown seemed edgy mainly because it wasn't rich and it wasn't white. It was safer than a lot of other punk hangouts in LA.

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