Thriving punk culture seen as response to frustrations at unemployment, urban violence, police brutality and deprivationAs black-clad police combatants charged into the hillside favela and opened fire, a black-clad pu...
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As black-clad police combatants charged into the hillside favela and opened fire, a black-clad punk scurried out of the community in the opposite direction, his hands trembling from fright.
“Holy shit! All those guns! Things are getting ugly!” spluttered Rodrigo Cilirio, the founder and bassist of one of Rio’s most enduring punk bands, as he took cover behind a tree.
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Thriving punk culture seen as response to frustrations at unemployment, urban violence, police brutality and deprivationAs black-clad police combatants charged into the hillside favela and opened fire, a black-clad pu...
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