Music made in Akron symbolized an attitude more so than a singular sound.
Author Calvin Rydbom of the "Akron Sound" Museum remembers that short time when the Rubber City was the place..
London\'s Stiff Records released an Akron compilation album, and suddenly there were "Akron Nights" in London clubs and CBGB was waiving covers for people with Akron IDs.
They even had their own recording space, Bushflow Studios.
They had their own label, Clone Records.
They had their own bars, the Crypt and the Bank.
Call it Punk or call it new wave, but in a short few years, major labels signed Chrissie Hynde, Devo, the Waitresses, Tin Huey, the Bizarros, the Rubber City Rebels and Rachel Sweet.
Crafted by kids hell-bent on not following their parents into the rubber plants, the music was an intentional antithesis of Top 40 radio.
Music made in Akron symbolized an attitude more so than a singular sound
