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| | READ Magazine - Youth Brigade / BYO / Shawn Stern Interview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17) |
 | | BETTER YOUTH ORGANIZATION (BYO) was envisioned as a collective, positive voice for the often maligned "punk, independent, alternative," music community. |
 | | Brothers Shawn and Mark Stern, who, along with younger brother Adam made up the notorious band Youth Brigade, started BYO in '79 as a reaction against police violence and the general negative outlook held against the punk music scene in Los Angeles. |
 | | In 1982, BYO released its first LP, Someone Got Their Head Kicked In, an influential compilation showcasing local punk bands that would later heavily impact the scene-Social Distortion, Bad Religion, The Adolescents, and Youth Brigade. |
| www.readmag.com /Interviews/youthbrigade.htm (1953 words) |
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