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Martinez, Amanda Marie. "Suburban Cowboy." California History 98, no. 1 (2021): 83-97.
This article details the violent conflicts between urban cowboys and hardcore punks in suburban spaces of Orange County during the 1980s. Martinez describes the emergence of cowboy and punk culture in the same areas of southern California and the subsequent altercations that occurred between the two groups. She highlights how these fights led the cowboys, who traditionally saw themselves as anti-authority, to align themselves with the police and the city government to shut down the last punk venue in their area. This trend extends into current trends within country music and exclusionary behavior within country music institutions. The author is a Phd candidate at UCLA who specializes in country music culture through the lens of race, politics, and capitalism. “Suburban Cowboy '' provides a window into the construction and strengthening of relationships between country music fans, city officials, and police bodies in southern California, the effects of which we are still feeling in the country music scene.
