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No Choice But Action: A Critical History of Kansas Postpunk

No Choice But Action, coming in September 2026 from the University Press of Kansas, aims to recover Kansas' oft-overlooked contributions to American independent and alternative music. It will tell the stories of legendary and should-be-legendary bands  including The Embarrassment, Get Smart!, Micronotz, Start, Short-Term Memory, The Mumbles, The New Wave Brothers, Schloss Tegal, and Abuse, along with others from Wichita, Lawrence, and elsewhere; and it will, among other things, explain why it matters that Ron Klaus wrecked his house.
by Fran Connor and Darren DeFrain
Yes there was punk in Kansas. And Postpunk. And Indie.

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