No Choice But Action: The Kansas Postpunk Revolution
No Choice But Action: The Kansas Postpunk Revolution, 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.
Yes there was punk in Kansas. And Postpunk. And Indie.
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“Francis Connor and Darren DeFrain have thoroughly researched and written a fantastic book about post -punk music in Kansas. They examine the history of zines and institutions like college radio. All to show that pop rebellion in the Midwest was intellectually engaged and smarter than we thought.”--Kevin Mattson, author of We’re Not Here to Entertain: Punk Rock, Ronald Reagan, and the Real Culture War of 1980s America
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