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Anarchy in the Adriatic: Rijeka’s Punk Scene

Emerging in the late 1970s, Rijeka’s punk scene evolved from raw rebellion into a diverse and enduring alternative movement that reshaped Yugoslav rock through experimentation, dissent, and cultural defiance.

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Cam is a music writer and the founder of EX-YU Music: the English-language home for music from the former Yugoslavia and the modern Balkan region. Based in Zagreb.

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