About: The Proletariat

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The Proletariat are a punk rock band from Southeastern Massachusetts, whose heyday was during the 1980s, when they were active in the early Boston hardcore scene, sharing the bill with many of the best punk and hardcore punk acts of the time, despite their recorded output having a decidedly non-hardcore aesthetic; the Proletariat show more strongly the musical influences of early British post-punk bands such as Wire and the Gang of Four in their fractured guitar sound and Marxist-themed lyrics.

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  • The Proletariat are a punk rock band from Southeastern Massachusetts, whose heyday was during the 1980s, when they were active in the early Boston hardcore scene, sharing the bill with many of the best punk and hardcore punk acts of the time, despite their recorded output having a decidedly non-hardcore aesthetic; the Proletariat show more strongly the musical influences of early British post-punk bands such as Wire and the Gang of Four in their fractured guitar sound and Marxist-themed lyrics. (en)
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  • The Proletariat's original lineup, left to right: Tom McKnight, Frank Michaels, Peter Bevilacqua, and Richard Brown. (en)
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  • * Richard Brown * Peter Bevilacqua * Tom McKnight * Don Sanders (en)
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  • "Bread and Circus" excerpt, from Soma Holiday. (en)
  • "An Uneasy Peace" excerpt, with Roger Miller on keyboards, from Indifference. (en)
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  • The Proletariat - An Uneasy Peace.ogg (en)
  • The Proletariat - Bread and Circus.ogg (en)
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  • Hardcore punk (en)
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  • The Proletariat (en)
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  • Southeastern Massachusetts, United States (en)
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  • * Frank Michaels * Laurel Ann Bowman † * Steve Welch (en)
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  • The Proletariat "An Uneasy Peace" (en)
  • The Proletariat "Bread and Circus" (en)
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