OK besides this below and DEVO coming out of the Kent State massacre, what are other facts you have about the evolution of art / music /etc that wouldn't be obvious if you didn't know but, retroactively, explain and/or illuminate a LOT ?
Reminds me of how almost all the French dadaists and surrealists were WWI veterans of the trenches seriously exploring alternatives to conventional thought and language.
A lot of the emo bands from the early 2000s like My Chemical Romance, and Taking Back Sunday grew up around but not in NYC. This is mostly because of Mayor Rudi Gulianis successful efforts to regulate against the nightlife scene.
The kids needed music and found it just outside the city.
