The contradictions of the mainstream: Australian views of grunge and commercial success

Redefining Mainstream Popular Music

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 75-86

  Strong, Catherine ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84920616337     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203127858     Document Type: Chapter

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