Ken Burns' Butt Rock

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Def Leppard. Warrant. Grim Reaper. We may recognize these as great hair metal bands of the 1980s. But they are part of a larger movement, deeply rooted in the history of our country, a movement we call Butt Rock. Historians, authors and artists of note place this ground-breaking genre in its cultural and historical context. Watch the introduction to the sprawling, 36-hour Ken Burns epic, "Butt Rock," coming later this year to PBS.

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