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Title: Reagan Youth - Youth Anthems For The New Order
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: N/A, Punk, Anarcho-Punk, New York City, New York 7/26
Condition: Grade not provided (JH) | Members: Dave I (64' - 93'), Paul B (N/A)
Cultural Facts:

1. Personal Struggle: Singer Dave Rubinstein’s girlfriend Tiffany Bresciani was murdered by serial killer Joel Rifkin in 1993; days later Rubinstein’s mother died in a car crash, and he died by suicide soon afterward.

2. Political Science: Reagan Youth used fascist uniforms, Klan imagery, and the president’s name as vicious satire, attacking racism, authoritarianism, the religious right, and Reagan-era America rather than endorsing any of it.

3. Scene Ecology: These recordings preserve the band’s place in early New York hardcore, where anarchist politics, Lower East Side decay, fast punk, and deliberately confrontational artwork collided.