The Akron Sound: It's Everything, and Then It's Gone

Synopsis

In the early 1970s, rubber was still king in Akron, Ohio. But just a few short years later, Akron's most important product was, ever so briefly, music. In the mid-1970s, a group of local bands took over an old rubber workers' hang-out in downtown Akron called The Crypt and created a mix of punk and art rock that came to be known as "the Akron Sound." And for a while, it was almost "the next big thing." Almost. It's Everything, and Then It's Gone, a Western Reserve PBS production written and directed by Phil Hoffman., takes viewers back to a time when the music really did mean everything. And for the men and women in these local bands, it was a way out of the factory.

Main Cast

Devo

Themselves

Age : N/A | Popularity : 10%

Joe Walsh

Self

Age : 77 | Popularity : 24%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Phil Hoffman
Department	Role	Name

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