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‘We’re creating a movement': Punk rock in Gainesville? Check out this show at Blackstrap Rock Hall
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Blackstrap Rock Hall owner Kyle Sanders is leading a local music scene resurgence in Gainesville with his live music venue and music school Let There Be Rock. - photo by Scott Rogers
When you think of Gainesville’s music scene — insofar as you think of one at all — you probably picture some aging cover band churning out the classic-rock hits of yore, the commercially palatable tunes recycled endlessly on the radio, the rock n’ roll anthems that everyone seems to know and love.