Local Unrest

<p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>When Honolulu police were summoned to a Waikiki penthouse early one February morning in 1980 they discovered signs of a brutal attack on the lifeless unclothed body of a local nightclub owner. As news rippled through the city a crucial chain of events kicked off ultimately uniting a disordered muddle of young punks castoffs and firebrands in the name of radical rock and roll. </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Local Unrest</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is the real-life story of a most unusual colorful and dynamic underground music scene almost completely unknown to the outside world.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Through the candid eye-opening accounts of the offbeat nightlifers who built Hawaii's rambunctious punk post-punk and alternative rock communities former music journalist Shawn Speedy Lopes takes us on a fascinating deep dive into the most isolated and overlooked music scene in America.</span></p><p></p>