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AAA are typically known as a politically slanted ska-punk act, but the band has always leaned a bit more heavily to the punk side of things, and this fact has become even more evident the longer they've been around.
- 1 2 "Against All Authority". Allmusic. Retrieved June 11, 2007.
- ↑ "A Punk Band That Most Certainly Does Not Suck". Nerve Magazine . Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved June 11, 2007.
