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- ↑ Berman, Judy (13 January 2016). "The Forgotten Women of Punk: CBGB Vets The Erasers on Their Radically Populist Art-Punk". Flavorwire. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ↑ Williams, Alex (10 May 2019). "Susan Beschta, Punk Rocker Turned Judge, Is Dead at 67". The New York Times . Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ↑ Blush, Steven (2016). New York Rock: From the Rise of The Velvet Underground to the Fall of CBGB. New York: St. Martin's Griffin. p. 200. ISBN 9781250083623.
