David Pearson is Adjunct Associate Professor at Lehman College, USA. He is the author of Rebel Music in the Triumphant Empire: Punk Rock in the 1990s United States (2021).

Stefano Morello is Assistant Director for Digital Projects at the American Social History Project at the CUNY Graduate Center, USA. He has curated the East Bay Punk Digital Archive, The Beats in/and Italy, and The Lung Block exhibits. He is co-editor-in-chief of JAm It! Journal of American Studies in Italy, and serves on the editorial board of the journal Amèrica Critica and the book series Transatlantic Transfers.

Ellen Bernhard is Assistant Professor of Communication at Georgian Court University, USA. She is the author of Contemporary Punk Rock Communities: Scenes of Inclusion and Dedication (2019). She is the president of the Punk Scholars Network US affiliate and sits on the editorial boards of the journal Punk & Post-Punk and the Global Punk book series.