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The town known simply as Giles backed Milei for president in October 2023, when the 54-year-old economist and punk rocker swept to power as an outsider with a radical plan to fix Argentina's broken economy.

From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025

Prof Richard Butler, from the University of Birmingham who co-led the research, told BBC News that it was the "punk rocker" of its time.

From BBC • Aug. 27, 2025

Forty years and two months ago, Duff McKagan first arrived in Los Angeles as a fresh-faced punk rocker with ambitions of taking over the world.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2024

"August's subway crush becomes the best part of her day, but pretty soon, she discovers there's one big problem: Jane doesn't just look like an old school punk rocker," read the book's plot synopsis.

From Salon • Aug. 19, 2023

Our school had a costume party, and I went dressed as a punk rocker.

From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda