Abstract

Flyers, posters, magazines, files, and zines relating to American punk and alternative culture collected or created by Aaron Cometbus, including his own work as a writer and musician.

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Collection consists of interview notes taken by Bart Mills, newspaper and magazine clippings, press releases, press photos and slides, and other materials relating to punk music. Includes files on Hugh Cornwell of the Stranglers and the film "Rude Boy," a film about a roadie for the Clash. Also includes materials on the Sex Pistols, Patti Smith, and other musicians.

Content Description 73 flyers documenting performances by the influential Texas hardcore punk band Big Boys. The flyers document Big Boys performances as either headliners or opening acts with other groups, primarily at Texas venues but also a few out-of-state shows in California and Washington DC. Other acts featured include The Dicks, Butthole Surfers, Black Flag, Toxic Shock, Social Unrest, The Judy's, The Jitters, New Torpedoes, Huns, Terminal Mind, Circle Jerks, The Sluts, Radio Planets, Derelicts, Minor...

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Approximately 342 show flyers for Hardcore punk music events in Washington DC, 1981 - 1991. Bands featured include Minor Threat, Suicidal Tendencies, Fugazi, Scream, Iron Cross, Government Issue, Trouble Funk, Big Boys, Black Market Baby, The Faith, No Labels, Void, Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Marginal Man, Velvet Monkeys, Braille Party, and many more. Venues include DC Space, 9:30 Club, Space II Arcade, All Souls Church, Wilson Center, along with local schools and rec centers.

Abstract The collection features material focused on Cortez's activities as co-founder and manager of the Mudd Club, 1977-1979, with items by or relating to artists with whom he collaborated, such as Jimmy de Sana, Arto Lindsay, Kathy Acker, James Nares and Boris Policeband, and Diego's original artwork for the seminal "No New York" (1978) LP. There are 7 black and white photographs (5x7) by Digne Meller Marcovicz taken around Diego's film "Grutzi Elvis" shot in Germany (1978), 11 black and white...

Abstract Approximately 135 pieces complied by Diego Cortez comprising of material related to both his 1981 No Wave show at PS1 and many of the personalities involved in the artistic and musical scenes of the period, including Jimmy DeSana, James Chance, Anya Phillips, Fab 5 Freddy, Bob Gruen, Robert Gordon, Glenn O'Brien, Legs O'Neil, Ray Johnson, Debbie Harry, and Jean-Michel Basquiat, among others. The collection also contains concert flyers, photographs, and exhibition materials, including early...

Abstract

Punk and underground music related magazines and fanzines. Also files on bands and punk venues that include flyers, posters, and other ephemera. The remainder of the collection, which includes 500 LP, 45, and CD recordings, along with approximately 100 related books have been cataloged individually.

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Collection provides a comprehensive account of Gretchen Phillips' musical career, including posters, fan mail, contracts, and correspondence with other artists, record companies, and manager Jim Fouratt.

Content Description The Keith Busch Northeast Ohio Punk Archive documents the graphic and musical activities of zine-maker, designer, and musician Keith Busch, dating from 1979 to 1990. It contains approximately 300 unique sheets of original collage and mockup for zines, flyers, and posters; 19 complete zines; 82 Xerox flyers and mockup sheets; three original collage artworks; and 49 cassette tapes of music by Ragged Bags, live recordings of local shows, mix tapes, and other home recordings. The materials...

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Photographs, slides, posters, books, shirts and skateboard decks created by Larry Clark. Photographs are from projects including Tulsa, Teenage Lust, KIDS, and Larry Clark 1992, among others.