Been enjoying the hardcore thread so thought I would post some of my handbill collection to show you where I use to hang out.

dont tease us connell... you have way more than that

i simply grew up in the wrong time period

You were in SF back in the day? Man, I remember most of those posters. Aw, look ... Sally Mutant is so young! I wish I'd saved posters from back then. The ones from '77 to '80 or so were great, some real creativity in the days of Xerox-abuse. The On Broadway was a cool space. Better than the Mab downstairs. I also liked the Savoy Tivoli for that "if there's a fire we're all dead" sort of feeling.

the on broadway one is CHOICE!

KILLER thread. Totally digging the Fear On Broadway flyer, BF, DK and Whitehouse on the same flyer, that's just fucked.

Yeah I worked for a SF punk mag (Damage.) Well worked is not the operative word. I crashed at their offices which was above Target Video in the Mission and in return they let me work for them. Working for Damage got me into all the shows for free so basically that's all I did for a few years. That and go on the road with a few bands.

Original painting from Hardcore Flyer Show at Empire State Tattoo Gallery.
If I had a couple of G's, It would've went home with me.

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another original

that is fuckin badass!

sean taggart rules

Great painting!
Thanks for representing the East Coast Lamour.

No way! That's amazing! I remember Damage magazine very well. I kept all my copies but mom threw 'em away when I was at school, too bad. I tried looking for archived copies on the Web a few times but have never found any.

Did you know any of the guys in Crime? I used to hang out at Hank Rank (well, Henry Rosenthal's) "Complex," where he and Carola (who was in VS) still live, which was initially how I met a lot of the SF punk people before I was technically old enough to get into shows on my own (not that anyone was carding in those days.) Later knew the Re/Search, SRL and Residents peeps, as punk went to LA and Industrial took over in SF. I still see a few people from those days around, but many moved away or died or grew up LOL. Also remember the ubiquitous Target Video folks being at almost every single show, up in the front with their primitive video cameras.

Ahh this breaks my heart. I had a full box of 79-82 San Diego flyers, every friggen weekend. Wabash Hall, Fairmont Hall, Lions Club, Kings Rd Cafe, Adams Ave Theatre. 6 years ago the box vanished. I dont remember ever throwing it out. I look in storage, closet, even my moms garage in SD. No where. (sad weeping)

I have a cd of 1000s of punk / hxc flyers if anyone wants a copy?
Also recommend the book "Fucked up and photocopied".
xxx

Damn! Had to wipe a little tear from my eye. Your dredging up the days of yore. Crime ruled! I actually interviewed Hank for Damage (well it started out an interview till we both got to drunk to talk.) All my friends hated Crime. I use to have to sneak off to see there shows which made me like them even more. Oh God! Mark Pauline from SRL was one crazy dude I loved their earlier shows where you got to interact with the elements of danger and mayhem. You never knew if you might loose a limb or get creamed by some large piece of flying shrapnel. They sort of lost there appeal for me when they started separating the audience from their performances but still amazingly talented people. Half the stuff you see at Burning Man these days came out of SRL. I'm sure we cross paths somewhere back there.

Yeah, wouldn't surprise me at all if we were at some of the same places back then. There was a lot of resentment for Crime because of their arrogance, but it was all an act of course. In person they were the nicest guys in the world, and very smart. Their logo had to be 30% bigger than any other band's on advertising for them to approve it, they called themselves "San Francisco's only Rock and Roll Band" LOL etc. Pissed a lot of people off. I loved that they played San Quentin in SFPD uniforms, brilliant, and the inmates loved it. Their music holds up better than some of the bands that I was more into at the time. Same with some Tuxedomoon and The Avengers. They still sound good.

I almost went to work for Pauline/SRL at one point but the atmosphere 'round their shop was a little too harsh for my skin at the time. It was like you weren't allowed to show that you were enjoying the work or something. I knew a lot of folks in that crew, and one who's still with them. I just wish they were allowed to do shows in SF! The SFFD pretty much shut that down permanently, after they almost melted down a freeway overpass with a tower of burning pianos LOL. Agreed about the Burning Man comment, but also ALL "robot wars." They're almost never credited for starting it all. From what I hear they don't care though. They're more about the work than the glory.

Do you remember Andy Prieboy from Eye Protection? Last I heard, he was writing a musical intended for Broadway about Axl Rose LOL. Hm.

Anyway thanks again for a cool thread and the memories. I could go on all day about this stuff but it'd just bore everyone.

By all means, feel free to go on all day. I love hearing some good old punk stories.

Great flyers plastic. Makes me want to listen to some Bad Posture. Time for smack...anytime is the right time for smack! Haha.

Cool thread!

I had a nice collection of local stuff (Louisville Hardcore) from back in the day, but sadly it was lost to a crazy mom. She went crazy and tossed it one day!

I still grab a few when I get the chance. I have a few Misfits and other local punk stuff.