Punk Underground (15 results)

Glossy wrappers saddle-stapled. Condition: Very Good. The Pizz [cover] (illustrator). First Edition. Small 4to (8.25 x 11 inches). Pp. 87, including covers. Illustrated throughout with black & white photography and comix. Printed on newspaper stock with glossy wraps, saddle-stapled with a color cover illustration by The Pizz. Just a hint of edge-wear. A bright copy. This issue features a cover illustration by The Pizz, with articles on Vertigo, Stripminers, Don Fleming, Jerry Lee Lewis, the Dwarves, Crawlspace, etc. Now housed in a removable, clear archival sleeve with an acid-free backing.

Glossy wrappers saddle-stapled. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Small 4to (8.25 x 11 inches). Pp. 84, including covers. Illustrated throughout with black & white photography and comix. Printed on newspaper stock with photo-illustrated glossy wraps, saddle-stapled. Some age-toning and slight edge wear. A bright copy. This issue with features a Charles Peterson cover photo, with articles on Poison Idea, Laughing Hyenas, Seattle's Cat Butt featuring David Duet and Charlie Ryan ("Circus Charlie"), and a fine Peterson photo of the U-Men. Now housed in a removable, clear archival sleeve with an acid-free backing.

Printed wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo. Pp. 24, including covers. Illustrated with black & white illustrations and comix. Bound in loose paper wrappers. A bright copy with just a suggestion of wear. A super cool fanzine largely devoted to the Cramps and the garage milieux, with references to the Fuzztones, "Riot on Sunset Strip," the Nomads, the Legendary Stardust Cowboy, etc. Includes a two-sided Tim Elcoch poster measuring 12 x 17 inches. Now housed in a removable, clear archival sleeve with an acid-free backing.

Poster. Condition: Good+. First Edition. Single sheet 11 x 17 poster printed on buff card stock. Light foxing, chips and pinholes to corners. Jim Basnight's second band the Moberlys was formed in 1978 and disbanded in 1980. Now housed in a removable, clear archival sleeve with acid-free backing.

Poster. Condition: Good+. First Edition. Single sheet 11 x 17 poster printed on yellow card stock. Light foxing to upper portion, chips and pinholes to corners. Chinas Comidas was founded by ex-Red Dress members Cynthia Genser and Rich Riggins, and the bands frequently gigged together around 1980. Now housed in a removable, clear archival sleeve with acid-free backing.

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Single sheet poster printed single-sided. Poster measures 8.5 inches x 14 inches. Printed on pink paper with black & white illustrations. Small chip at lower right corner; several thumbtack holes to top; small marks. Circa 1981. Chinas Comidas was founded by Cynthia Genser, who was often presented in the band's imagery a la Warhol's portrait of Edie Sedgwick.The band included Rich Riggins, Dog Midtskog, and Mark and Brock Wheaton. Now housed in a removable, clear archival sleeve with acid-free backing.

Condition: Very Good. R. K. Sloane [front cover]; Jeff Gaither, Michael Roden, Ed Roth [rear cover] (illustrator). First Edition. 4to. Pp. 56, including covers. Illustrated throughout with black & white photography and comix. Printed on newspaper stock, saddle-stapled with an illustration by R. K. Sloane on front cover and rear cover illustration by Jeff Gaither, Michael Roden. Old horizontal fold now mellowed, minor edge-wear. An early issue in the original large format, before the fanzine transitioned to the smaller glossy size. This issue features articles on Anthrax, Big Stick, Doctors Mob, Faith No More, Seattle stand-outs the U-Men, The Mentors, Samhain, etc. Now housed in a removable, clear archival sleeve with an acid-free backing. Printed wrappers saddle-stapled.

Loose sheet. Condition: Near Fine. First Printing. Poster measures 8.5 x 11 inches with black printing on pink stock. Original flyer for Mental Mannequin performing at the Seattle Concert Theater, May 29, admission $3.50. With a few pinholes, and slight evidence of wear. In sum, a well preserved copy. Mental Mannequin was Charles "Upchuck" Gerra's band Clone reformed, using most of the same musicians, including Gordon Raphael, Mike Davidson (formerly of the Lewd), Barb and Ben Ireland, and Pony. Later, Upchuck, also known as Charles Garrish, would form the Fags, Wad Squad and other combos, both in Seattle and New York, before returning to Seattle, ill with AIDS. He passed away in 1990.A fine example of the DIY ethos of the punk-new wave era, the Seattle Concert Theater was an ill-used venue operated as a screening theater for movie critics. Long gone, the theater was situated across Fairview Avenue from the Seattle Times building. Poster is now housed in a removable, clear archival sleeve.

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Loose sheet printed both sides, bifolium measures 8 x 11.75 inches; opened, 16 x 11.75 inches. Illustrated with black & white photographs and comix. Crease across middle now mellowed. A newsletter and guide to the Tom Robinson Band's 1979 North American Tour - North American inasmuch as it included a single Canadian stop in Vancouver, BC. Scarce. The "Seattle" venue was a short-lived spot on Pacific Highway South near Federal Way. Now housed in a removable, clear archival sleeve with an acid free backing.

Loose single sheet. Condition: Good-. First Printing. Poster for for the show organized to benefit Search & Destroy fanzine. Poster measures 11.5" x 17.25" on white photocopy stock Light-to-heavy wear to edges, and with a thin drip of red paint on left edge. A war-torn copy, for sure, with evidence of having been both posted on a telephone pole and, with tape residue on verso, an apartment wall; but that it survived at all is notable. Named after the Stooges song, and occasionally appended with New Wave Cultural Research or just New Cultural Research, Search & Destroy was founded by V. Vale with seed money provided by Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti -- $100 from each.With high production standards and, importantly, an insider's awareness of a hyper-critical scene in which bunkum was immediately recognized and derided, the fanzine not only documented the lively San Francisco scene, but was filled with dispatches from West Coast cities from Vancouver down to San Diego. Loaded with intelligent writing and excellent photography. Vale's interests in the breadth of underground bohemia is evidenced by occasional fine art, film and literary coverage of the latter, William Burroughs and J. G. Ballard received generous coverage. Vale later founded the magazine RE/Search, which has transitioned into an extant publishing house. .

Condition: Very Good. First Printing. Original two-color showbill measures 8.5" x 13.75". Features five nights of shows in May, 1981, cover charge $3 per night. Two scuffs, each the size of a nickel. Slight edge-wear. Very Good. The first billing features the Lewd, then located in San Francisco, with the Refuzors as supporting act. That was the infamous "Splat Went the Cat" show when Mike Refuzor wielded a roadkill cat the band chanced upon while driving to the show. Refuzor threw the cat from stage, creating a scene when audience members followed suit. The U-Men, not listed, opened the show. Other bands include Student Nurse, the Deans, X-15, the Pudz, Frazz, the Fags, and others. Danceland USA was a short-lived all-ages venue above the York Diner, a 24-hour greasy spoon at First and Pike.

Loose broadside. Condition: Very Good. First Printing. Original poster measures 11.5 x 17.5 inches with black printing on white stock. Features four bands with three from Vancouver, BC and one (the Look) from Seattle playing at Washington Hall on August 11, admission $3.50. Pinholes at top lower margins, light age-toning. It's not surprising DOA was playing Seattle in 1979: they were one of the first West Coast punk bands to tour the I-5 corridor, and did so incessantly. This was DOA's second show in Seattle.Washington Hall, a rental venue, remains active today. Scarce. Poster is now in a clear, removable archival sleeve.

Loose leaf. Condition: Near Fine. First printing. Original black & white poster on yellow stock measures 5.5 x 8.5 inches. Features the Ramones playing Live in Concert at the Norway Center, January 5, 1979, with special guests The Enemy and The Stripes, admission $5.00. Pinholes at upper corners, otherwise in clean condition. An early Seattle visit from the Queens foursome following two previous visits to Seattle: the infamous March 1977 show at the Georgian Room at the Olympic Hotel, and two shows at the Paramount Theater, playing with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (also 1977) and with the Runaways (1978). Now housed in a removable, clear archival sleeve with an acid-free backing.

Loose single sheet. Condition: Very Good-. First Printing. Photocopy poster on white stock measures 8.5 x 11 inches. With a short half-inch chip at upper left margin; horizontal crease and crease at upper right corner, both now mellowed. On the recto "9131" is written in pencil, on verso, "Oric Vei [/} PO Box 159 Cooper Station, NY NY 10003" A pleasantly unrefined, early punk poster from 1977. While not the first Dils show in San Francisco (that occurred in July 1977), it was an early gig. Tickets are stated as available from any Bass outlet "or any NUN." The following year the Nuns would open up for the Sex Pistols at their final show, San Francisco. Now housed in a clear, removable, archival sleeve with an acid-free backing.

Promotional poster advertising the release of a 45-RPM extended-play record titled "Kill Yourself." Poster measures 18" x 25.5". Exposed dimensions are 17" x 24.5". Three-color printed on glossy stock. The Lewd were formed in 1977 by Derek Weikel who, as "Satin Sheets" and, later, "J. Satz Beret" or just Satz, had been a member o Ze Fabulous Whiz Kidz. The theatrical troupe transitioned to a glam band, a high point was opening for the New York Dolls at Seattle's Moore Theater, 1974. When they disbanded, member Tomato du Plenty founded the Screamers, and Satz formed the Lewd, a band that gleefully exploited the opportunity to offend. After exhausting the few limited venues in Seattle, Satz and bassist Kurdt Vanderhoof ("Blobbo") quit Seattle for San Francisco, where new members were recruited, including Olga DeVolga (see our f.Stop Fitzgerald photo for reference to VS). As a footnote, Vanderhoof was exposed to the punk underground when the Ramones, on their first tour, 1977, played to a tavern filled with bewildered loggers in the remote town of Aberdeen, WA. Unfamiliar with the expansive Western geography, it was as far west as the Ramones could drive before hitting the Pacific Ocean. Later, Kurt Cobain would spell his name as "Kurdt" in homage to his fellow Aberdeen-refugee.