The D.C. Punk collection covers the period from 1981-2019; the bulk of the materials date from 1983-1987. The collection includes fliers, posters, recordings, photographs and ephemera related to the punk rock subculture in the Washington, D.C. area, which developed in the late 1970s.
The punk rock community in the Washington, DC area emerged in 1976 with the arrival of bands like the Slickee Boys, Overkill, The Look, and the Controls. By the late 1970s, other bands like the Razz, Urban Verbs and White Boy had helped to build a small but thriving scene in the area. The ascent of the groundbreaking DC hardcore punk band Bad Brains as the 1970s ebbed into the 1980s launched a new era for the scene as bands inspired by Bad Brains -- Minor Threat, Government Issue, The Faith, Scream, Void and many others -- established DC as a punk scene of international consequence. The scene has continued to thrive through the decades, with bands that called the DC area home, like Rites of Spring, Dag Nasty, Bikini Kill, the Nation of Ulysses, Jawbox, Bratmobile, The Dismemberment Plan, Black Eyes, Priests, and scores more all having a significant impact on the evolution of the musical genre and subculture.
Arrangement
This collection is organized into four series.
Fliers and posters
Photographs
Recordings
Ephemera
Provenance
Various gifts of Wendi Berman, Chris Baronner, John Davis, Don Fleming, Karen Jung, Vin Novara, Willona Sloan, and Morgan Ward.
Related Materials
Sharon Cheslow Punk Flyers collection, 1979-1991, Special Collections in Performing Arts, University of Maryland Libraries. (finding aid)
The Aaron Claxton collection on D.C. Hardcore, Special Collections in Performing Arts, University of Maryland Libraries. (finding aid)
John Davis collection on punk, Special Collections in Performing Arts, University of Maryland Libraries. (finding aid)
The D.C. Punk and Indie Fanzine collection, Special Collections in Performing Arts, University of Maryland Libraries. (finding aid)
The Jason Farrell collection, Special Collections in Performing Arts, University of Maryland Libraries. (finding aid)
The Skip Groff papers, Special Collections in Performing Arts, University of Maryland Libraries. (finding aid)
The Tommy Keene collection, Special Collections in Performing Arts, University of Maryland Libraries. (finding aid forthcoming)
Jeff Krulik papers, Special Collections, University of Maryland Libraries. (finding aid)
The Kurt Sayenga collection, Special Collections in Performing Arts, University of Maryland Libraries. (finding aid)
Contact:
University of Maryland Libraries 8270 Alumni Drive
College ParkMD20742United States scpa@umd.edu
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Citation
D.C. Punk collection, Special Collections in Performing Arts, University of Maryland Libraries. https://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/45972 Accessed February 27, 2021.
