Punk in College Park

From Bad Brains and the Slickee Boys performing at the Varsity Grill Backroom on Route 1 to the Ramones performing at Stamp to Fugazi at Ritchie Coliseum, the University of Maryland and the city of College Park have been important sites for punks to perform, zines to be started, and for bands to take shape since the 1970s. Despite the city's ill-fated attempt to ban punk from its venues in 1979, the fliers and zines below document the persistence of the scene.

Fliers

Bad Brains, Snitch, Penetrators, Kid Band members - Varsity Grill, College Park, Maryland 3/25/79

Billy Hancock and the Tennessee Rockets, Slickee Boys, Bad Brains - University of Maryland Colony Ballroom - College Park, Maryland, 4/11/1980

Ramones, Slickee Boys - University of Maryland Grand Ballroom - College Park, Maryland, 6/8/1980

999 - University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland - October 13, 1981

Fingerprintz - The Pub, College Park, Maryland, February 2, 1982

Slickee Boys - University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, May 4, 1982

Necros, Meatmen, Iron Cross - The Mill, Adelphi, Maryland, August 11, 1982

MDC, Exiled, Hate from Ignorance, Scream - The Mill, Adelphi, Maryland, September 2, 1982

Mighty Invaders and Slickee Boys - University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, September 17, 1982

The Slickee Boys - University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland - May 6th, 1983

Violent Femmes and Slickee Boys concert flier, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland - October 14, 1983

Scream concert flier, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, November 4, 1983 (Version 2)

The Obsessed and Slickee Boys - University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, February 24, 1984

Government Issue - King Kong Restaurant, Adelphi, Maryland - July 16, 1984

Gray Matter - King Kong Restaurant, Adelphi, Maryland - August 21, 1984 (Front)

Gray Matter - King Kong Restaurant, Adelphi, Maryland - August 21, 1984 (Reverse)

Replacements - King Kong Club, Adelphi, Maryland, September 23, 1984

Autumn Music Festival, the Slickee Boys, the Lyres concert flier - Adele H. Stamp Student Union, College Park, Maryland, October 27, 1984

Slickee Boys - University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, circa November 17, 1984

Malefice - King Kong Restaurant, Adelphi, Maryland - November 21, 1984

Government Issue - University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland - December 6, 1984

The Slickee Boys and Black Market Baby concert poster - Adele H. Stamp Student Union, College Park, Maryland, April 19, 1985

The Wanktones and the Vibrato Brothers - Stamp Union Atrium, College Park, Maryland, November 21, 1985

The Slickee Boys and the Rhomboids - Stamp Student Union Colony Ballroom, College Park, Maryland, November 22, 1985

The Slickee Boys and the Rhomboids - Stamp Student Union, Colony Ballroom, College Park, Maryland, November 22, 1985

Marginal Man - WMUC, College Park, Maryland, April 26, 1986

Barrence Whitfield and the Savages - University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, May 8, 1986

Butthole Surfers and Government Issue - University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, November 21, 1988

Black Tambourine concert flier, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, April 26, 1990 (Version 1)

Black Tambourine concert flier, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, April 26, 1990 (Version 2)

Fugazi, Hoover, Slant 6 concert flier – Ritchie Coliseum, College Park, Maryland, April 2, 1993

Jawbox, Chisel, and Corm – University of Maryland Colony Ballroom, College Park, Maryland, September 28, 1996

Franklin, Jenhitt, The Elusive, and Atom & His Package concert flier - WMUC, College Park, Maryland, October 11, 1997

Zines

Unicorn Times article, "WMUC: Something In The Air," December 1981