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1995

Drawn from the punk collections at UMD, these images illustrate the year in D.C. punk. Explore by category or click an image to find more.

FLIERS

A tan and black flier with a large photograph of a motorcycle with motion blur.
Edsel, Trusty, and Corm - Black Cat, Washington, D.C., January 13, 1995
A black and white coloring page with muppet-like puppets without faces upon which details for a concert are written in black marker.
Fugazi, Slant 6, Onespot Fringehead – UMBC Ballroom, Catonsville, Maryland, March 2, 1995
A small blue all-text flier with show information in many lines of large and small all-captialized text.
Junkyard Band - Laurel High School Gymnasium, Laurel, Maryland - April 21, 1995
A small landscape-oriented flier with text in bold sans-serif imposed over an abstract black and white photograph.
Chisel - Black Cat, Washington, D.C. - May 26, 1995
A bright yellow flier made out of a page of classified ads in a newspaper with rectangles cut out on an angle in which show information is displayed in bold black text.
Frodus and Corm – House show, Potomac, Maryland, June 16, 1995
Light orange flier with text in oblique serif type awith a large photo of Thomas Edison holding a hand to his ear and listening.
Kerosene 454, Christie Front Drive, Corm, and Electro Ingenico - Club Soda, Washington, D.C., July 7, 1995
A bright green flier with band names in large bold black text of descending size above an illustrated wrench tightening a bolt surrounded by the words 'Submit. Obey. Consume. Deny.'
Frodus, Bracket, and Corm – Black Cat, Washington, D.C., August 10, 1995
AA black and white flier with a large photograph of a group of people holding signs that read 'FREE D.C.' underneath a heading that reads 'FIGHT BACK!'
Alternatives Festival - October 14, 1995
A small, white landscape-oriented flier with 'BLUE TIP' printed in bold, oblique text on a small scroll over two blue stripes.
Bluetip - Black Cat, Washington, D.C. - October 25, 1995 (Version 1)
A small, cream landscape-oriented flier with 'BLUE TIP' printed in bold, oblique text on a small scroll over two black stripes.
Bluetip - Black Cat, Washington, D.C. - October 25, 1995 (Version 2)
A small landscape oriented flier with oblique text over an abstract green rhombus and green ring.
Kepone - Black Cat, Washington, D.C. - December 23, 1995

ZINES

A large broadside with red ink on white paper featuring a large photograph of an ice skater posed in a catch-foot position.
Sweet Portable You fanzine, Issue 90, March 14, 1995
A zine cover with a large desaturated photograph of an early Ford F1 truck parked alongside w building with a bench in front of it.
Uno Mas fanzine, Issue 10, 1995

EPHEMERA

A landscape-oriented posted in many shades of green with abstract shapes layered over an abstract photograph with text in oblique roman and katakana lettering.
Bluetip, Join Us promotional poster, 1995
A long black and white poster with heavy use of teal-blue spot coloring with a black and white photograph of members of the Make-UP posed in matching black shirts and ties imposed on a background of fluid teal stripes.
The Make-Up, Destination: Love; LIVE! At Cold Rice promotional poster, 1995
A landscape oriented poster with a large photograph of the lower half of the letters 'G A Z' spray painted onto a metal grate.
Fugazi, Red Medicine promotional poster, 1995

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Persistent Vision presents the University of Maryland's digitized special collections materials related to punk in the Washington, D.C. area. Most of these materials reside at Special Collections in Performing Arts (SCPA) in the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library. These materials help to tell the story of a subculture and a community that has thrived since 1976.

Curators: John Davis, Ben Jackson
Design: Ben Jackson, Natalie Salive
Authors: Ben Jackson, John Davis, and Jessica Grimmer

With help from: Cindy Zhao, Jeremy Gottwig, Amanda Henderson, Gabby Cameron, Hayden Kramer

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