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1998

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.

Further Listening

Bluetip. Join Us. Dischord Records, album.

The Boom. Movin Out. Slowdime, album.

Burning Airlines. "Carnival/Scissoring." DeSoto Records, single.

The Cranium. A New Music for A New Kitchen. Slowdime, CD.

The Elusive. Sometimes Sounds Collapse. Shute Records, album.

Fugazi. End Hits. Dischord Records, album.

Jawbox. My Scrapbook of Fatal Accidents. DeSoto Records, compilation album.

Lungfish. Artificial Horizon. Dischord Records, album.

Machetres. Machetres. Dischord Records, 7-inch EP.

Make Up. In Mass Mind. Dischord Records, album.

The Most Secret Method. Get Lovely. Slowdime, album.

My Life in Rain. This Band is Killing Me. Allied Recordings, album.

The Sorts. More There. Slowdime, album.

Tuscadero. My Way or the Highway. Elektra Records, album.

All Scars. Early Ambient. Dischord Records/Slowdime, album.

FLIERS

Landscape-oriented black and white flier with text in black a monospaced bitmap font in white rectangles over a dark multiple-exposure photo print of a person hitting a ball with a tennis racket.
Jenhitt and the Elusive concert flier - Black Cat, Washington, DC, January 6, 1998
Black and white flier with band names in all-capitalized black serif text superimposed on a sheet covered in writing with Chinese characters titled 'The Tao of Jees Kune Do' and a labeled illustration of a human head labeled 'The Striking of the Head.'
The Others and Savage Boys & Girls Club – Black Cat, Washington, D.C., circa January 19, 1998
Black and white flier with band names in all-capitalized black serif text superimposed on a sheet covered in writing with Chinese characters titled 'The Tao of Jees Kune Do' and a labeled illustration of a human head labeled 'The Striking of the Head.'
Kerosene 454 and Bluetip – Metro Cafe, Washington, D.C., February 22, 1998
Black and white flier with band names in all-capitalized black serif text superimposed on a sheet covered in writing with Chinese characters titled 'The Tao of Jees Kune Do' and a labeled illustration of a human head labeled 'The Striking of the Head.'
Kerosene 454, Bluetip, the Farewell Bend, and Sweetbelly Freakdown – Fireside Bowl, Chicago, Illinois, March 14, 1998
Black and white flier with band names in all-capitalized black serif text superimposed on a sheet covered in writing with Chinese characters titled 'The Tao of Jees Kune Do' and a labeled illustration of a human head labeled 'The Striking of the Head.'
The Most Secret Method, Lifter Puller, and Drill For Absentee – The White Lodge, State College, Pennsylvania, March 22, 1998
A black and white flier with show information printed in black oblique serif text, to the left is a four-panel comic depicting homelessness, a man with a sledgehammer asking 'when are people going to do something about it?' a crowd with raised fists under a domineering face and finally 'Just DO something' in ragged type.
Fugazi, Lungfish, and the Crainium – Teamsters’ Union Hall, Baltimore, Maryland, May 12, 1998
A black and white flier with show information printed in black oblique serif text, to the left is a four-panel comic depicting homelessness, a man with a sledgehammer asking 'when are people going to do something about it?' a crowd with raised fists under a domineering face and finally 'Just DO something' in ragged type.
The Most Secret Method, Ambassador 990, and Sea of Cortez – The Metro Cafe, Washington, D.C., July 2, 1998
A landscape-oriented black and white poster with a panorama photo of elderly people seated talking on a park bench above band names in a ragged letterpress typeface.
Bluetip, Franklin, and the Trans Megetti concert flier - Stalag 13, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 30, 1998
Black and white landscape-oriented flier with the heading 'Benefit for the Emmaus Community Center' with show information to the left of a large sketch of the Emmaus center located at 1426 9th St, NW, Washington, D.C.
Fugazi, Quix*o*tic, and Shine – Sanctuary Theatre, Washington, D.C., July 31, 1998
All-text flier with bold black text on yellow paper with shows listed and the phrase 'No Drugs, No Alcohol, No Glass Bottles' in large print at the bottom.
Fort Reno concert series schedule flier, Washington, D.C., August 3-13, 1998
Hand-drawn and lettered black and white photo with band names in cursive lettering and a young man and woman standing in a screened-in porch with a small D.C. flag drawn on a rafter.
Bluetip - Black Cat, Washington, D.C., August 7, 1998
Black and white landscape-oriented flier with show information in small, serif font surrounded by multiple layered exposures of a photograph of the letters 'DCCD.'
The Boom and Sea Tiger - DCCD, Washington, D.C., August 10, 1998
Black and white flier with band names in a peaked-serif western-style font and illustrations of a cowgirl standing next to a barbed-wire fence.
Braid, Compound Red, and Shiner – Black Cat and Metro Café, Washington, D.C., September 2-4, 1998
Black and white flier with band names in a peaked-serif western-style font and illustrations of a cowgirl standing next to a barbed-wire fence.
The Most Secret Method, the Dusters, Les Trois Malheures and El Guapo – The White Lodge, State College, Pennsylvania, October 3, 1998
Black and white flier with band names in a peaked-serif western-style font and illustrations of a cowgirl standing next to a barbed-wire fence.
Bald Rapunzel, Braid, Sarge, Rainer Maria and Mid Carson – Wesley Student Center, State College, Pennsylvania, November 4, 1998

ZINES

Black and white all-text zine cover with 'BRICKTHROWER #4' in very large bold black text on a plain white background.
Movement Empowerment Solidarity Activism, Issue 2, February 1998
Black and white all-text zine cover with 'BRICKTHROWER #4' in very large bold black text on a plain white background.
Held Like Sound, Issue 3, Summer 1998
Black and white all-text zine cover with 'BRICKTHROWER #4' in very large bold black text on a plain white background.
DCCD News, September 1998
Black and white all-text zine cover with 'BRICKTHROWER #4' in very large bold black text on a plain white background.
Held Like Sound, Issue 4, Fall 1998
Black and white all-text zine cover with 'BRICKTHROWER #4' in very large bold black text on a plain white background.
Brickthrower, Issue 4, 1998
Black and white all-text zine cover with 'BRICKTHROWER #4' in very large bold black text on a plain white background.
Brickthrower, Issue 5, 1998
Black and white all-text zine cover with 'BRICKTHROWER #4' in very large bold black text on a plain white background.
Dreams Madness Fury, circa 1998

EPHEMERA

Black and white all-text zine cover with 'BRICKTHROWER #4' in very large bold black text on a plain white background.
The Boom, "Movin' Out" promotional poster, 1998
Black and white all-text zine cover with 'BRICKTHROWER #4' in very large bold black text on a plain white background.
The Farewell Bend, "In Passing" promotional poster, 1998
Black and white all-text zine cover with 'BRICKTHROWER #4' in very large bold black text on a plain white background.
Kerosene 454, "At Zero" promotional poster, 1998
Black and white all-text zine cover with 'BRICKTHROWER #4' in very large bold black text on a plain white background.
The Most Secret Method promotional poster, circa 1998
Black and white all-text zine cover with 'BRICKTHROWER #4' in very large bold black text on a plain white background.
The Sorts, "More There" promotional poster, 1998

PHOTOS

Black and white all-text zine cover with 'BRICKTHROWER #4' in very large bold black text on a plain white background.
Fugazi loading gear into their van, circa 1998
Black and white all-text zine cover with 'BRICKTHROWER #4' in very large bold black text on a plain white background.
Guy Picciotto of Fugazi performing in concert, 1998
Black and white all-text zine cover with 'BRICKTHROWER #4' in very large bold black text on a plain white background.
The Most Secret Method at the White Lodge, State College, Pennsylvania, March 22, 1998
Black and white all-text zine cover with 'BRICKTHROWER #4' in very large bold black text on a plain white background.
The Most Secret Method at the White Lodge, State College, Pennsylvania, March 22, 1998
Black and white all-text zine cover with 'BRICKTHROWER #4' in very large bold black text on a plain white background.
Justin Moyer and Rafael Cohen of El Guapo performing at the White Lodge, October 3, 1998
Black and white all-text zine cover with 'BRICKTHROWER #4' in very large bold black text on a plain white background.
Justin Moyer and Rafael Cohen of El Guapo performing at the White Lodge, October 3, 1998
Black and white all-text zine cover with 'BRICKTHROWER #4' in very large bold black text on a plain white background.
El Guapo performing at the White Lodge, October 3, 1998
Black and white all-text zine cover with 'BRICKTHROWER #4' in very large bold black text on a plain white background.
The Most Secret Method performing live at The White Lodge in State College, Pennsylvania, October 3, 1998
Black and white all-text zine cover with 'BRICKTHROWER #4' in very large bold black text on a plain white background.
The Most Secret Method performing live at The White Lodge in State College, Pennsylvania, October 3, 1998
Black and white all-text zine cover with 'BRICKTHROWER #4' in very large bold black text on a plain white background.
The Most Secret Method performing live at The White Lodge in State College, Pennsylvania, October 3, 1998
Black and white all-text zine cover with 'BRICKTHROWER #4' in very large bold black text on a plain white background.
The Most Secret Method, The White Lodge, State College, Pennsylvania, October 3, 1998
Black and white all-text zine cover with 'BRICKTHROWER #4' in very large bold black text on a plain white background.
Jonathan Kreinik of Les Trois Malheures performing at the White Lodge, October 3, 1998
Black and white all-text zine cover with 'BRICKTHROWER #4' in very large bold black text on a plain white background.
Les Trois Malheures performing at the White Lodge, October 3, 1998
Black and white all-text zine cover with 'BRICKTHROWER #4' in very large bold black text on a plain white background.
Les Trois Malheures portrait, October 3, 1998
Black and white all-text zine cover with 'BRICKTHROWER #4' in very large bold black text on a plain white background.
The Most Secret Method, Les Trois Malheures, and El Guapo portrait, October 3, 1998

 

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