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Image of The Visible Targets concert poster, circa 1981
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The Visible Targets concert poster, circa 1981

The poster pictured here advertises a concert featuring The Visible Targets at WREX, a club in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood from 1979-1982. Local post-punk group The Visible Targets (1979-1985) was made up of Laura Keane, Pamela Golden, Rebecca Hamilton, and Ron Simmons. Caption information source: http://jivetimerecords.com/northwest/wrexCaption information source: http://pnwbands.com/visibletargets.html
ID Number:2018.86.60
Date:Circa 1981
Image of Blackouts and Mental Mannequin concert flier, circa 1981
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Blackouts and Mental Mannequin concert flier, circa 1981

The card pictured here advertises a show held August 24 at a club in downtown Seattle located at 84 Seneca street, featuring local bands The Blackouts and Mental Mannequin. The Blackouts were a Seattle-based punk band from 1979-1984, founded by Erich Werner, Mike Davidson, Bill Rieflin, and Roland Barker. Metal Mannequin was another local band that played a combination of…
ID Number:2018.86.62
Date:Circa 1981
Image of Ditto Tavern concert schedule, circa 1987
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Ditto Tavern concert schedule, circa 1987

The Ditto (or Ditto Tavern, or Writer Boy's Ditto Tavern) was a club in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood known for hosting punk and alternative live music. In the twelve years of its existence (1986-1998), the Ditto hosted many of the musicians and bands that would go on to be major players in the Grunge era. The schedule pictured here lists a…
ID Number:2018.86.63
Date:Circa 1987
Image of Baba Yaga, Girl Trouble, and Paisley Sin concert poster, March 22, 1985
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Baba Yaga, Girl Trouble, and Paisley Sin concert poster, March 22, 1985

A short-lived Seattle venue now frequently cited as the birthplace of grunge, The Rock Theater, in Seattle at 410 Fifth Avenue South (and later briefly in Lower Queen Anne), actually had two performance spaces: the Omni Room and Gorilla Gardens. Often simply referred to as Gorilla Gardens, the club hosted all-ages shows for out-of-town bands as well as local punk…
ID Number:2018.86.69
Date:1985
Image of Violent Femmes concert ticket, January 25, 1985
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Violent Femmes concert ticket, January 25, 1985

A short-lived Seattle venue now frequently cited as the birthplace of grunge, The Rock Theater, in Seattle at 410 Fifth Avenue South (and later briefly in Lower Queen Anne), actually had two performance spaces: the Omni Room and Gorilla Gardens. Often simply referred to as Gorilla Gardens, the club hosted all-ages shows for out-of-town bands as well as local punk…
ID Number:2018.86.70
Date:1985
Image of Red Square event poster, February 13, 1987
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Red Square event poster, February 13, 1987

The poster pictured here advertises an unspecified event to be held on Friday, February 13, probably in 1987, at Red Square on the Seattle campus of the University of Washington. The event informs participants to bring musical instruments to play, and also "remnants of civilization," which were to be destroyed.
ID Number:2018.86.76
Date:1987
Image of Deep Six Record Release Party poster, March 1986
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Deep Six Record Release Party poster, March 1986

In 1985, Tina Casale and Chris Hanzsek started a new record label in Seattle, C/Z Records, and made their first record, a compilation of 6 local bands. Released in March 1986, the "Deep Six" compilation received scant attention at the time, but was later recognized as a important recording of the early Seattle music scene, documenting the bands and "punk-meets-metal"…
ID Number:2018.86.113
Date:1986
Image of Soundgarden concert poster, December 11, 1985
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Soundgarden concert poster, December 11, 1985

The pioneer grunge band Soundgarden was formed in Seattle in 1984 by singer and rhythm guitarist Chris Cornell, lead guitarist Kim Thayil, and bassist Hiro Yamamoto. This poster advertises a Soundgarden concert in December 1985 at The Vogue at 2018 1st Avenue in Seattle.
ID Number:2018.86.115
Date:1985
Image of Reggae at the Moore poster, Seattle, circa 1986
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Reggae at the Moore poster, Seattle, circa 1986

Jamaican dub poet, educator, and reggae artist Mutabaruka (b. 1952) began publishing his poetry in 1971 and gained popularity as a musician in 1981, with the release of his first single. Jamaican reggae artist Ini Kamoze (b. 1975) also released his first single in 1981, and in 1986, Komze and Mutabaruka began to collaborate, with both artists singing on each…
ID Number:2018.86.119
Date:Circa 1986
Image of Punk Phoenix Rising fanzine, November 1981
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Punk Phoenix Rising fanzine, November 1981

Shown here is Issue No. 1 of "Punk Phoenix Rising," a Seattle punk fanzine created by Carol Pearsall. Pearsall had been a fan of the short-lived zine "Desperate Times," a product of the area’s underground/alternative/punk music scene, published in only six issues in the summer of 1981. When that magazine ceased publication, Pearsall created "Punk Phoenix Rising," "until something comes…
ID Number:2018.86.125
Date:1981
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