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 New Wave and Progressive Rock from 1980-1981, and featured musicians Tor Richard Midtskog, Gordon Raphael, Mike Davidson, Pony Maurice, Ben Ireland, Barbie Ireland, and Charles "Upchuck" Gerra.
Caption information source: http://jivetimerecords.com/northwest/penta Caption information source: http://www.grungeforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=19892
ID Number: 2018.86.62
Date: Circa 1981
Physical Description: 1 handbill ; 5.5 x 4.5 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant. Metadata updated as part of a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Library Services and Technology Act, through the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State. View the finding aid for this collection at https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv212358
Credit: MOHAI, Collection of Rock Music Ephemera, 2018.86.62
