#scream dc

BATTLE-SCARRED ARTIFACTS FROM THE HEYDAY OF AMERICAN HARDCORE.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on the now over 40-year-old skate deck from the private collection of Andy Rose, author of "There's Something Hard in There" blogspot, a relic of his teenage hardcore punk past.

"I was no Z-Boy, that's for sure. Not even close, man.

Alva, Adams, Peralta and the others would have laughed me out of town.

However, I could get my skateboard going at my own pace and have a blast while riding The Strand along Hermosa, Manhattan and Redondo as a youngster. My friend Sean and I "bombed" the mammoth hills by my home in Redondo without flinching (well, maybe a little bit at first). I couldn't ride the ramps as well as my buddy Brian or shred the bowls like the ragers at Skateboard World in Torrance, but who cares?

Skating for me was something to do during those Southern California summers, and it usually involved music, as well: everything from BOSTON to ZEPPELIN to BLACK FLAG to MINOR THREAT. You can't beat that."

-- ANDY ROSE (author & founder of "There's Something Hard in There" blogspot, c. February 2015

SPAWNED FROM THE AMERICAN HARDCORE SCENE -- RIGHT DOWN TO THE FLYERS PLASTERED ALL OVER THE WALLPAPER.

PIC(S) INFO: Mega spotlight on the MELVINS as you've never seen them before, rising at the tail end of the American hardcore punk scene, performing live at the 56th St. House in Tacoma, WA, USA, c. May 1985. 📸: Tracy Marander.

Hardcore aficionados may recognize the POISON IDEA skull logo graffiti behind Dale Crover. Pacific Northwest punk solidarity, baby!

"SCREAM WILL BE ON TOUR FROM MAY 1 THROUGH JUNE 10" -- THE FIRST DISCHORD BAND TO EVER TOUR THE UK.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on a concert tour poster design for Dischord band SCREAM, during the band's "This Side Up" and/or post-hardcore era, touring the UK for the very first time alongside UK anarcho punk band SUBHUMANS, on the "Wake Up Screaming" Tour '85.

THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY -- ANOTHER JUNE 25th DC HARDCORE FLYER DESIGN.

NOTE: So, there has to be at least four designs for this particular flyer design, but this has to be one of the heavier one's.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on yet another gig/show flyer design for GOVERNMENT ISSUE (listed as "THE G.I.'s"), ARTIFICIAL PEACE, FAITH, DEADLINE, SCREAM, and Boston's GANGGREEN, performing live at the Wilson Center, Washington DC, on June 25, 1982.

THE SECOND COMING -- THE SECOND HELPING OF SCREAM -- CLASS OF '86.

NOTE: ^I've posted thus set before, hence "second coming," but this time I'm posting the gig/show flyer before the gig photos.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on a show flyer for SCREAM (reportedly the first Dischord band to headline a tour in the UK), supported by band's CONCRETE SOX, EYES ON YOU, & BAD BEACH, performing live at the Queenswalk Community Centre, Nottingham, UK, c. 1986. 📸: Jenny Plaits or Jen Tait.

THE ROLLING, RIVETING, REVITALIZING POST-HARDCORE YEARS -- AMERICAN STYLE.

PIC(S) INFO: Mega spotlight on previously unseen shots (10 in total!) of former American hardcore punk/then post-hardcore band, SCREAM, performing live at the Hannum Hall, Cambridge, Massachusetts, c. April 1986. 📸: Lisa Putignano.

Rest in percussive power, Kent Stax, behind the mighty drum set. Another [DC punk] legend lost.

PETE -- FRANZ -- SKEETER -- KENT -- AND REPORTEDLY THE FIRST DISCHORD BAND TO TOUR THE UK.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on American hardcore punk/post-hardcore band SCREAM, performing live at the Queenswalk Community Centre, Nottingham, UK, with band's CONCRETE SOX, EYES ON YOU, & BAD BEACH (supporting), c. 1986. 📸: Jenny Plaits or Jen Tait.