Bands--orphaned photos and series that've come my way.

No Fun

1978

Babylon Dance Band

1978-82

Blinders

1978-81

The Endtables

1979-80

The Dickbrains

1980

Malignant Growth

1980-84

Strict-9

1980-81

The Monsters

1981

Your Food

1982-84

Skull of Glee

1982-84

 

Languid and Flaccid

1982-83

 

 

 WHAT IT SOUNDED LIKE. Unfortunately, what little was released by the above bands is on long out-of-print vinyl, coming out in pressings of 500 copies or less. The Endtables EP surfaces on Ebay now and again, and is an internationally sought collectable--a recent copy sold for over $1000. Fortunately, Louisville's own Noise Pollution label has released a fat compilation CD of the above bands, masterfully digitally mastered, entitled "Bold Beginnings; an incomplete collection of Louisville Punk 1978-1983" . . . BUY IT & ROCK! Preview it at http://www.myspace.com/boldbeginningslouisvillepunk7883

 

WHERE IT ALL BEGAN. Actually, the first steadily punk bar was the Iroquois Hideaway/South 40 for a period in 1979. But the Windmill was the first bar to formally embrace the new sound, staging New Wave Tuesdays before totally going punk . . . for a couple months, anyway. Here's a great photo of the old place, shot by Kate Dunn, inscribed on the back 6/13/80.

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