Documentary coming about Pgh's 80's punk scene (Pittsburgh, Bloomfield: theater, college)

[norcider]

Little snippet in the link, looking forward to this as it was part of my childhood experience:


Give Us a Chance: Pittsburgh Punk | The Sprout Fund | Innovative Community Film & Video Projects

[szug-bot]

Originally Posted by norcider

Little snippet in the link, looking forward to this as it was part of my childhood experience:


Give Us a Chance: Pittsburgh Punk | The Sprout Fund | Innovative Community Film & Video Projects

wow! i lived it vicariously - too young at the time of Carsickness, Gang of Four, et al. i would see their posters along Craig Street. and i loved the "goths" (although they didnt call themselves that, im sure) around Pitt - the trenchcoats and dyed black hair - like vampires. the girls had "witch stockings". i thought they were cool.

i knew the guy who owned the club on the second floor at meyran (?)/forbes. Tony.
the name of the club escapes me - but this may have been after the 'punk' scene had been eclispsed. the affordable floors were the hot local thing, for a frame of reference.

[norcider]

You may be referring to the Upstage.

[Gee Whiz]

I remember seeing a film in the early 1990s that was circa 1980. It centered around the punk scene in Oakland at the time. I remember the punks going to Jim's Records in Bloomfield at the time. There is a scene where a few kids are listening to X Ray s-p-ex on vinyl. Of course, there are scenes from the Electric Banana. It is interesting to think these kids are in their 50s now.

[doo dah]

Originally Posted by Gee Whiz

I remember seeing a film in the early 1990s that was circa 1980. It centered around the punk scene in Oakland at the time. I remember the punks going to Jim's Records in Bloomfield at the time. There is a scene where a few kids are listening to X Ray s-p-ex on vinyl. Of course, there are scenes from the Electric Banana. It is interesting to think these kids are in their 50s now.

Debt Begins at 20 - Collection - LUX ?

Folks I knew back then! Ah, youth!

[szug-bot]

that reminds me - back in the very early 80s, on a wall in polish hill, someone painted "Dykes Unite". it always reminded me of Dick Van Dyke. or, i would think it was pronounced "deeks", and thought it was some gang. i had no idea what a dyke is.

WRCT was great back in the day (it still is). they played black flag (i never heard of them until about
'85. i wish i were born just a few years earlier! i missed the heydey of Bauhaus and everything great when there still was an 'underground'.

[Gee Whiz]

You cannot beat 80s college radio. This is where REM got it's wings before being on commercial radio. I went to a college in at small town in the south. My circle of friends were mostly people that worked at the college station. It was a great station and highly influenced what I listen to today. The station played mostly punk, New wave and 80s alternative. There was also a genre big among southern campuses called cow punk. This was kind of a bouncy form of rockabilly with a twang and new wave and punk elements.

[Sealtite]

Looks like a cool documentary. It's very sad that there's very few small all-ages venues in the area these days.

[szug-bot]

that mr. smalls theater seems to get some great stuff going through there.

if you know who Peter Murphy is - well, old peter SOLD OUT the damn house! on a sunday night, no less. there is no bus out of millvale after 10pm - i can never go to a show there unless i use my bike (and brave the darkened trail) or call a cab. (boo hoo, my life sucks, i know).

simply from what i see at mr. smalls through the city paper, that looks like a great scene.

[Copanut]

I was in my early 30's back in the 80's, never got into the punk scene. Don't remember much about it.