Atlanta (Ga.) punk rock collection, circa 1980-2009
Emory University
Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library
Atlanta, GA 30322
404-727-6887
rose.library@emory.edu
Permanent link: http://pid.emory.edu/ark:/25593/q4m6p
Table of Contents
Descriptive Summary
| Title: | Atlanta (Ga.) punk rock collection, circa 1980-2009 |
|---|---|
| Call Number: | Manuscript Collection No. 1340 |
| Extent: | 1 linear foot (2 boxes) and 5 oversized papers boxes and 1 oversized papers folder (OP); AV Masters: .5 linear feet (1 box and CLP4) |
| Abstract: | Collection of printed material, correspondence, and photographs documenting the hardcore punk rock and alternative music scene in Atlanta, Georgia from circa 1980-2009. |
| Language: | Materials entirely in English. |
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
Unrestricted access.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
All requests subject to limitations noted in departmental policies on reproduction.
Source
Gift of Nick Rosendorf, 2015, with subsequent additions from 2016 to 2018.
Citation
[after identification of item(s)], Atlanta (Ga.) punk rock collection, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University.
Appraisal Note
Acquired by Curator of Political, Cultural, and Social Movements Collections, Randy Gue, as part of the Rose Library's holdings in Atlanta history.
Processing
Arranged and described at the folder level by Sarah Quigley, September 2015. Additions arranged and described at the folder level by Meaghan Lanier, February 2016.
Collection Description
Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of material documenting the hardcore punk rock and alternative music scene in Atlanta, Georgia, from circa 1980-2009. The majority of the collection relates to the bands Neon Christ and Gardens Of.... Neon Christ was founded in 1983 and featured members Randy DuTeau, Jimmy Demer, William "Kip" DuVall, and Danny Lankford. Gardens Of... was a successor to Neon Christ and included DuTeau, Demer, and Lankford. DuVall went on to play in other local Atlanta bands and is currently the lead singer for rock band and grunge pioneers Alice in Chains. The majority of the collection consists of flyers and posters advertising concerts, many of which were held at Atlanta club Metroplex. Some flyers are from concerts in Atlanta featuring bands of national renown such as Black Flag, though most feature local acts. In cases where Neon Christ or Gardens Of... were on the bill, items were arranged with other materials relating to those bands. All other flyers and posters were arranged according to the band with top billing. There are also photographs of concerts and publicity stills for Neon Christ and Gardens Of..., as well as two folders of correspondence from fans requesting copies of Neon Christ records. Much of the material in the collection was donated by former band members and items such as ticket stubs document their interest in and connections to other bands and genres of music.
Arrangement Note
Arranged in alphabetical order by name.
Selected Search Terms
Corporate Names
Topical Terms
- Alternative rock music.
- Hardcore (Music)
- Punk rock music.
- Punk rock musicians--Georgia--Atlanta.
- Rock groups--Georgia--Atlanta.
Form/Genre Terms
Container List
| Box | Folder | Content |
|---|---|---|
| AV1 | - | Act of Faith, Gain, undated [original: compact disc] |
| AV1 | - | Act of Faith, Test of Strength, 1994 [original: compact disc] |
| CLP | - | Act of Faith, 4 track record, 1991 [original: LP record] |
| OP4 | - | Act of Faith, t-shirt, undated |
| 2 | 17 | Act of Faith, Crisis Under Control, Mission of Murder, Moodswing Records and Standfast Records, stickers and patch, undated |
| 2 | 16 | Act of Faith, Crisis Under Control, Mudfoot!, Quadiliacha, One Way, M.F.R., ex members of..., Driverdome, and The Difference, flyers, undated |
| 2 | 28 | Act of Faith, Downpour, JAWK Smash Zine, Keepsake, Pax 13, Portrait and Standfast Records, patches, undated |
| OP2 | 5 | Andrew Wiggins, Champion ZOZ, Pyramid Club and Rin Larping, undated |
| OP2 | 5 | Androids to Void, Davidians, Helix Sequence, Helta Skelta, Parallel and Wymyns Prysyn, poster, undated |
| 2 | 1 | A.O.D., flyer, 1984 |
| 2 | 2 | ASexuals, flyer, 1985 |
| OP2 | 6 | ATL Shows, show list for shows at 529, 585 Wells St, Cat Cave, Drunken Unicorn, The Earl, The Masquerade, Star Bar and Wonderroot, poster, undated |
| 2 | 27 | Atlanta, Brother Hawk, ex members of..., One Way, Standfast Records and Well Fed, stickers, undated |
| OP5 | - | Atlanta Lifers: Est. 2009, t-shirt, undated |
| 2 | 23 | Atlanta Youth Report, Issue 1, undated |
| OP2 | 6 | August show list for shows at 529, 585 Wells St, Cat Cave, Drunken Unicorn, The Earl, The Masquerade, Star Bar and Wonderroot, poster, undated |
| OP2 | 9 | Awkward Sounds, Sorry About the Blood, and Blue Tower, Exiles, split record, test pressing, Southern Soundclash Records, 1 of 10, undated [original: LP record] |
| 1 | 1 | Bad Brains, flyer, undated |
| OP1 | 1 | Bad Brains, poster of H.R., 1984 |
| 2 | 22 | Bad People, Black Bodies, Davidians, Genetic Treason, G.G. King, Lifelike, Mutual Jerk, Mystic Inane, Nurse, Olivia Neutron, Pampers, Predator, Pyramid Club, Ritual Knife, Satan's Satyrs, Unconscious Semen, Uniform, Waste Layer and Wymyns Prysyn, flyers, undated |
| 2 | 3 | Black Flag, flyer, undated |
| 1 | 2 | Black Flag, flyers and newsletter, 1984-1985 |
| OP1 | 2 | Black Flag, posters, 1984-1985 |
| AV1 | - | Blue Tower [original: audio cassette] |
| 2 | 20 | Bodies in Panic!, C Average, Corndogorama, The Descendents, ex slant 6, False Prophets, GSL, The Kossabone Red, Quixotic, Radio Bomb, Reactionary Records and Starlite Desperation, flyers and stickers, ca. 2000 |
| AV1 | - | Broken, Defy the Season, 1996 [original: compact disc] |
| CLP | - | Broken and Quadiliacha, 5 track record, 1993 [original: LP record] |
| OP2 | 5 | The Bug, Eyedrum, Nurse and Wymyns Prysyn, poster, undated |
| OP2 | 6 | Capitalist Casualties, Cheap Art, Dead in the Dirt, Paradox and Primate, poster, undated |
| AV1 | - | Car vs. Driver, 4 track record, 1994 [original: LP record] |
| OP5 | - | Cartel: "Burn this City", t-shirt, undated |
| AV1 | - | Cheap Art, Tour Tape, 2014 [original: cassette tape] |
| OP2 | 6 | Cheap Art, Iron Lung, Rapturous Grief and Shaved Christ, poster, undated |
| OP3 | - | Cheap Art, t-shirt, undated |
| 1 | 3 | Circle Jerks, flyers, undated |
| 2 | 4 | Corrosion of Conformity (C.O.C.), set list, Metroplex, circa 1986 |
| OP1 | 3 | Creative Loafing, volume 33, number 33, December 23-29, 2004 |
| OP1 | 4 | Creative Loafing featuring William DuVall on the cover, volume 38 number 43, February 24-March 2, 2010 |
| 1 | 4 | Creative Loafing, "Music Menu," 1985 |
| OP2 | 3 | Crisis Under Control, Initiation, 1995 [original: LP record] |
| AV1 | - | Crisis Under Control, self-titled album, undated [original: cassette tape] |
| AV1 | - | Crisis Under Control, View of the Few, 1993 [original: LP record] |
| OP4 | - | Crisis Under Control, t-shirt, undated |
| OP2 | 4 | Crisis Under Control with The Difference and One Way, Poster Album Cover, 2015 |
| 1 | 5 | Crucifix, hand-painted cloth patch, circa 1980-1984 |
| AV1 | - | Dawn of Orion, On Broken Wings, undated [original: LP record] |
| OP1 | 5 | DDT, poster, 1984 |
| 1 | 6 | Dead Kennedys, flyer, undated |
| 1 | 7 | Dirty Rotten Imbeciles, flyers, undated |
| OP1 | 12 | D.O.A., poster, 1985 |
| 2 | 5 | D.O.A., set list, Metroplex, 1985 |
| AV1 | - | Downpour, Footsteps Over Our Heads, undated [original: compact disc] |
| AV1 | - | Downpour, No Lie Can Live Forever, undated [original: compact disc] |
| AV1 | - | Downpour, 2 track demo, undated [original: compact disc] |
| OP5 | - | Downpour, t-shirt, undated |
| OP5 | - | Downpour, t-shirt, undated |
| 2 | 6 | D.S.C. (Destructive School Children), clipping of photograph of Nick Rosendorf and Ben Skillman, undated |
| 2 | 7 | D.S.C. (Destructive School Children), flyers, 1984 |
| 2 | 8 | D.S.C. (Destructive School Children), logo, undated |
| 2 | 9 | D.S.C. (Destructive School Children), set list, circa 1984-1985 |
| 1 | 8 | Eastern Streetstyle Blowout Jam, flyer, undated |
| 1 | 9 | Eazy-E and N.W.A., concert ticket, 1989 |
| AV1 | - | ex members of..., The Art of Expression, 1998 [original: compact disc] |
| OP5 | - | ex members of..., t-shirt, undated |
| AV1 | - | ex members of..., Wardance Orange, 2 track record, 1997 [original: LP record], [1 of 2] |
| AV1 | - | ex members of..., Wardance Orange, 2 track record, 1997 [original: LP record], [2 of 2] |
| 1 | 10 | The Final Offering, flyers, undated |
| OP1 | 6 | The Final Offering, poster, undated |
| 2 | 29 | Fliers, assorted bands, circa 1980s [1 of 2] |
| 2 | 30 | Fliers, assorted bands, circa 1980s [2 of 2] |
| AV1 | - | Foundation, 3 track promo, undated [original: compact disc] |
| OP4 | - | Foundation: Atlanta Straight Edge, t-shirt, undated |
| OP4 | - | Foundation: Spring Tour, t-shirt, 2011 |
| OP2 | 5 | Frau Bends, Nurse and Uniform, poster, undated |
| 1 | 11 | Gardens Of..., flyers, clippings, letters, and stickers, circa 1988 |
| 1 | 12 | Gardens Of..., photographs, circa 1980s |
| OP1 | 7 | Gardens Of..., posters, undated |
| OP2 | 5 | George Bataille, Nurse, The Sentenced Treatment, Uniform and Unzip Me, poster, undated |
| 2 | 10 | Henry Rollins Band, flyer, undated |
| OP2 | 5 | Institute, Lowlife, Paradox, Slugga and Uniform, poster, undated |
| OP2 | 6 | January show list for shows at 529, 585 Wells St, Cat Cave, Drunken Unicorn, The Earl, The Masquerade, Star Bar and Wonderroot, poster, 2010 |
| 2 | 25 | JAWK Smash Zine #2, ca. 1996 |
| OP2 | 6 | June show list for shows at 529, 585 Wells St, Cat Cave, Drunken Unicorn The Earl, The Masquerade, Star Bar and Wonderroot, poster, undated |
| OP2 | 6 | Jury Shows, show list for shows at 529, 585 Wells St, Cat Cave, Drunken Unicorn, The Earl, The Masquerade, Star Bar and Wonderroot, poster, 2010 |
| CLP4 | - | Just Another Asshole, ESS, Barbara and Glenn Branca (editors), JAA#5, 1981 [original: LP] |
| 2 | 26 | Keepsake, M.F.R., and One Way, cassette inserts, ca. 1998 |
| OP2 | 7 | The Kossabone Red, undated [original: LP record] |
| AV1 | - | Last Chance, ...in this moment, 2000 [original: compact disc] |
| AV1 | - | The Love God Murder, Ghost Town EP, undated [original: compact disc] |
| OP6 | - |
"Loud and Proud," poster, undated
Poster features David Dickens and Phreddy Vomit with quotes from various punk shows. |
| AV1 | - | Manic, live album recorded at Thunderbox, 2011 [original: cassette tape] |
| 2 | 21 | Manic and Wymyns Prysyn, buttons, undated |
| OP2 | 6 | March show list for shows at 529, 585 Wells St, Cat Cave, Drunken Unicorn, The Earl, The Masquerade, Star Bar and Wonderroot, poster, undated |
| OP2 | 6 | March show list for shows at 529, 585 Wells St, Cat Cave, Drunken Unicorn, The Earl, The Masquerade, Star Bar and Wonderroot, poster, no date |
| 2 | 11 | Marginal Man, set list, Metroplex, 1985 |
| AV1 | - | The Martin Family, Maybe Next Time, 4 track record, 1996 [original: LP record] |
| 1 | 13 | Maximum Rocknroll, 1983-1984 |
| 1 | 14 | Maximum Rocknroll, 1985, 1990 |
| OP2 | 6 | May show list for shows at 529, 585 Wells St, Cat Cave, Drunken Unicorn, The Earl, The Masquerade, Star Bar and Wonderroot, poster, undated |
| OP2 | 6 | May and June show list for shows at 529, 585 Wells St, Cat Cave, Drunken Unicorn, The Earl, The Masquerade, Star Bar and Wonderroot, poster, 2012 |
| 1 | 15 | Metallica, concert ticket, 1989 |
| 2 | 18 | Metro Atlanta DIY Show Listing, 1998-1999 |
| OP1 | 8 | Metro Spirit, September 5-11, 2007 |
| 2 | 12 | Metroplex, weekend schedule flyer, 1985 July 12-14 |
| 2 | 13 | Minutemen, flyer, 1985 |
| 1 | 16 | Mordam Records letter to Ian, 1988 |
| OP2 | 6 | Memes, MTN ISL, Prisoner, Skin Jobs and Uniform, poster, undated |
| AV1 | - | Midget Farmers, 4 track record, 1992 [original: LP record] |
| AV1 | - | Mutual Jerk, undated [original: audio cassette] |
| 2 | 32 | Mutual Jerk, materials removed from audio cassette case, undated |
| OP1 | 9 | Neon Christ, clippings, 2004-2006 |
| 1 | 17 | Neon Christ, correspondence, circa 1990-1991 [1 of 2] |
| 1 | 18 | Neon Christ, correspondence, circa 1990-1991 [2 of 2] |
| 1 | 19 | Neon Christ, flyers, letterhead, clippings, and other printed material, 1984-2009 |
| 1 | 20 | Neon Christ, license plate, undated |
| 1 | 21 | Neon Christ, lyrics including partial lyrics for "The Knife that Cuts So Deep," and a sketch by William DuVall, circa 1990 |
| 1 | 22 | Neon Christ, photographs, circa 1980s |
| 1 | 23 | Neon Christ, photographs, 2005 |
| OP1 | 10 | Neon Christ, posters, undated |
| 1 | 24 | Neon Christ, reunion concert flyers, 2008 |
| AV1 | - | Nocomply, 4 track record, undated [original: LP record] |
| OP5 | - | Nocomply: Atlanta posi-core, t-shirt, undated |
| OP19 | - | November show list for shows at 529, 585 Wells St, Cat Cave, Drunken Unicorn, The Earl, The Masquerade, Star Bar and Wonderroot, poster, undated |
| AV1 | - | Nurse, Demo Tape, 2015 [original: cassette tape] |
| OP3 | - | Nurse, t-shirt, undated |
| AV1 | - | Ocelot, Today, Yesterday, and Tomorrow, 1999 [original: compact disc] |
| OP19 | - | October show list for shows at 529, 585 Wells St, Cat Cave, Drunken Unicorn, The Earl, The Masquerade, Star Bar and Wonderroot, poster, 2011 |
| OP4 | - | On the Attack, t-shirt, undated |
| AV1 | - | One Way, 5 track record, 1997 [original: LP record] |
| OP4 | - | One Way, t-shirt, undated |
| AV1 | - | Overdose, 4 track record, undated [original: LP record] |
| AV1 | - | Paid in Blood, 3 track record, undated [original: compact disc] |
| 1 | 25 | P.E.A.C.E./WAR compilation album booklet, 1984 |
| OP2 | 5 | The Place is Space, flyer, undated |
| 2 | 14 | Porn Orchard, flyer, 1987 |
| AV1 | - | Portrait, 2 track record, 1997 [original: LP record] |
| OP4 | - | The Power of the Glory, t-shirt, undated |
| OP2 | 1 | Prank Fest, poster, undated |
| AV1 | - | Quadiliacha, Levelhead, record, undated [original: LP record] |
| OP3 | - | Rapturous Grief, t-shirt, undated |
| 2 | 33 | Radio Ethiopia (the toungue of love), zine, 1977 |
| 1 | 26 | Ratlanta Punk Fest, flyer, undated |
| 1 | 27 | Reagan Youth, flyer, undated |
| AV1 | - | Rent Boys, Long Time, 1998 [original: LP record] |
| AV1 | - | RESONS, self-titled album, undated,[original: cassette tape] [1 of 2] |
| AV1 | - | RESONS, self-titled album, undated,[original: cassette tape] [2 of 2] |
| 2 | 19 | Ripcord, patch, undated |
| 1 | 28 | Rollins, Henry, flyers, circa 1990 |
| AV1 | - | SAMO, self-titled album, undated [original: cassette tape] |
| OP3 | - | Scavenger of Death, t-shirt, undated |
| AV1 | - | Scout, 2 track record, undated [original: LP record] |
| OP2 | 6 | September show list for shows at 529, 585 Wells St, Cat Cave, Drunken Unicorn, The Earl, The Masquerade, Star Bar and Wonderroot, poster, undated |
| OP3 | - | Slugga, t-shirt, undated |
| CLP4 | - | Slugga, Parasite, undated [original: phonograph] |
| 2 | 31 | Slugga, Parasite, materials removed from pnonograph sleeve, undated |
| 2 | 15 | S.N.F.U., flyer, 1985 |
| 1 | 29 | Sonic Youth, flyer, undated |
| 1 | 30 | Sonics Rendezvous Band, flyers, undated |
| OP1 | 13 | Soul Side, poster, 1987 |
| AV1 | - | Spiney Norman, Draft Style, 1993 [original: LP record] |
| AV1 | - | Spirit World, Velcro is the New Black, 2002 [original: compact disc] |
| OP2 | 6 | Spring show list for shows at 529, 585 Wells St, Cat Cave, Drunken Unicorn, The Earl, The Masquerade, Star Bar and Wonderroot, poster, undated |
| 2 | 24 | Standfast News Flash, Volume 1, Issue 1, July 1994 |
| 1 | 31 | Suicidal Tendencies, flyer, undated |
| AV1 | - | Sunglasses, Live at Yauhaus, no date [original: cassette tape] |
| OP1 | 11 | Sun Ra and His Cosmos Adventure Omniverse Arkestra, poster, undated |
| AV1 | - | Thence Forward, From Within, undated [original: LP record] |
| 1 | 32 | Thrasher, September 1984 |
| OP2 | 2 | Tragedx, poster, 2012 |
| AV1 | - | Unidentified tape, undated [original: audio cassette] |
| OP2 | 8 |
West End festival posters, no date
Includes posters from Punk Black festival, Southern Soundclash, Fuck Your Face Fest, Saturday Night Sk8 Jam, Chaos and Mayhen and Tang! Records grand opening |
| CLP | - | What Still Holds True, 4 track record, undated [original: LP record] |
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