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Meatmen, Grand Mal, Marginal Man, Second Wind concert flier, Wilson Center, Washington, D.C. - January 28, 1984

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Summary:Advertising flier promoting a concert by The Meatmen, a hardcore band whose members had recently moved from Michigan to Washington, D.C. The concert occurred on January 28, 1984 at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. Other bands on the bill included the D.C. punk and hardcore bands Grand Mal, Marginal Man, and Second Wind. Starting in the early 1980s, the Wilson Center was one of the primary venues for concerts in the D.C. punk scene and the concert the flier promoted became the best-attended one to date with a reported attendance of more than 600 people. According to "Dance of Days: Two Decades of Punk in the Nation's Capital" by Mark Andersen and Mark Jenkins, Meatmen singer Tesco Vee "rode onstage on a moped wearing tight gold lamé pants to begin a show quite unlike the usual harDCore concert." The concert was promoted by musician Malcolm Riviera and the poster was designed by Bob Raiter. The first version of the flier (with red spot color) seen here is from the Paul Bushmiller collection on punk, 1981-1992. The second version of the flier seen here is from the Sharon Cheslow Punk Flyers collection, 1979-1991.
Creator:Riviera, Malcolm
Raiter, Bob
Contributor:Meatmen (Musical group)
Grand Mal (Musical group : Washington, D.C.)
Marginal Man (Musical group)
Second Wind (Musical group : Washington, D.C.
Century:1901-2000
Place of origin – Continent:North America
Place of origin – Country:United States of America
Place of origin – Region:District of Columbia
Place of origin – Settlement:Washington
Temporal subject: 1981-1990
Topical subjects:Punk culture--Washington (D.C.)
Punk rock musicians--Washington (D.C.)
Punk rock music--United States.
Advertising fliers
Concerts--Washington (D.C.)
Hardcore (Music)--United States.
Genre:Fliers (printed matter)
ArchivesUM location:Sharon Cheslow Punk Flyers collection, 1979-1991
  • box 1: Flyers, 1979-1991
  • folder 1
  • item 7
  • item 1
Paul Bushmiller collection on punk, 1981-1992
  • box 1: Fliers, 1981-1992
  • box 2
Repository:Special Collections in Performing Arts
Browse terms:Performing Arts, Music
Copyright holder:Riviera, Malcolm
Collection:Digital Collections
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