Early 80s Punk Flyers
Archive of flyers and zines from the early days of DC, California and other early spots American punk and Hardcore.
When able, some anecdotes and comments about the shows will be added along with documented images to give you some background on the shows if available.
Some flyers are from other people's collections, all the flyers are original and are from assorted private collections
No Trend Summer 1983 Tour Poster with Teen Love Ad
No Trend 1983 Tour Poster Flyer
Their summer tour poster with the art from Teen Love
This tour would have Christine Niblack on [...]
Husker Du and No Trend Sunday June 11th (1983) at Wil-Mar Madison Wisconsin
Husker Du and No Trend Sunday June 11th (1983)
1983 show in Madison Wisconsin and at the Wil-Mar.
No Trend, most likely [...]
Minor Threat Die Kreuzen Tar Babies Sunday April 17th (1983) Madison Wisconsin at Wilmer Center
Minor Threat Die Kreuzen Tar Babies and Mecht Mensch Sunday April 17th (1983) at the Wilmar (Wilmar Center in Madison Wisconsin)
This would be [...]
Truly Needy #4 Zine with The Gun Club Urban Verbs PIL and More 1982
Truly Needy #4 zine with The Gun Club Urban Verbs PIL (1982)
Truly Needy zine was hugely ambitious and well put together zine [...]
Flipside #25 1981 Zine with Middle Class Black Flag and More with DC Scene Report and Teen Idles Record Review
Flipside Magazine
Flipside started in 1977 and were a magazine and a label. A early LA fanzine, the magazine would be source for many kids spread [...]
Social Distortion Bad Religion Minutemen at Bards Apollo Saturday Sept 26th 1981 LA Flyer
Social Distortion Bad Religion Minutemen at Bards Apollo Saturday Sept 26th 1981
Bard's Apollo was a La Club, 4417 West Adams Blvd. The full line up [...]
Henry Rollins Flyer for Signing Autographs at Bleecker Bob's NYC late 80's or Early 90's
Henry Rollins Flyer for Signing Autographs at Bleecker Bob's NYC
A great flyer for Rollins, not performing but signing autographs and whatever else at the [...]
1984 Flyer Void The Faction and Reptile House at Fishermans Inn Baltimore Skate Ramp
A great 1984 Skate Ramp in Maryland, Fishermans Inn was right on the edges of Baltimore. Great and huge skate ramp!!
Seeing shows [...]
The Cramps and Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds Flyer Perkins Palace Friday June 22nd (1984)
The Cramps and Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds show at Perkins Palace Friday June 22nd (1984). The show also had die Schloflogen and Saccharine Trust.& [...]
Massacre Flyer Saturday May 9th JHU Fred Frith Band with Pencil Signed by Bill Laswell and Fred Maher 1981
Massacre Flyer Saturday May 9th JHU (1981) Signed by Bill Laswell and Fred Maher
Massacre was Fred Frith Bill Laswell and Fred Maher, the trio [...]
Double O Artificial Peace Iron Cross Void The Faith and Minor Threat at the Wilson Center April 30th (1982)
Double O Artificial Peace Iron Cross Void The Faith and Minor Threat at the Wilson Center April 30th (1982)
One of few flyers [...]
Bad Brains Faith Sunday January 3rd at 9:30 Club (1982) Art by Donald Keesing Small Corner Tear
Bad Brains Faith Sunday January 3rd at 9:30 Club (1982) Art by Donald Keesing
I'll just say this again from my previous post!!
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Government Issue with The Necros and The Misfits Feb 28th 9:30 Club (1982) Another Version
Government Issue with The Necros and The Misfits Feb 28th 9:30 Club (1982)
Another version of this show, and many people say that Government Issue was [...]
Touch and Go Zine No. 15 with Ian Mackaye on the Cover 1981
Touch and Go Zine No. 15 with Ian Mackaye on the Cover 1981
The great fanzine from 1981. The zine was by Tesco Vee and Dave Stimson [...]
Flyer for HR Scream Gray Matter and Grey March at The Loft in Baltimore Circa 1984
Early 80's flyer from Baltimore's venue, The Loft N. Eutaw Street.
The Loft had a few locations but was always the venue [...]
If This Goes On #2 Sharon Cheslow and Colin Sears Zine 1982
If This Goes On #2 Colin Sears Zine
Edited by Sharon Cheslow and Colin Sears.
#2 came out in December of 1982 and this one is [...]
Minor Threat Iron Cross Faith Artificial Peace Double O and Void at Wilson Center April 30th (1982) w/ Xerox of Original Leslie Clague Art
Minor Threat Iron Cross Faith Artificial Peace Double O and Void at Wilson Center April 30th (1982)
First a rarity, a copy of [...]
Bad Brains Faith Sunday January 3rd at 9:30 Club (1982) Art by Donald Keesing
Bad Brains Faith Sunday January 3rd at 9:30 Club (1982)
The art is by Donald Keesing, he did a few flyers and I wish he did [...]
Husker Du and The Replacements Monday Feb 22 at Merlins (1982) Madison Wisconsin
Husker Du and The Replacements Monday Feb 22 at Merlins (1982) Madison Wisconsin
Ok, another flyer from Madison Wisconsin. Merlin's was one other early Madison places to [...]
Minor Threat Government Issue Social Suicide Friday Feb 25th at Wilson Center (1983)
Minor Threat Government Issue Social Suicide Friday Feb 25th at Wilson Center (1983)
This show was right before Minor Threat started the Out of Step [...]
Minor Threat Void Faith Artificial Peace Iron Cross and Double O April 30th at Wilson Center (1982)
Minor Threat Void Faith Artificial Peace Iron Cross and Double O April 30th at Wilson Center (1982)
This show had a few variations [...]
SS Decontrol Negative FX Double O and GI Sat. March 20th at Gallery East (1982) Boston Mass Flyer
SS Decontrol Negative FX Double O and GI Sat. March 20th at Gallery East (1982)
The history of the DC Boston connection is [...]
Government Issue The Necros and The Misfits Feb 28th at 9:30 Club (1982)
Government Issue The Necros and The Misfits Feb 28th at 9:30 Club (1982)
There has been a handful of flyers for this show but my guess [...]
Black Flag Fear Stains Youth Gone Mad and Caustic Cause Fri Sept 11th at Devonshire Downs 1981
Black Flag Fear Stains Youth Gone Mad and Caustic Cause Fri Sept 11th at Devonshire Downs (1981)
One of the great flyers by Raymond Pettibon [...]
No Trend Application For Employment circa 1982
No Trend Application For Employment, circa 1982
This flyer was a hand out at shows. The Application for Employment
Nothing more to say [...]