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By 1989, the scene was changing again. According to Bob Slade, "A talent scout from [[A&M Records]] flew down from New York to see Miami hard- rockers Amazing Grace not long ago, Slade said. ``They`ve got two albums` worth of material recorded, one is already out and another is in the can,`` he said. Word is that the band may tour the state soon to keep sharp for their inevitable departure, Slade said." <ref>http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1988-11-11/features/8803060347_1_bands-nuclear-valdez-scene</ref> Slade went on to discuss other major players who departed the South Florida scene with Sun Sentinel music critic Michael Saunders , "The members of the [[Rock City Angels]] changed their names and their hairstyles when they signed a big contract with [[Geffen Records]], but they used to be regulars on the local club scene. ``Those guys used to play for $50 at Flynn`s,`` Slade said. ``Supposedly, when they moved to LA, they just told everybody that they were the boys from back East.`` The Drills found success in Los Angeles when recording opportunities dwindled here. Love Guns and Romeo Cowboy just moved out to La-La Land, but are having a tougher time than other local bands... and The Silos left Fort Lauderdale a few years ago for better bookings in New York and recorded Cuba, a brilliant album that captured loads of media attention." <ref>http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1988-11-11/features/8803060347_1_bands-nuclear-valdez-scene</ref> <ref>http://www.miaminewtimes.com/content/printVersion/234373/</ref>
By 1989, the scene was changing again. According to Bob Slade, "A talent scout from [[A&M Records]] flew down from New York to see Miami hard- rockers Amazing Grace not long ago, Slade said. ``They`ve got two albums` worth of material recorded, one is already out and another is in the can,`` he said. Word is that the band may tour the state soon to keep sharp for their inevitable departure, Slade said." <ref>http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1988-11-11/features/8803060347_1_bands-nuclear-valdez-scene</ref> Slade went on to discuss other major players who departed the South Florida scene with Sun Sentinel music critic Michael Saunders , "The members of the [[Rock City Angels]] changed their names and their hairstyles when they signed a big contract with [[Geffen Records]], but they used to be regulars on the local club scene. ``Those guys used to play for $50 at Flynn`s,`` Slade said. ``Supposedly, when they moved to LA, they just told everybody that they were the boys from back East.`` The Drills found success in Los Angeles when recording opportunities dwindled here. Love Guns and Romeo Cowboy just moved out to La-La Land, but are having a tougher time than other local bands... and The Silos left Fort Lauderdale a few years ago for better bookings in New York and recorded Cuba, a brilliant album that captured loads of media attention." <ref>http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1988-11-11/features/8803060347_1_bands-nuclear-valdez-scene</ref> <ref>http://www.miaminewtimes.com/content/printVersion/234373/</ref>
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According to Richard Shelter, "When the [[Big_Daddy's_Restaurants|Big Daddys]] chain didnt want us at the Grove bar (27 Birds) any more, they gave us a bar in Hialeah which became the Blitz. Three months later John Flynn came the night of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gun_Club|Gun Club]] and offered me total control at his bar at the beach (which was kinda dead, I guess, before we moved in) which lasted until Milo from Gay Cowboys in Bondage bragged to Mrs Flynn about how well his band got paid. From that point on, they ran the door, which started the end of my run there."
According to Richard Shelter, "When the [[Big_Daddy's_Restaurants|Big Daddys]] chain didnt want us at the Grove bar (27 Birds) any more, they gave us a bar in Hialeah which became the Blitz. Three months later John Flynn came the night of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gun_Club|Gun Club]] and offered me total control at his bar at the beach (which was kinda dead, I guess, before we moved in) which lasted until Milo from Gay Cowboys in Bondage bragged to Mrs Flynn about how well his band got paid. From that point on, they ran the door, which started the end of my run there."

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South Florida Punk and Hardcore

Introduction

NOTE: All bands and venues will need their own wiki pages. That way we can include more detailed information as well as photos, flyers, etc.

The South Florida scene as described by Greg Baker of The Miami New Times as having had, "Plenty of enormously talented and defiantly original bands. Clubs galore willing to stage them. Record labels. A radio program. Press. Retail outlets catering to the cool. All of it wide open to local music. A scene that was a scene. A legacy. In the land that time forgot." [1]

Eras

1977-1982

Bands

The Bobs
The Eat
The Front
The Cichlids
Charlie Pickett And The Eggs
Critical Mass
The D.T. Martyrs
The Essentials
Futurisk
KTH (Kill The Hostages)
Larry Joe Miller And His Rockabilly Rockets
Live Bait
Mysfitz
R.A.F.
Violent Love And The Dead Whores
The Abusers
The Kids
Crucial Truth
The Reactions
The Roll N Pinz
The Screaming Sneakers
The Spanish Dogs
The Wrap
Z-Cars

1983-1985

Introduction

Bands

The Chant
Amazing Grace
Broken Talent
Lethal Yellow
Crank
D. A. M.
"F" (metal)
"F" (punk)
Gay Cowboys in Bondage
Screemin & the Fits
The Rock City Angels
Rugged Edge
The Drills (formerly the Upsetters)
The Menstrual Cycles
We the Living

1986-1988

Introduction

In The Miami News Times, Greg Baker writes, "And then the gigs began to dry up by 1986. Clubs closed, became T-shirt shops and restaurants. The bands began to disintegrate. Ted Gottfried moved to New York City to open See Hear, a store that sold nothing but music-related reading materials. Dave Parsons also left for New York, ending Mouth of the Rat's fanzine reign. Radio Free Living Room, on WLRN-FM (91.3), the local band's best broadcast friend, became Off the Beaten Path, which spotlights national underground bands. Something was about to be lost." [2]

According to Leslie Wimmer, "I think it just sort of transformed. People grew up, changed their focus. The Eat's 'I Led Two Lives' really sums it up, the lyrics about 'Woke up this morning went to work/The night before I was acting like a jerk.' The nonmusical world took preference for that group of people." [3]

According to Catharine Anderson, publisher of Gold Coast Live magazine, "The first era of South Florida punk did not come to an abrupt end, but evolved into a new era. In 1986 there was a more hardcore influence as well as Heavy Metal. Granted there may not have been as many venues for the local bands to play, but the scene refused to die."

In 1988, Michael Saunders reported in The Sun Sentinel, "The South Florida music scene is regularly slammed for being small, stale, pop-oriented and shallow. That`s the illusion. In reality, the scene is vibrant. It supports many bands performing various musical styles." [4]

Bands

Disorderly Conduct

Disorderly Conduct was a metal-edged punk band from South Florida featuring Casey Chaos and later Ken Decter. Disorderly Conduct became Amen after the band relocated to Los Angeles.

After seeing Black Flag for the first time, Casey Chaos started recording songs for his first hardcore band Casey and the Skate Punx. The band changed its name to Disorderly Conduct. They released one album, "Amen" and were featured on many compilations, one of which was titled "Flipside Magazine Compilation Vol. 2". [5]

Not Dead Yet

Not Dead Yet (1986–88) was one of Miami's first prominent hardcore punk bands. Not Dead Yet, along with other local bands such as Chocolate Grasshopper, FWA and Cultural Brain Rot, helped establish the Miami punk scene in the 80s. Not Dead Yet was influenced by bands such as Agnostic Front, Youth of Today, 7 Seconds, G.B.H., and many others. [6]

N.R.K.

N.R.K. is an acronym for the word anarchy. The band was founded by drummer George Graquitena in 1986. The band's name was later changed to The Accused. N.R.K. was very heavily influenced by the old school punk bands, Dead Kennedys and Black Flag. [7]

Cultural Brain Rot
FWA
SLA
The Roidz
F-Boyz

The F-Boyz were known for their insane stage antics and their own brand of "punk mock n roll" (punk rock, with a very tongue-in-cheek take on the genre, basically poking fun at anything and everything). They were very heavily influenced by bands such as The Meatmen, Stevie Stiletto, The Misfits, Elvis Presley and even Kiss. The F-Boyz (later changing their name to Fuckboyz) eventually moved to San Francisco from South Florida. [8]

The Chosen
Quit

1989-1992

Introduction

right

By 1989, the scene was changing again. According to Bob Slade, "A talent scout from A&M Records flew down from New York to see Miami hard- rockers Amazing Grace not long ago, Slade said. ``They`ve got two albums` worth of material recorded, one is already out and another is in the can,`` he said. Word is that the band may tour the state soon to keep sharp for their inevitable departure, Slade said." [9] Slade went on to discuss other major players who departed the South Florida scene with Sun Sentinel music critic Michael Saunders , "The members of the Rock City Angels changed their names and their hairstyles when they signed a big contract with Geffen Records, but they used to be regulars on the local club scene. ``Those guys used to play for $50 at Flynn`s,`` Slade said. ``Supposedly, when they moved to LA, they just told everybody that they were the boys from back East.`` The Drills found success in Los Angeles when recording opportunities dwindled here. Love Guns and Romeo Cowboy just moved out to La-La Land, but are having a tougher time than other local bands... and The Silos left Fort Lauderdale a few years ago for better bookings in New York and recorded Cuba, a brilliant album that captured loads of media attention." [10] [11]

Bands

Jobberknowl

Jobbernowl was a melodic punk band, in the vein of ALL, Descendents and Big Drill Car. Jobbernowl recorded a 7" for Re-Core-Ds records from Germany, and a 10" for Dr. Strange records. They were also featured on a limited edition compilation record on Dr. Strange records, featuring bands such as Face To Face and Guttermouth. [12]

Cell 63

Cell 63 was a straight-up roots rock/punk band influenced by Hüsker Dü, Social Distortion and The Replacements. [13] The band was also influenced by South Florida bands such as Psycho Daisies and Charlie Pickett. [14] Cell 63 recorded and released a self-titled CD, CELL 63, and another titled Once Upon A Drunk. [15]

Powerhouse

Powerhouse was the first youth crew hardcore band in South Florida. They featured future members of Where Fear And Weapons Meet, Cavity, Machine, and the Judas Factor. They released one 7 inch on New Age Records titled "Death Of A Salesman (Self Titled)" [16]

The Support Network

Introduction

Without a good support network it would be impossible for a scene to develop. "So you had the record store, you had the print, you had the radio and you had the bands. The bands would come play in the store and everything and it was just a whole community. That’s what I’m trying to bring out is that everybody talks about the bands helping each other, well the whole community was helping each other," states Leslie Wimmer of Open Books and Records. [17] Greg Baker of The Miami New Times agrees, "Other people, besides the dozens of musicians who played those clubs, made this local rock movement memorable." Baker continues, "The bands, clearly, had their champions. On several fronts, from radio shows to press coverage to club promotion, there were scenesters eager to spread the word about the exciting new music that aimed to turn upside down the safe world of Florida rock." [18]

Record Stores

Open Books & Records
Yesterday & Today Records

Rich Ulloa opened his first Yesterday and Today Records store in June of 1981. According to Greg Baker, "These stores, along with Open Books and Records, were critical to the local scene's growth. Separated by geography, the stores shared (and still share) similar inventories and business approaches." [19]

Underground Records

Record Labels

Introduction

According to Bob Suren, "The most prolific independent Florida labels in the 1970s and 80s were Open Records, Suplapse and Destroy Records . Most other Florida records were self- released by the bands, often as one-off projects." [20]

In 1985 and 1986, South Florida bands recorded and released a great deal of music, often on cassette. "The local original music cassette market has been flooded during the past few months. The creative and hyperactive Mike Kennedy of Spanish Dogs infamy is primarily responsible. He is involved as either singer, musician, songwriter or producer on no fewer than five locally produced cassettes," wrote Scott Benarde in The Sun Sentinel. [21]

Open Records
Safety Net Records
Jeterboy Records
TK Records
Foam Records

The Front - First Strike 7" EP. 1981. The Front - Aluminum Room/Poor People 7" - 1982.

Rasta Dog Records

Spanish Dogs - Don't Sweat the Petty Things - 1982.

Stench Records

Lethal Yellow: Declaration of Retardation EP - 1985

Esync Records
  • The Florida Explosion (cassette). Compiled by Rick Lennick - 1985.
  • Holy Terrors - S/T 7" EP - 1990.
  • Snatch the Pebble - Going Slow/Peon 7" - 1991.
  • Holy Terrors - Cigarettello/Bad Thing 7" - 1992.
  • Harry Pussy - 1st 7" - 1992.
  • Harry Pussy - Girl With a Frog 7" EP - 1993.
  • Drive Choir - King of the World/The Box 7" - 1993.
  • Kreamy Lectric Santa - Supergroup 2000 7" -1993.
Sublapse Records

Sublapse Records was owned and operated by Barry Soltz who also published Suburban Relapse. Sublapse Records released records by Gay Cowboys In Bondage, Morbid Opera and the Psycho Daisies' first album. [22]

  • Morbid Opera - Jesus Loves You - So Give Us Your Money - 1983.
  • Gay Cowboys in Bondage - Owen Marshmallow Strikes Again - 1984. [23]
  • Psycho Daisies - Pushin Up Daisies - 1985. Pushin' Up Daisies was recorded at L-7 Studios by engineer and producer Bob Rupe. It has a Sublapse Records catalogue number of LAP 3. [24]
D.I.Y.
  • The Wrap - Let Me Go/He's Not There 7" - 1980.
  • Sheer Smegma - Audio Suicide 7" - 1980.
  • The Fans - Middle Class Blues/Day In Day Out 7" - 1980.
  • Z-Cars - I Don't Care/All Dressed UP 7" - 1980.
  • The Reactions - Love You 7" EP - 1981
  • X-Conz - Do Dead People Tan? 7" - 1981.
  • Mysfitz - Aggravation/She's a Teaser 7" - 1981.
  • Breathers - 7" EP - 1982.
  • Menstrual Cycles - 1/2 Skin Punks/Retirement Home 7" - 1983. [25]
  • Visitors - Death of a Gunfighter/I'll Never Know 7" - 1983.
  • Stan Still Dance Band - Naked in Overtown (cassette) - 1984.
  • "F" - Destruction Ahead - 1985.
  • Rugged Edge - Rugged Edge EP (cassette)- 1985.
  • Rock City Angels - Demo (cassette) -1985. The Rock City Angels "Demo" cassette was never officially released as a recording in South Florida. In time the cassette made its way to Ann Bolelyn and she signed R.C.A. to New Renaissance Records. Before Boleyn and New Renaissance were able to release an Angels product, Geffen Records bought R.C.A.'s contract out and the band went on to release "Young Man's Blues in 1988." In 2000, New Renaissance released the "Demo" on CD and it is now known as "The Glam CD. [26]
  • Rugged Edge - Gangs in Heat/Two Face 7" - 1986.
  • Trembles - Stoopid Fool/Feel Alright 7 " - 1986.
  • Ruby Cadilac - Ten Seconds to Hell/Black Widow 7" - 1986. "As the record’s cover attests, the 80’s were a crazy time. The A-side is sub-Runaways meets metal - Lita Ford trying to record with $150.00. The B-side is sort of sleazy bar band blues metal. You REALLY have to be in the right mood to listen to this, but it seems to be growing on me. Worth it for the cover alone." [27]
  • Minimum Wage - Please Don't Buy This if It Costs More Than 95 Cents EP - 1986.
  • The Drills - Certificate of Penetration (LP)- 1987. Balls of the Steel Records. Produced by The Drills and Rat Bastard. Sync Studios. "This release is in fact a spinning mixture of influences STOOGES, MOTORHEAD, AEROSMITH, SEX PISTOLS and more...They did have their own psycho-hippie-punk sound!... By the way, it seems that this LP is more known in the METAL scene than into the PUNK one." [28]
  • The Boom Boom Band - I Want to Live - 1987.
  • "F" - Mess You Up 7" EP - 1988. 7" vinyl depicting a lad threatening Madonna with a baseball bat on the cover. Includes a guest appearance by eccentric 1960s recording artist Tiny Tim. [29]
  • "F" - You Are An E.P. - 12" - 1988. 1500 copies pressed, each copy had a different message written across the cover by various band members. One of the most well known 1980s hardcore punk releases to come out of the state of Florida. [30]
  • F-Boyz - Sinnin' Like Made 7" - 1987.
  • Rugged Edge - Eclipse of Fire - 1989.
  • Disorderly Conduct, "Amen" LP - 1989
  • Straight Youth - Together We Can Do It (EP) - 1990.
  • Human Oddities - Henry - 1991.
  • Fuckboyz - Rock 'N' Roll Problem EP - 1991.
  • Load - Does Dead Godflesh Smell? 7" EP - 1992.
  • Chickenhead - Everything Must Go 7" EP - 1992.
  • Cavity - Scapel 7" - 1992.

Recording Studios

Sync Studios
Squalor Studios
L7 Studios

Clubs and Venues

Tight Squeeze

Fort Lauderdale. The Eat played their first gig here July 14, 1979. Both the Eat and The Cichlids played here several times [32]

Premier Club

Hollywood. Charlie Pickett And The Eggs played their first gig here in November 1979. "We opened for the Eat or the Reactions every weekend at the Premier, it could've been 13 consecutive weekends, spring/summer of 1980" -Charlie Pickett

The Button Fort Lauderdale
The Balkan Club

Hollywood

New Wave Lounge

Fort Lauderdale

Finder's Lounge

Hallandale

27 Birds

27 Birds was a converted "Big Daddy's" located on Bird Road in Coconut Grove. The first show featured The Front and Cats on Holiday. [33] "I lived in Coconut Grove back then, driving a cab up in Hollywood and... managing a video game parlor in the Grove. The Big Daddy's was a local bar with cover bands Fri & Sat that the bar was paying a few hundred dollars a week for. I spoke to the manager and told him that for less money I would have bands 5 days a week, I just needed to charge a couple of bucks at the door. She agreed and I booked The Front & Charlie Pickett to open it to a big success (The Front were already drawing big crowds to some free outdoor gigs in the Grove, so I just combined then with the Charlie Pickett Broward county crowd," recalls Richard Shelter.

  • March 3: The Essentials and the D.T. Martyrs. [34]
  • March 31: The Engish Beat and the D.T. Martyrs [35]
  • April 14: The Essentials and the D.T. Martyrs. [36]
  • April 28: Crank and The Expressos. [37]
  • Aug 17 -21: Charlie Pickett & The Eggs and The Spinouts. [38]
Agora Ballroom

Hallandale

Big Daddy's The Blitz

1983 - DJ Alex

  • June 2nd: Larry Goe Miller and Charlie Pickett & the Eggs.
  • June 3rd: The X-Conz and The Cubes.
  • June 3rd & 4th: Toyz and The Comets.
  • June 10 & 11: Charlie Pickett & the Eggs and Cats on Holiday
  • June 16: The Eat and the D.T. Martyrs.
  • June 17 & 18: Radio Berlin and Perfect Strangers.
  • June 23: Cats on Holiday and The Terminals.
  • June 24 & 25: The Front and The Spinouts [39]
  • June 30: Live Bait and The Expressos
  • July 1, 2 & 3: U.S. Furys and Toyz.
  • July 7: Sync Studio Nite with The Goldbergs and Ashley & the Hot Flickx.
  • July 8 & 9: Crank and Black Market.
  • July 14: Frontrunner and Element 104.
  • July 15 & 16: Charlie Pickett & the Eggs and the D.T. Martyrs.
  • July 21: Perfect Strangers and The Sleep of Reason.
  • July 22 & 23: The Front and Cats on Holiday.
  • July 28: The Menstrual Cycles and Modern Method.
  • July 29 & 30: Boy's Life and X-Conz [40]
Brockway Theater
  • Oct 5, 1984: Anti-Seen, Broken Talent, Morbid Opera, Lethal Yellow, Pop Cruds, and Public Distrubance. [41]
Flynn's Ocean 71

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According to Richard Shelter, "When the Big Daddys chain didnt want us at the Grove bar (27 Birds) any more, they gave us a bar in Hialeah which became the Blitz. Three months later John Flynn came the night of the [Club] and offered me total control at his bar at the beach (which was kinda dead, I guess, before we moved in) which lasted until Milo from Gay Cowboys in Bondage bragged to Mrs Flynn about how well his band got paid. From that point on, they ran the door, which started the end of my run there."


DJs: Ted, Alex, Bob Slade and Ray.

  • Jan 4: The Expressos.
  • Jan 5: Peter Patrick and Perfect Strangers.
  • Jan 6 & 7: Gay Cowboys in Bondage and Morbid Opera.
  • Jan 8: The Bobs and RBT.
  • Jan 11: Psycho Daisies.
  • Jan 12: The Terminals and Element 104.
  • Jan 13 & 14: Sleep of Reason and Toyz.
  • Jan 15: Tinga Stewart and Vehicle Band.
  • Jan 18: Peter Patrick.
  • Jan 19: Abusers and Nobody's Heroes
  • Jan 20 & 21: Roach Motel and Sector 4.
  • Jan 22: Thrust
  • Jan 25: RBT
  • Jan 26: Expressos and Menstrual Cycles.
  • Jan 27 & 28: Jason & the Nashville Scorchers and Charlie Pickett & the Eggs.
  • Jan 29: Dave Dixon Presents.
  • April 27 & 28: Psycho Daisies
  • May 25, 26 & 27: Toyz, Charlie Pickett & The Eggs and The Sleep of Reason. [43]
  • June 28 & 29: Screaming Sneakers, Abusers and RBT. [44]
  • July 10: The Chant and The Stan Still Dance Band. [45]
  • Aug 1st & 2nd: The Minutemen and Gay Cowboys in Bondage. [46]
  • Aug 5: Dream Syndicate, Pealing Autum and The Chant. [47]
  • Aug 10: Agent Orange and Crank [48]
  • Sept 30: Charlie Pickett & the Eggs and The Swimming Pool Qs. [49]
  • Oct 1: Gay Cowboys in Bondage and the D.T. Martyrs. [50]
  • Oct 19 & 20: Charlie Pickett & The Eggs and The Sleep of Reason. [51]
  • Oct 26: Crank and RBT. [52]
  • Dec 16 & 17: The Expressos [53]
  • Dec 23 & 24: Crank and Black Anthem. [54]
Fireman's Hall

Fireman's Hall, in Fort Lauderdale, Fl, was perhaps the worst place on earth to host concerts. Scott Benarde of The Sun Sentinel wrote, "Richard Shelter, a promoter who has taken responsibility for finding new homes for homeless head bangers and slam dancers, found the Fireman`s Hall in Fort Lauderdale for a concert venue. He promoted shows by Husker Du and Black Flag. Fireman`s Hall, however, is better suited to bingo. Between 400 and 500 people -- the whole alternative scene -- attended these shows and turned the hall into a sauna. It was so hot, humid and stuffy that Husker Du`s Bob Mould, who suffers from asthma, had to cut short the show when he began having trouble breathing." [55]

1985

  • April 29: Tropical Depression Present's: Sector 4, D.A.M., Broken Talent, Gay Cowboys in Bondage, Upsetters and Generic Death. [56]
The Cameo Theater
Lonesome Coyote
  • May 10 & 11, 1985: Psycho Daisies, Pagan Faith and The Sewerettes [59]
The Skating Center

Ives Diary Road, North Miami.

  • June 29, 1985 - Raw Power, The Faction and The Drab. D.J. Rick Lennick. [60]
Tobacco Road

1985

  • May 17 & 18: Psycho Daisies and RBT [61]
The Cell

Housed in an Italian Restaurant at 1203 Federal Highway in Hollywood, Fl., The Cell was advertised as a "Progressive New Music Danceteria." The Cell was founded and run by Mike Spike and Mike World. Bob Slade did D.J. duty and there were often live shows.

In June 85, The Skating Center raised the rent on Richard Shelter so he moved the Toxic Reasons show from the Skating Center to The Cell. [62]

Raw Power played a show at the Skating Center. They were in town a few days and stopped into The Cell. To everyone's surprise, they decided to play two hard sets. [63]

  • June 16: The Chant. [64]
  • June 20: The Drills and Morbid Opera. [65]
Mother's

2025 Pembroke Road, Hollywood, Fl

In late July 1985, Gold Coast Live Magazine started sponsoring shows on Sunday nights at Godmother's in Hollywood. On Monday's the club became "Mother's" and featured local original music bands. Catharine Anderson, publisher of G.C.L. booked the bands and Mary Ann Nazzaro (a.k.a. Ruby Cadilac) provided lighting and sound equipment. Rick Lennick did D.J. duty. The second show, featuring The Drills, Rugged Edge and Rock City Angels was so successful there was not a drop of beer left for the club's regular customers the following day. The club was packed to capacity.

  • July 7: Ruby Cadilac and RBT
  • July 21: Ruby Cadilac and RBT
  • July 28: Isolator and The Gloves
  • August 4: Stan Still Dance Band and Maxine & The Pads
  • Aug 11: Aural X
  • Oct 20: The Preachers
The Treehouse

813 S.E. 1st Ave, Hallandale, FL

The Treehouse was best known as a Heavy Metal club but for a period of time hosted "Bob Slade Sunday's" and "Gold Coast Live Mondays." [66]

1986

  • March 16: Psycho Daisies and Leo Casino
  • March 23: Disorderly Conduct and The Chosen
  • March 24: Stranglers of Bombay and Tuff Luck
  • March 31: - The Preachers
  • May 19: Barrence Whitfield & the Savages, Psycho Daisies and The Sleepwalkers. [67]
The Cobra Lounge

3151 W. Hallandale Beach Blvd

New Music Sunday's [68]

  • March 30: Ruby Cadilac.
  • April 20: Rugged Edge.
  • April 27: Ruby Cadilac.
  • May 3: Amazing Grace.
  • May 10: D.T. Martyrs
The Button South
  • May 4: Ruby Cadilac. [69]
The Jockey Pub

April 4 & 5: Ruby Cadilac. [70]

Banal

Frank (Rat Bastard) Falestra and Hal Spector opened Banal in late 1985. According to Greg Baker, "The two had found a location across from Barry University and opened their own club, Banal. They had no liquor license, so could only offer a portion of the meager door take to the groups. The bands came anyway. "Most of them just played and didn't even ask for the money," Spector says." [71] Unfortuneately Banal was in the wrong location. According to Baker, "The BYOB club thrived for about ten seconds. "The apartment complex right in front of the place was where the Barry University nuns lived," Spector recalls. But he didn't realize the connection until one of the women at the complex, dressed in civilian clothes, visited the club. "A few minutes later all these cop cars pulled up. 'Lock the door and close it down.'" So, after barely two months of unpermitted fun, Banal was forced to move to another spot, in North Miami. After some time and many a rewarding live show, Falestra and Spector gave up the project. "Frank and I were afraid we were going to get arrested. I mean, we never carded anyone. Eventually they would have come and got us."[72]

Churchill's Hideaway

1986

  • May 10: Morbid Opera and The Sleepwalker's
The Trashcan
The Warehouse

Magazines and Fanzines

Notable fanzines covering this period in South Florida underground music include Mouth of the Rat, Borington Journal, Alternative Rhythms, Twist and Suburban Relapse. In early 2011, FAU hosted an exhibit titled "The Punk Years" by Raymond Pettibon. Writer, photographer and skateboard historian, [Craig Snyder] created the "back wall" of the display which consisted of flyers from Florida punk shows. " In the middle of this collage of Florida subculture sit Snyder’s tributes to two legendary South Florida zines: Miami’s Suburban Relapse and Boca Raton’s Mouth of the Rat—low-cost, DIY publications that heralded alternative music long before the Internet democratized music. Knowing that Mouth of the Rat, which featured the work of future Beastie Boys before they were the Beastie Boys, gets its name from a derisive mistranslation of “Boca Raton,” only adds a funny layer to this important zine." [73] Craig Snyder and his friend Bill Proe were the the design and production team for Suburban Relapse.


Suburban Relapse

Suburban Relapse was a South Florida fanzine first published in 1981 by Barry Soltz. Stoltz published 13 print issues over a 4 year period. According to Soltz, Suburban Relapse was "Made in the 'do it yourself' punk spirit of the day. It covered the local punk and music scene as well as national and international acts that were not getting mainstream press coverage." [74] Suburban Relapse was published from 1981 to 1985. [75]

Borington Journal

The Borington Journal was a fanzine "loosely related to the South Florida punk scene." [76] Borington Journal was published by Dave Fun between 1980 and 1982. There were eight issues.

Mouth of the Rat

According to Dave Parsons, Mouth of the Rat was, "Not just the history of Dave "Daze" Parsons, but also the history of another time and place. When I was a scrawny little surfer in high school my nickname was ‘The Rat.’ I was living in Boca Raton, Florida and it just so happens that in the 18th century the inlet at Boca Raton was a pirate cache. The pirates used it because you could not see the inlet from the water until you were right on it, which was far too late for the merchant ships. Boca Raton literally in English is "mouth of the rat." So MOTR or Mouth of The Rat was an obvious choice for the name of my fanzine. It described who and where at the same time and with the flare of the black flag/anarchist pirate/past history of the place..." [77] Mouth of thr Rat was published from 1979 - 1981. [78]

Alternative Rhythms

Alternative Rhythms was a free bi-monthly magazine published by Sam Rosenthal. AR was published from April 1981 thru January 1986 when Rosenthal relocated to California. AR started small and eventually grew to "44 pages, had a real press run of 8,000 copies and was distributed by United Parcel Service to 40 locations in 12 states." [79]

"The magazine was never slick, but it was always interesting. During the past four years, AR was the place to learn about Prefab Sprout, the Cure, and the Style Council before they began getting airplay. Readers also could find stories and reviews on local bands such as Charlie Pickett and the Eggs, Gay Cowboys in Bondage, Stan Still Dance Band, and D.T. Martyrs as well as unknown bands from northern Florida and Georgia." [80]

In late 1985, Scott Benarde wrote, "At least four local music magazines report on and review the South Florida music scene as well as many of the national acts that tour here: Rag, Alternative Rhythms, Gold Coast Live! and Thunder. (I haven`t seen the fifth, Tropical Depression, for some time.) All, save the quarterly Alternative Rhythms, are monthly publications. All, save the slickly produced Thunder, are printed on rough stock paper. All, save Thunder, which costs $1.25, are free." [81]

Tropical Depression

Tropical Depression was first published in February 1984. It had a circulation of 1,000 issues locally and 300 nationally. There were four issues of Tropical Depression.[82]


Editor: Toni Latino Asst Editor: Bob Slade Creative: Mike Shannon Photography: Rick Lennick & Paula Wagner

Gold Coast Live!
Rag

Rag was not so much a punk and hardcore magazine but rather a local music magazine. Published by Dino Fedele, Rag was popular for its ads. Many a band found their next drummer in Rag's want ads.

Zazz
The Latest Rage
Scam

Published by Erick Lyle (aka Iggy Scam).

Documentaries

"Another Night at the Agora" is a documentary about the early South Florida music scene. "In the late seventies and early eighties, South Florida boasted one of the most explosive original rock scenes in the country. It was a time when Rock music was reinventing itself to appeal to a younger, more discriminating audience. New Wave, Punk and other experimental genres were finding a ready audience, and were changing the shape of Rock music forever. And yet, South Florida's prominence in the underground scene remains one of the area's best kept secrets." [83] [84]


Charlie Pickett recalls receiving a phonecall from diane Jacques,a filmaker, "I’ll tell ya, the filmmaker started it for me. She just called and said, "I’m making a film about the 1980s, the punk rock scene in South Florida. And there’s a Night at the Agora and also Sheila Witkin Memorial. Maybe some of the bands would want to play that … Would you like to play and do you know the Eat, do you know the Cichlids, do you know The Reactions?" And I said, "I know all of them and yeah, I don’t mind playing." [85]

Radio Stations and Shows

As reported in The Sun Sentinel, "WKPX (88.5 FM) remains the only source of radio salvation for new-music lovers in most of Broward and south Palm Beach counties. Lucky South Broward listeners can tune into WDNA (88.9) for eclectic programming, and Bob Slade`s Off the Beaten Path show livens up WLRN (91.3 FM) from midnight to 2 a.m. on Tuesday mornings, but for most of us, WKPX is the sole link to bands who are unknown, unsigned or unappreciated." [86]


'WKPX Piper High School'
University of Miami'
- Public Radio'
  • WLRN was the home of "Off The Beaten Path" which was hosted by Bob Slade on Monday nights. Monday night was the night to hear the latest releases by national and international punk and hardcore bands. Bob Slade also gave plenty of airtime to local artists. Slade often interviewd local acts on the air and played their latest releases as well. "Off The Beaten Path" aired until 1999 when the station apparently lost some funding and decided to reshuffle its programming to appeal to an NPR audience. [87]
  • Off the Beaten Path evolved from a radio program called "Radio Free Living Room" which was started by Leslie Wimmer, Ted Gottfried and Dave Parsons, and Eric Moss. "Radio at that time was both struggling but there were public stations. There was WLRN, WDNA, Eric Moss’s radio, BUS was still hanging around. Dave Parsons actually named the radio program that Ted and Eric Moss, the manager of The Eat and I started, that was called Radio Free Living Room. So that was Monday, from midnight to 2:00. That became Off The Beaten Path with Bob Slade, who was also a big mover and shaker back at that time," recalls Wimmer.[88]
  • According to Geg Baker, Moss acquired a Monday late-night time slot on the nonprofit WLRN-FM and went on the air on August 5, 1980. "It was just a way to get what I thought was important music out to the public," Moss says now. "There was a renaissance of rock at that time, and very little of it was getting on the airwaves. I did it with a notion to publicize the local bands that weren't getting airplay, as well as English and California and New York bands that were part of a scene that was just breaking through."[89]

Persons of Note (Promoters, Club DJs, Photographers, Artists, etc.)

Bill Ashton
  • Bill Ashton was a writer for the [Miami Herald]. "He did his due diligence when he was writing. He wrote about the bands that were big in the nationwide bands, but he also came down in the same column while he was talking about Foreigner or whatever, he was also talking about local bands with no sense of condescension." [90] Ashton moved to Atlanta and started Safety Net Records with Jim Johnson.
Jim Johnson
  • Founded Safety Net Records with Bill Ashton. Played with The Chant, Charlie Pickett And The Eggs and the D.T. Martyrs. His photographs appeared on records by the Cichlids, Charlie Pickett And The Eggs, Larry Joe Miller, The Essentials, and The Eat. Jimmy was a roadie for The Cichlids, and he also wrote articles and took photographs for The Rag.
Walter Czachowski
  • Walter Czachowski is also known as "Walter CZ." Lead vocalist/guitarist in The Essentials and The Chant. Provided the cover artwork for "The Land That Time Forgot" lp released by Open Records, the "God Punishes The Eat" EP, and 2 singles and 2 albums by Charlie Pickett And The Eggs. [91]
Richard Shelter
Robert Mascaro
  • Robert Mascaro is described as visionary by former Miami Herald Music Critic Bill Ashton. [92] Charlie Pickett agrees, "Oh, absolutely visionary. Bobby Mascaro decided at some point, for some reason that he thought Broward and local music could start and he thought he could start something. He saw a girl at a club off Sterling Road and State Road 7 … this girl Debbie, who became Debbie Mascaro, Debbie Cichlid. He saw her in about late 1978. I’ll leave it to someone else to try to figure out exactly the thing, but they worked a couple of incarnations with sometimes all guys, sometimes all girls and Mascaro had been associated with if not managing the Z-Cars, so he had some idea of what to do, but he would put Z-Cars into a club some nights there would be nobody there but us. Some nights there would be quite a few people at Rollo’s say, in South Miami. But Mascaro said, "I think we can make original rock go." [93] Mascaro is responsible for forming The Cichlids. According to Charlie Pickett, "Mascaro considered himself a Svengali, he played the role of Svengali, mean Svengali and Rasputin in there too. But he took an 18-year-old girl and another 18-year-old girl and two 19-year-old boys and said, "You’re gonna do what I say, the way I say to do it, and we’re gonna make this fly." And he took them and he browbeat the living hell out of ‘em, "You’ll do it my way, the way I say to do it, exactly the way I say to do it." [94]
Ken Schleger
  • Ken Schleger is credited as being the first music critic to report on the South Florida local scene. "the first critic for The News was Schleger. He started in like the fall of '79, so I think he was writing when The Cichlids did their Halloween show that year. Kenny started paying attention to the local groups and we were pretty good friends, he told me about it," remembers Cameron Cohick. [95]
Bob Wlos
Bob Slade
  • In his Autobiography, Marilyn Manson describes Bob Slade as "a punk-rock DJ in Miami with a Monkees-style bowl haircut." [96] Bob Slade was both a radio DJ (WLRN's "Off the Beaten Path") and a club DJ. Slade was also a music critic, journalist and concert promoter.
Rick Lennick
  • Rick Lennick was known as "DJ Rick." Rick started spinning records at the Agora Ballroom in the late 70's. He later became a DJ at Flynn's where he "helped the club bring in national and international acts such as Black Flag, Suicidal Tendencies, and The Exploited. He also wrote for various fanzines in the area and in the early Eighties released Florida Explosion, a cassette compilation of Miami punk and underground groups." [97] Rick Lennick was many things: photographer, jouralist, DJ, music critic and music promoter. In 1985 Rick released "The Florida Explosion" cassette. "The Florida Explosion" was a compilation of 28 alternative and hardcore original music classics by South Florida bands. [98]

Rick served as DJ at the Agora Ballroom, Flynn's, The Cell, Mother's, The Treehouse, and The Button South among others. Rick passed away April 21, 1996.

Jill Kahn
  • Photographer. Bass player.
Rat Bastard
  • Rat Bastard (Frank Falestra) is a guitarist, bassist and audio engineer. Falestra played guitar

in Myrin and the 2 Wotz in the late 70's and early 80's. In the early 80's he co-founded Sync Studios in Miami Beach and Esync Records. Among his studio credits are Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids first demo cassette, and Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids' After School Special in 1991. Rat Bastard books and promotes experimental and rock music in Miami, most often at Churchill's Pub. "For about twenty-five years Rat was part of what has become known as the Miami noise scene that played at Churchill’s every Thursday. He is often referred to as the godfather of a scene that has produced the likes of Harry Pussy, Kreamy ’Lectric Santa, No Fun Fest organizer Carlos Giffoni and his band Monotract, and newer acts like hahahelp!, Curious Hair, Dumbo, Amanda Green, Luciano Guidini, Fantom, Childproof, Dino Felipe, and Otto Von Schirach." [99]

Lou Ming
  • Writer, musician, historian, artist
Slammie Productions
Jim Hayward
  • Jim Hayward founded Slammie Productions in 1992 as a vehicle to promote the Slammie Awards and local and national acts.He sat on management panels at the Southeast Music Conference and other industry events and produced and released several independent CDs that were distributed internationally. Hayward has also been a professional journalist for more than 25 years and has worked at such publications as The Palm Beach Post and The Miami Herald. As a music writer in the late 1980s, he covered the local and national rock scenes and interviewed artists such as Aerosmith, Metallica, The Scorpions, The Cult, Heart, Judas Priest and many others. [102]

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