The punk space has been a phenomenon for just about the previous part a century. I’ve taken my children to displays at my native a couple of instances in order that they know what it’s like to wonder whether a construction goes to resist the entire punks stomping via it and on it. Within the early 80s, the punk space to be at in Austin used to be the OAF (One-Armed Farmers) Space. Photographer David Sprague captured some superb pictures of it, and the Austin punks who braved Texan outrage to be part of its outsider tradition. Creator Michael Corcoran has an awesome tale known as “Nice Birthday party! Who Lives Right here?” that you want to learn (pass right here) in case you experience your punk historical past. Right here’s a small excerpt and a few of Sprague’s superior pictures underneath that:
After I were given to the town within the ‘80s, there used to be the “Space of Many Ladies” at twenty eighth and San Gabriel, and naturally there used to be the Colony at 2703 Rio Grande, the place punk rockers would keep up all evening each and every Saturday, so they might get up the sorority ladies with their racket within the parking space Sunday morning. “Cross forward and bitch. We’re criminal,” learn a banner dealing with the Contessa West subsequent door. Colony “caretaker” David McDonald would get a valid allow for the bands each and every week. After the Colony closed the punk birthday party scene moved to the OAF Space, at 2800 San Pedro, which used to be additionally owned by way of John Pierratt.
The OAF (One-Armed Farmers) Space would have a large barbeque within the again backyard maximum Sundays, even inviting the hobos who lived within the bamboo wooded area out again. Bands would play, together with Pez, Technicolor Yawns and Scratch Acid, whose singer David Yow used to be a resident, however right here comes the fuzz to close down the track. Again then, a birthday party didn’t depend except the police officers confirmed up.
There used to be a large number of acrimony within the overdue ‘70s between the Raul’s crowd and the Greeks, as exemplified by way of the meme, “I used to be punk rock when it used to be known as ‘Good day, faggot!’” The Large Boys spoke back with the one “Frat Automobiles” (“Let’s tow them away!”) in 1980. Willie International didn’t like punks both, with Austin Opera Space stagehands brawling with the Large Boys and their lovers onstage on the 1984 Austin Track Awards.
– Michael Corcoran (learn the overall tale right here)
