Venues
Punk Rock Venues
New Miami
Originally operated as a supper club in the 1950s/1960s as the Miami Show Bar, Vietnam veteran Daniel Overstreet about
Clutch Cargo’s
Clutch Cargo’s, named after the 1950s cartoon show – also referred by some as “The City Club” but not
Silver Bird Saloon
This bar, also known as the West Side Six, started to book bands like The Rockets and Salem Witchcraft
Bands
Punk Rock Bands
The Denizens
Formed in Livonia while many of the members were still students at Bishop Borgess High School in nearby Redford,
The Traitors
The Traitors were a short-lived, and often maligned, band. But, the band’s history is fascinating and complicated with guest
The Ivories
Started by Larry Ray and Bruce Nichols, two guitarists who had known each other since childhood in Warren, The
Media
Media & News
SPOOEE!
Started by Johnny Chamberlin in the late summer 1978, SPOOEE! was a rival Detroit punk paper to White Noise.
Touch and Go
Started in Lansing in November 1979, Touch and Go was a xerox fanzine created by Tesco Vee, a pseudonym
WDET’s Dimension
WDET is Detroit’s public radio station based at Wayne State University. The station was originally put on the air
Stories
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