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R.U.R.

After the short run of The Antennas, “Tex” Newman – a Dallas-native who hitchhiked his way to Detroit looking

Retro

Punchy and angular, Retro came together when several members connected through the Cass Corridor arts scene and Detroit public

Route 666

BIO (Written by Norman Westberg– member of Swans): “I met Charles (Bowen) at Bookie’s one night. We had a

Service

“I picked it because it’s a word you see all over the place, when you drive around the city

Sonic’s Rendezvous Band

Founded in Ann Arbor in 1975, Sonic’s Rendezvous Band featured members from four major Detroit bands of the late

The 27

The 27 was formed when Mark Norton and Dave Hanna had an interest in continuing together in a band

The 3-D Invisibles

Following turns in The Seatbelts and R.U.R. before creating his first band, Crayon Killers, Rick Mills went one further

The Blind

Formed by childhood friends Dave Davis, son of noted writer/editor/publisher of Automotive magazine and other publications, and Michael Smith, The

The Boners

Born out of several other respected bands on the Bookie’s scene, notably The Pigs (later known as The Rushlow-King

The Cubes

When The Cubes started rolling in 1979 singer/organist Carolyn Striho was still in high school. But, she was already

The Denizens

Formed in Livonia while many of the members were still students at Bishop Borgess High School in nearby Redford,

The Ivories

Started by Larry Ray and Bruce Nichols, two guitarists who had known each other since childhood in Warren, The

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From The Blog

Welcome! Here’s How it Works…

October 29, 2018

Welcome to the Detroit Punk Archive! This site aims to tell the stories of the bands in the scene that started just before and around Bookie’s Club 870 in early 1978. The site is broken up into THREE main sections: BANDS, VENUES, and MEDIA: The BANDS section features pages on the various groups that started […]

UPDATE – APRIL 6th, 2022

April 6, 2022

Just a quick shout out that BADHABIT is seeing their unreleased tracks from 1980-1981 released on vinyl in a special limited run from Italy’s Rave Up Records label. You can get your copy through this link.

UPDATE – OCTOBER 25th, 2022

October 25, 2022

It’s been a while since my last update. Big news is expected soon on a few fronts. In the meantime, a short documentary from the WTVS – Detroit Public TV – program One Detroit just posted last night about “Detroit’s punk rock history at the All-Star Garage Rock Punk Revue”. Take a look – you […]

UPDATE: DECEMBER 18th, 2022

December 18, 2022

Hello Friends, Today’s Detroit Free Press – in print and online – features a story about the importance of the Bookie’s punk rock scene. I wrote it because my friend, great Detroit historian and journalist, Bill McGraw asked me to contribute to his on-gong Detroit history column in the paper. Here’s a link (it is […]

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