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The Mutants

Hailing from Hamtramck, The Mutants were not only sonically interesting but lyrically irreverent. With tongue planted firmly in cheek,

The Niggers

“(Producer Jack Tann) said I don’t mean to disrespect by this name and, we were like “yeah, well what

The Pathetx

The Pathetx was a group that happened to be around in the transition from the first wave punk bands

The Pigs

The Pigs were a three-piece band featuring Michael Rushlow (guitar/vocals), Steve King (bass), and Alan Faye (drums). While some

The Plugs

The Plugs existed in some form as far back at 1976. The band was created out of friends of

The Ramrods

The Ramrods were formed in mid-1977 by singer Mark Norton, guitarist Peter James, bassist Dave Hanna, and drummer Robert

The Reruns

Taking their cue from television, and borrowing the last names of notable characters from 1950s/1960s shows, The Reruns were

The Romantics

Formed in 1976, The Romantics created a power pop sound recalling on the British Invasion bands as much as

The Seatbelts

The roots of The Seatbelts start in the St. Linus Catholic School choir. When he was in elementary school,

The Sillies

A musician from his elementary school years, Scott Campbell started writing songs at age 8. In 1974, while still

The Traitors

The Traitors were a short-lived, and often maligned, band. But, the band’s history is fascinating and complicated with guest

The Zooks

As a band as likely to play the tearjerker pop hit “Last Kiss” and an Erik Satie minimalist classical

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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

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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

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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

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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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