Venues
Punk Rock Venues
Bookie’s Club 870
Pre-Punk History of Bookie’s Club 870 From Cliff Bell’s to Beauchamp’s After success with several venues stretching back to
New Miami
Originally operated as a supper club in the 1950s/1960s as the Miami Show Bar, Vietnam veteran Daniel Overstreet about
Traxx
Originally known as JC’s Rock Saloon, a biker bar where a notorious fight broke out at a Traitors/Ramrods show
Bands
Punk Rock Bands
Nikki and the Corvettes
As a young music fan, Nikki Corvette remembers the impact seeing The Stooges and the MC5 had on her
The Traitors
The Traitors were a short-lived, and often maligned, band. But, the band’s history is fascinating and complicated with guest
The Denizens
Formed in Livonia while many of the members were still students at Bishop Borgess High School in nearby Redford,
Media
Media & News
WDET’s Dimension
WDET is Detroit’s public radio station based at Wayne State University. The station was originally put on the air
Face The 80s
“Face the 80s” was a documentary shot on sound Super 8mm film mostly in 1978 and part of 1979
SPOOEE!
Started by Johnny Chamberlin in the late summer 1978, SPOOEE! was a rival Detroit punk paper to White Noise.
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