Los Angeles punk collection, 1982-1992.
Collection Number: 8074
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Los Angeles punk collection, 1982-1992.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
8074
Abstract:
Archive of material from the Los Angeles punk scene assembled by a passionate music
fan between 1982 and 1992.
Creator:
no primary creator
Pettibon, Raymond, 1957-
Quanitities:
1.2 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Archive of material from the Los Angeles punk scene assembled by a passionate music
fan between 1982 and 1992. Materials include over 250 flyers, with a half-dozen featuring
artwork by Raymond Pettibon; 10 broadsides/posters; 40 band-related stencils that
were likely used to decorate band gear, performance space or posters; more than 55
punk magazines, both amateur and professionally produced; nearly a dozen stickers
of punk bands; over 50 ticket stubs for shows at various venues around L.A.; and other
assorted ephemera including political and religious handouts distributed to show attendees.
The music represented ranges from original Los Angeles bands (The Dickies and X)
to pioneering hardcore bands (Circle Jerks, The Middle Class, Wasted Youth, The Mentors,
and T.S.O.L.), crossover thrash (Suicidal Tendencies and D.I.), altrock/punk (The
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bad Religion, and Social Distortion), and a few mainstream
recording artists who visited the L.A. area (David Bowie, Pink Floyd, James Lee Hooker,
and Deep Purple).
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Los Angeles punk collection, #8074. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Subjects:
Popular culture -- California -- Los Angeles.
Punk rock musicians.
Punk rock music -- Posters.
Punk rock music.
Punk culture -- Periodicals.
Punk culture -- California -- Los Angeles.
Form and Genre Terms:
Stencils (tools)
Fliers (printed matter)
Ticket stubs.
Ephemera.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Music Event Flyers (8.5" x 5.5")
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Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Music Event Flyers (8.5" x 11")
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Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Music Event Flyers (8.5" x 11")
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Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Band Stickers
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Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Music-related Advertisements
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Scope and Contents
Fan club membership forms, ads movies, band merchandise (e.g. Kiss Army Paraphernalia),
t-shirt and record store flyers
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Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Political / Social Flyers (8.5" x 11")
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Box 1 | Folder 7 |
"Bovine Gazette" issues
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October 1993 - May 1996 |
Scope and Contents
Satirical social-political publication, based out of Pasadena, CA.
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Box 1 | Folder 8 |
"Ben is Dead" magazine
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December 1991, Summer 1993 |
Scope and Contents
Satirical social-political magazine, based out of Southern California.
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Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Political / Social periodicals
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Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Scott Cooper poetry / Golden Hour Press catalogs
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Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Miscellaneous
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Scope and Contents
Includes: handwritten note from Discord Records founder and Minor Threat drummer,
Jeff Nelson, "Back Care" pamphlet, Alcoholics Anonymous pamphlet, graphic photographs
of a dead woman - two computer printouts, Westley Allan Dodd mug shots, laminated
image of Charles Manson
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
"Maximum Rock N Rock" magazine
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January - September 1983 |
Box 2 | Folder 2 |
"Maximum Rock N Rock" magazine
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October 1983 - April 1993 |
Box 2 | Folder 3 |
"Flipside Fanzine"
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Box 2 | Folder 4 |
"Destroy LA" fanzine
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1982 |
Scope and Contents
Issues 3 and 4 (2 copies)
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Box 2 | Folder 5 |
"We Got Power!" magazine
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Scope and Contents
Issues 2 and 3
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Box 2 | Folder 6 |
"Ripper" magazine
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Scope and Contents
Issues 6, 7, and 8
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
"60 Miles North" magazine
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September 1984 - February 1985 |
Scope and Contents
Volumes 1 and 2
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Box 2 | Folder 8 |
Misc. Music Magazines (I)
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Box 2 | Folder 9 |
Misc. Music Magazines (II)
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Box 2 | Folder 10 |
Other Magazines
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Scope and Contents
"Half-Truth" lifestyle magazine, "Alarums and Excursions" live-action role playing
magazine, "L.A. Oops" humor paper
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Box 3 | Folder 1 |
Ticket stubs (I)
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Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Ticket stubs (II)
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Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Music Event Flyers (4.25" x 5.5")
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Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Music Event Flyers (8.5" x 14")
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Box 3 | Folder 5 |
Album Flyers
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Box 3 | Folder 6 |
Political / Social Flyers (8.5" x 11")
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Box 3 | Folder 7 |
Oversized posters
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Box 3 | Folder (loose) |
Music newspapers
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Scope and Contents
Includes: "K News," "Bam," "New Vinyl Times," "Boston Rock," and "Terminal."
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Box 4 | Folder 1 |
Stencils and text prints for music flyers
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