#pat blashill

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Butthole Surfers, 1984

Photographer: Pat Blashill

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The Dicks

© Pat Blashill

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David Yow and David Sims, ca. 1981, Austin, courtesy Ellen Sims. The Davids were two of the first friends I made at Austin’s first punk club. Sims was rock solid and well-mannered—for years, he sent me postcards from the road, usually telling me what book he was reading at the moment. Yow, on the other hand, was possibly the funniest human I had ever met. Nobody was more surprised than me when they eventually formed two great bands. I cannot explain their mystical bond, but I know that around the time of this photo, they also had a cat named David.

Pat Blashill

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Babes in Toyland, East Village, NYC, 1990

L-R: Michelle Leon, Lori Barbero, Kat Bjelland.

Photo by Pat Blashill

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"SEARCHING FOR THE SUN IN THIS FUCKING DIRTY WORLD!"

NOTE: Never seen this one before, and I doubt they ever returned to Texas before their breakup in '84.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on 3/4 of SF peace punk/hardcore/D-beat band CRUCIFIX (Matt, Sothira, & Drew), performing live at Club Foot in Austin, TX, USA, c. 1983. 📸: Pat Blashill.

Source: www.picuki.com/media/3441296525752028039.

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Swans

Ph. Pat Blashill

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White Rage:

An Oral History of Texas Punk, 1979-1986

Interesting piece on early Texas punk from Pat Blashill, who’s book Texas Is the Reason: The Mavericks of Lone Star Punk contains 200 of his photographs plus essays from those who were there

“Butthole Surfers play Club Foot, October 1983. The band were performance artists as much as musicians: the drummers played standing up, and the singer often stripped down to his boxer shorts, or used theatrical props . . . like fake blood.”