spokanarchy !
in anticipation of saturday’s screening of “spokanarchy! , ” billboards popped up around town .
there are no critic reviews yet for spokanarchy! . keep checking rotten tomatoes for updates !
spokanarchy! premiered august 5, 2011 at the garland theater in spokane, wa to a sold - out house .
123 arts was a venue in spokane in the late 1980s. archival footage from outtakes from the documentary spokanarchy! urltoken
spokanarchy! is a feature - length documentary that chronicles the manic highs and desperate lows in the emergence of the punk rock scene in culturally barren 1980s of spokane, washington .
for some the results were devastating. some went on to bigger and better things. but all carry with them the independent and creative diy spirit that made spokanarchy! live up to its name .
spokanarchy! chronicles the manic highs and desperate lows in the emergence of the alternative music scene in culturally barren spokane, washington. before mtv, before the internet and cell phones, spokane ...
spokanarchy! chronicles the manic highs and desperate lows in the emergence of the punk rock scene in culturally barren spokane, washington. this coming - of - age story becomes a... see full summary »
the crowning achievement of the documentary
spokanarchy !
is that it' s entertaining for the full hour and 20 minutes, despite being about music you' ve never heard of from a scene you never knew existed .
the crowning achievement of the documentary' spokanarchy!' is that it' s entertaining for the full hour and 20 minutes, despite being about music you' ve never heard of from a scene you never knew existed .
spokanarchy
plays at the the grand illusion cinema feb 10 - 16; the grand illusion also hosts a q & a; with writer / publicist chris estey and filmmakers david w. halsell and jon swanstrom feb 11 at 8: 30 pm .
while the film is peppered with profanities, it has found acceptance at the landlocked film festival in iowa; the columbia gorge international film festival in vancouver, wash. ; and the alaska international film festival, where “spokanarchy! ” won the best director award .
around that same time, a handful of them decided that they had a story worth telling. with cameras in hand, they interviewed dozens of 40 - year - old “punks” from spokane to new york, edited more than 100 hours of footage and “spokanarchy! ” came to fruition .
spokanarchy! is a feature - length documentary that chronicles the manic highs and desperate lows in the emergence of the punk rock scene in culturally barren 1980s of spokane, washington. bands include vampire lezbos, sweet madness, terror couple, cattle prod, tfl, social bondage and more .
noisy boys
from the spokane band m' na m' na. an eclectic mix of styles from punk, rock, r & b; , reggae, noise, etc. this was filmed around 1984 or so... as seen in the punk rock documentary spokanarchy! urltoken
spokanarchy! chronicles the manic highs and desperate lows in the emergence of the punk rock scene in culturally barren spokane, washington. this coming - of - age story becomes a coming - of - middle - age story as the scene' s survivors take an unflinching look at their past, and how their lives were shaped by those years of music and mayhem. aggressive and experimental music was the glue that brought them together, and 30 years on still resonates. for some the results were devastating. some went on to bigger and better things. but all carry with them the independent and creative diy spirit that made spokanarchy! live up to its name .
spokanarchy! chronicles the manic highs and desperate lows in the emergence of the punk rock scene in culturally barren spokane, washington. this coming - of - age story becomes a coming - of - middle - age story as the scene' s survivors take an unflinching look at their past, and how their lives were shaped by those years of music and mayhem. aggressive and experimental music was the glue that brought them together, and still resonates thirty years later. for some the results were devastating, while some went on to bigger and better things. but all carry with them the independent and creative diy spirit that made spokanarchy! live up to its name .
that backwater inadvertently spawned a small but potent cache of bands and visual artists who put on shows in abandoned buildings, wrote fanzines and generally countered their town’s narrow political and aesthetic viewpoints. spokanarchy! not only recognizes underrated art - punk outfits like necromancers and vampire lezbos, but illuminates the compressive force of small town life and how it can produce true diamonds .
spokanarchy! chronicles the manic highs and desperate lows in the emergence of the punk rock scene in culturally barren spokane, washington. this coming - of - age story becomes a coming - of - middle - age story as the scene' s survivors take an unflinching look at their past, and how their lives were shaped by those years of music and mayhem .
that backwater inadvertently spawned a small but potent cache of bands and visual artists who put on shows in abandoned buildings, wrote fanzines and generally countered their town' s narrow political and aesthetic viewpoints. spokanarchy! not only recognizes underrated art - punk outfits like necromancers and vampire lezbos, but illuminates the compressive force of small town life and how it can produce true diamonds .
i think that spokanarchy! would be an educational dvd to anyone interested in the history of any genre of rock music. spokane would never be mentioned in the same rock limelight as los angeles, but because of its mediocre effort in rock history and diy attitude, it is noteworthy to bring to the forefront. this rock documentary serves an enlightening purpose to rock devotees everywhere .
spokanarchy! director dave halsell grew up in 1980s spokane. at that time, washington’s second - largest city held a tiny fraction of the state’s population and was wracked by homophobia, racism, and their attendant violence and hopelessness. “if you didn’t fit in, you were ostracized, ” halsell says by phone from seattle, where he now resides. “back then—before cell phones, before mtv, before the internet—spokane was a backwater. ”
“we were looking down from our perch of modernity at these dying dinosaurs, and there was something very comforting about that, ” wilcox says in a scene from spokanarchy! , a documentary out on dvd this month and showing at siff uptown theater at 9 p. m. jan. 12. “seeing the last of the neanderthals…there in the moment, but knowing that they were on the way out. there was a sort of smug pride in watching their death throes. ”
karp, a defunct post - punk band, is one such gem. formed in 1990 under the acronym “kill all redneck pricks, ” karp emerged from tumwater, a rural enclave south of olympia that’s one of washington’s oldest towns and the former home to the olympia brewery. karp lives! , bill badgley’s long - anticipated documentary about the band, traces a path of small - town repression and escape similar to the one depicted in spokanarchy! . it’s also out on dvd this month .
in halsell’s case, the lessons learned in the ’80s about questioning authority and collaborative creativity served him and his peers well into the future. the impetus for spokanarchy! was a 2009 “punk rock reunion” of the scene’s most critical players, many of whom hadn’t seen each other for 30 years. what started out as a short video journal of the reunion evolved into a full - length documentary. rebelling against their small - town environs not only helped these open - minded punks survive with their sanity, but to locate their own voice .
it' s fascinating to learn it happened, and it would be great to see a similar thing happen again. crucially ,
spokanarchy' s
directors were there at the time, and so the film takes the city out of the mouths of cosmopolitan seattleites — known to disparage spokane as a wasteland — and transfers the narrative to the people who know it best. they paint spokane as a blank canvas that creative minds can see as an opportunity, and where a lot of cool stuff has happened that hardly anyone knows about .
urltoken spokane' s original post - punk diy new wave group sweet madness in a music video for their 1980 song
mechanical things
. from the made in spokane 1978 - 1981 lp. digital download available at urltoken and itunes and amazon. as featured in the documentary spokanarchy. sweet madness (jan, john, don and mark) existed from 1978 till 1981. directed by city graphics. camera and editing by don jensen and jerry cook. clothes by reactive wear. mechanical things by robinson and published by rat boggle music ascap .
• “spokanarchy! ” will be shown saturday at 9 p. m. at the garland theater, 924 w. garland ave. (recommended for ages 18 and older because of language, brief nudity and adult content). tickets are $ 10 at the door, or $ 8 in advance through today at 4000 holes, 1610 n. monroe st. ; time bomb, 711 n. monroe st. ; boo radley’s, 232 n. howard st. ; checkerboard tavern, 1716 e. sprague ave. ; and baby bar, 827 w. first ave .
spokanarchy! ost is the accompanying soundtrack to the feature - length documentary about the rise of the punk rock scene in the conservative and culturally barren 1980s of spokane, wa. out of this unlikely burg a decade' s worth of undiscovered music and art erupted, by the likes of whom that went on to be in noteworthy and underground bands such as tool, motorcycle boy, sandy duncan' s eye, stompbox, cattle prod, even charlie schmidt, keyboard cat' s creator! 16 tracks of post - punk, new wave, hardcore, and assorted weirdness from 13 bands you’ve never heard of, let alone heard !
in 2011, the documentary film “spokanarchy” premiered, shedding light on spokane’s underground scene in the ’80s with interviews, vintage music videos and club scenes. in the film, some oooooob members share their thoughts, including stierwalt, who, during his on - air interview, shows how he shoots methadone into his foot, attached to a leg he has since lost. still, his passion for music remains as does his sense of humor. “i work well at making things work, ” stierwalt said. “oooooob includes a stroke victim, a guy with one leg, a guy with shredded rotator cuffs and an introvert, but we make beautiful music together, and you should see our light show. ”
as the largest city on that long, lonely stretch of i - 90 / 94 stretching between seattle and minneapolis, spokane could never be accused as being near the center of anything. during the' 80s, though, the eastern washington city cultivated a healthy, flourishing, artistically diverse punk scene, virtually created out of nothing. spokanarchy is an inviting, generous overview of that era, with interviews by a good number of guilty parties. in giving the under - regarded spokane scene its fair due, the terrific film holds company with the very best music documentaries, and by the end you feel as if you' d been there. you weren' t, of course, which is exactly the point .
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as the largest city on that long, lonely stretch of i - 90 / 94 stretching between seattle and minneapolis, spokane could never be accused as being near the center of anything. during the' 80s, though, the eastern washington city cultivated a healthy, flourishing, artistically diverse punk scene, virtually created out of nothing. spokanarchy is an inviting, generous overview of that era, with interviews by a good number of guilty parties. in giving the under - regarded spokane scene its fair due, the terrific film holds company with the very best music documentaries, and by the end you feel as if you' d been there. you weren' t, of course, which is exactly the point .
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spokanarchy! ost is the accompanying soundtrack to the feature - length documentary about the rise of the punk rock scene in the conservative and culturally barren 1980s of spokane, wa. out of this unlikely burg a decade' s worth of undiscovered music and art erupted, by the likes of whom that went on to be in noteworthy and underground bands such as tool, motorcycle boy, sandy duncan' s eye, stompbox, cattle prod, even charlie schmidt, keyboard cat' s creator! 16 tracks of post - punk, new wave, hardcore, and assorted weirdness from 13 bands you’ve never heard of, let alone heard !
a kaleidoscopic look at an under - recognized under - ground scene that deserves to be seen, moshed and celebrated .
– lenny kaye, patti smith group
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maybe it' s all the lady gaga, katy perry and maroon 5 that zzu pumps into the atmosphere. maybe it' s their perennial
best of
morning show anchors, dave, ken and molly. maybe zzu producers break into cars at night and glue radio dials to 92. 9. are we judging? nope. a win is a win. (joe o' sullivan )
2nd place: kyrs
thin air
; 3rd place: kxly
coyote country
; north idaho' s best: kpnd - 95. 3 fm
molly allen once appeared on the tv show weakest link. ken hopkins used to be known as
little h bomb .
as a 10 - year - old, dave sposito kept over 100 rats as pets. bring these personalities together and you form the voltron of local radio: dave, ken and molly. you know what you don' t do with voltron? you don' t mess with them. (joe o' sullivan )
winner of a grammy and three tony awards, wicked tells the story of how the wizard of oz' s two witches came to be known as the nice one and the wicked one. it also edges out a pair of older, more traditional shows: beauty and the beast and young frankenstein. what' s next? punk rock opera? (joe o' sullivan )
matthew modine, star of vision quest, a 1980s wrestling / coming - of - age flick, cemented his goodwill with the inland northwest when he visited spokane in january to screen his latest short film. has modine worn a unitard since he portrayed loudon swain? we didn' t ask. but somewhere, tonight, modine is wearing a unitard. even if it' s only in our dreams. (joe o' sullivan )
soul singer allen stone is not chewelah' s only claim to fame. the annual chataqua festival brings upwards of 50, 000 people into the town each july for a three - day weekend of fun .
inlander reader michelle fulton attended her first chataqua festival last year and remembers spending the day looking at all of the vendors, enjoying a break from city life and all this small but mighty town has to offer .
one, it' s that small town feel when you leave spokane and head up there ,
she says .
and second, the venue is great. the public park with the river running behind it and the history behind it and learning what it' s all about .
chataqua is an updated version of the festivities at lake chautauqua, new york, circa 1874, where people would gather to listen to lectures, poets, actors, explorers and artists. a century after the initial east coast event, the festival made its way to the inland northwest, where people now flock for carnival rides, stage shows, shopping and more .
along with the 27 - hole chataqua golf tournament, held at the chewelah golf & country club course, chataqua also offers a climbing wall, a little league and softball tournament, swimming, boating and fishing. the festival also includes a fine arts and crafts fair that is known for displaying excellent hand - crafted pieces .
enjoy a bit of music? chataqua' s centerstage has you covered. every evening of the festival, the 800 - seat stadium is filled with three hours of music, from blues to country to pop .
chataqua organizers know you can' t have a festival without lots of food and offer festivalgoers the traditional corn dogs, funnel cakes, elephant ears and bbq, as well as tastebud - tickling ethnic specialties. for the 21 - and - over crowd, there' s a beer garden right next to centerstage that serves beer, wine coolers and hard lemonade. just make sure to have your id handy .
looking to work off those carnival calories? check out the 5k and 10k runs. just like bloomsday, but on a much smaller scale, participants get a t - shirt once they cross the finish line. if you want to enjoy all three days of the festival with chataqua charlie, the festival' s mascot, you' re more than welcome to camp at one of many local rv sites. (azaria podplesky )
2nd place: pullman' s lentilfest; 3rd place: odessa' s deutchefest; north idaho' s best: st. maries' paul bunyan days
whiskey lullaby ,
mud on the tires ,
waiting on a woman .
if you caught brad paisley at the spokane arena on feb. 9, you heard just about all the life lessons you need. and then there' s the virtual appearance by carrie underwood on
remind me .
as in, a hologram of underwood trading lines with paisley, both beamed through spokane arena via a jumbotron. never seen gwar do that. (joe o' sullivan )
jay daniels doesn' t spend much time reflecting on second place. as one - half (or one third, if you count producer slim) of the jay and kevin show on 99. 9 coyote country, daniels helps provide the duo / trio' s staccato banter between country singles .
we always say,' hey, we' re no. 2, that stinks, hey - o!'
says daniels .
but the veteran radioman is more interested in talking about what he loves: doing radio .
we just have fun ,
daniels says .
we try to be relatable .
when asked about his funniest memory, daniels draws a blank. so he leaves the phone to ask his co - conspirator, kevin james. he returns laughing .
we had a stunt guy, reggie. we had this challenge one morning where he was supposed to hitchhike back to the station .
but unbeknownst to poor reggie, the radio hosts had arranged for someone to swing by and pick him up. said person came with a gun on the seat, guns and ammo magazines. oh, and there was a blow - up doll in the backseat. once reggie got settled in, driver x started taking him away from the radio stations .
reggie opened the door while he was driving and rolled out the door and started running the other way ,
daniels says, laughing .
the poor guy' s bugging out .
( have inlander best of winners dave, ken and molly every pulled a stunt like that? )
when he says his age — daniels is 51 — james laughs in the background. he' s only 41. but the jay and kevin show has gotten younger. three years ago, they added 30 - year - old slim .
it' s awesome having slim. he' s just young and fun ,
daniels says .
if he keeps up with this attitude, he' ll never make it ,
says daniels. (joe o' sullivan )
for the past 32 years, inland northwest residents have gotten out their elastic - waisted shorts to make room in their bellies for a whole lotta pig out in the park. aside from dishing out tasty delights, the free late - summer festival has also brought its a - game in recent years on the stage, too: last year, portland rabblerousers march fourth marching band and' 90s
sex and candy
rockers marcy playground headlined the festival. pretty awesome. (leah sottile )
for the first time in several years, artfest has managed to break the iron grip that art on the green had on the no. 1 spot of the best arts festival category .
david brum, who oversees artfest in his role as the special programs and volunteer services coordinator at the northwest museum of arts and culture, is reluctant to attribute that coup to any one factor. although the festival' s purpose is the same as it was when it was started 27 years ago — to showcase diverse northwest artists, engage the local community and raise funds for the mac — a lot has changed, too .
six years ago, the maximum amount of artists we could jury into the show was around 80, because of space limitations ,
says brum. that ultimately led to artfest moving from the mac campus to nearby coeur d' alene park in browne' s addition .
because we' re in the park, we' re able to make it more of a festival setting. we had over 140 artists participate last year .
the three - day event has also steadily increased its cachet with regional artists working in every medium under the sun: jewelry, wood, metal, glass, ceramics, watercolors, and more. around 230 artists have already applied for the limited — and often very lucrative — spots among the live music, beer gardens and food stalls of artfest 2012 .
accordingly, the number of visitors has grown, though brum stresses it' s hard to get concrete figures from the festival' s open, free, and un - ticketed admission .
we have about 30, 000 people a year on average coming to this event ,
he says .
it' s evolved into something i think the community respects and wants to be a part of. a lot of people put it on their calendar to come here year after year .
those increases in space, artist participation and public attendance aside, brum surmises that the most effective change came when artfest shifted its layout from a
rectangular box
with rows of aisles to a
serpentine oval shape
that was easier to navigate. first implemented in 2010, the new layout was
perfected
last year. and the response may have been encouraging enough to account for artfest' s surge in the polls .
changing the look has really freshened it up. it improved traffic flow and it feels more festival - like ,
brum says .
we got a lot of positive comments about that .
( e. j. iannelli )
really, mark and marcy few could probably think of a million things to do with their time. but instead, over the past decade, the gonzaga hoops coach and his wife have raised $ 5. 4 million for their charity, coaches vs. cancer. each year, the fews shepherd hundreds of thousands — last year, over $ 600, 000 — and donate it all toward children' s cancer research. it makes you wonder: if all coaches had the fews' philanthropic mentality, maybe we could win the fight against cancer just a little bit faster. (leah sottile )
this win has got to feel good. after a rough - and - tumble year, the northwest museum of arts and culture is still on top for inlander readers as the best arts organization in the inland northwest. and if anyone ever questioned that, the mac proved itself last year, packing galleries with the leonardo da vinci exhibition, buddying up with terrain for some seriously groundbreaking visual art, and attracting 1, 200 music fans to check out the globes' performance there. hey mac? if no one has said it to you in a while, we' re here to let you know: the inlander and all of our readers are really happy you' re around. (leah sottile )
music is a thing of passion. and this year we thought we' d worm our way into readers' brains to see what local acts — aside from the excellent musicians who swept the category' s top three slots this year — really speak to their hearts .
one band that received a sizable pile of votes was local indie - rock outfit cathedral pearls, fronted by longtime local siren karli ingersoll (nee fairbanks). the band features karli' s husband, caleb, on drums, and another cute married couple, max and carrie harnishfeger, on bass and keys. one reader, sean finley, says he' s gotten to know karli over the years and thinks cathedral pearls
seems to me to be one of a few local bands to really be carving out a spokane sound. a little folksy, a little shoegaze, but for whatever reason it just sounds like spokane .
another local band has won a lot of hearts by playing to them. meredith coleman says she first fell in love with bluegrass band old bear mountain at a friend' s wedding on the roof of the spokesman - review building .
they had just finished playing their last song of the set, which was pretty amazing ,
she says .
the crowd at the wedding cheered for them to play another song — the same song — again because they were loving it! [ the band ] seemed a little confused but then picked right up and played the same song twice .
another reader, chris cindric, heard about obm after a friend saw them live and recommended their music to him. and though he has only listened to their recorded material, he says he loves
the fun, fresh, young sound they bring to bluegrass .
he even used one of their songs to soundtrack a winter trail - running video he posted on youtube .
jennipher stillwell has been following the members of rock band fail safe project for years — since singer george silva was in popular local nu - metal outfit five foot thick, in the early 2000s. she says you have to see fail safe project live in order to understand. over the years, she' s noticed
how people flock to them and follow them to wherever they tour .
she says that talent is contagious — people can' t resist the fail safe project .
wherever they roam, people flock and are instantly hooked .
the way a band can captivate a room seems to be a common factor for lots of readers in choosing their favorite local band. reader kate allison loves the way americana band folkinception can get people on the dance floor .
they make every show a party ,
she says. but even more, she' s watched as they' ve become the band of her neighborhood :
it' s very much a community band, almost a south perry neighborhood band. i couldn' t name a song of theirs that i don' t care for .
( leah sottile )
want to topple sammy eubanks, the country and blues guitarist who has swept our best local band category for the last two years? well, start by playing spokane and the surrounding area for 30 years. yeah. this guy is a lifer. eubanks is one of those guys you' ll see in our music listings every week — getting people at clubs, bars and festivals dancing all year round. and when big dogs like bb king come to town? they call eubanks in to open for him. (leah sottile )
the glamour, excitement and music of the 1920s is reawakened in the 21st century by spokane swing and jazz cover band 6 foot swing. blending the many ages and genres of jazz, this local outfit manages to respect the classics they perform while bringing contemporary appeal to their performance. the band also plays weddings and special events — and there' s a reason: this band makes the dance floor absolutely irresistible. they' re releasing an album on march 31 at a club. (lauren miller )
rent might easily have been voted into its top slot as a gesture of goodwill. after all, it was a bold move just to entertain the thought of staging this award - winning musical with homosexual and hiv - positive characters at a community theater in rural idaho .
but solidarity and goodwill will only carry you so far. to attempt to explain the popularity of lake city playhouse' s production of rent as a wider public reaction to an outspoken minority would be missing the point. whatever complementary forces might have been at work, rent was a compelling and deserving production in its own right .
some people may point to the controversy ,
says george green, artistic director at the lake city playhouse ,
but we were selling tickets way before we started having some of those minor issues .
i think people came and saw what was on the stage and how talented those performers were, and word of mouth just grew. we had people buy season tickets because of what they saw — not the content, but the production value .
directed and co - choreographed by local theatrical mainstay troy nickerson, rent successfully translated the broadway - sized rock operetta to the smaller stage of the lake city playhouse. it was a technical feat that was pulled off with the help of choreographer jillian wylie and a group of musicians under the direction of zack baker .
there' s so much involved with putting a band right there in the middle of the stage, with performers singing and dancing around them 100 percent of the time ,
says green .
to balance that in our space was very, very challenging .
and then you had voices like robby french and todd kehne and christina coty, and gosh, keyonna knight as mimi. so many people will always remember that performance. i mean, for a girl of her age to have that caliber of talent and bring it every night at that level was just stellar .
despite adding extra shows, the theater ended up turning patrons away. that likely left far more people disappointed about missing the chance to see rent than those who disapproved of it being staged in the first place. (e. j. iannelli )
imagine a carnival barker, with a bright - red top hat and a thick, black handlebar moustache, bellowing in a baritone mile - a - minute patter, demanding all passers - by — man and woman! young and old! — behold the heart - stopping, life - changing wonders behind the curtain, through the doors, into the halls of the inland northwest .
at least, those are a few of the sights inlander voters picked as the best strange, only - in - the - inland - northwest attractions. and far and away, with at least two - dozen different variations in names and spellings, was the iconic garbage - eating goat. crafted by sister paula turnbull for expo' 74, the goat statue in riverfront park will, with the press of a button, suck garbage from visitors' hands. it won with more than 400 votes, including someone who thought the choice was such a no - brainer he or she simply wrote :
goat, duh
the big red wagon nearby — the one conan o' brien marveled at on his tour a few years ago — came in second, with the looff carousel close behind. the milk bottle ice - cream shop, however, continues to garner spokane' s still - sizable
fans of buildings shaped like milk bottles
vote .
a few voters know about the quirkier sites further a field :
robot hut museum
in elk. the
prostitute museum
in wallace .
a few selections seemed backhanded (
view of the poop plant near joe albi stadium
); snarkily sartorial (
how people dress at the airport
); bitter (
watching thieves steal cars and the police do nothing about it
); and depressing for a select few citizens (
tomb of the ex - one - term - mayors
) .
but, overall, the timeworn adage remains true: it' s the goat that gets the votes. (daniel walters )
2011 best of the arts - our readers' picks for the region' s finest writers, festivals, bands and more .
vampire lezbos’ van caught on fire on their first - ever foray beyond spokane .
in the early ’80s, a group of young punks living in spokane moved into a handful of apartments perched on top of the smith funeral home—a partially defunct old victorian on division street where bodies were sometimes stored before cremation. visual artist t. j. wilcox and his crusty comrades in punk bands sweet madness and terror couple spent their evenings on the roof, drinking cheap beer and tossing bottles and insults at the jocks and rednecks cruising the strip below .
wilcox has gone on to a career as a fine art photographer and painter, his ambitions to transcend the stifling confines of spokane shaped by those rooftop confrontations. seattle receives the lion’s share of credit for birthing the northwest music scene, but the sordid incubator of small town life is equally important in producing risk - taking artists .
“ [ the name karp ] is almost a line in the sand that says, ‘this is us and this is them and we’re trying to do our thing and these are the people that are trying to drag us down, ’” badgley says from his current home in brooklyn .
inspired by the slow, deafening sludge - rock of the melvins (from the nearby logging town of montesano), bassist / singer jared warren, guitarist / vocalist chris smith, and drummer scott jernigan came together at tumwater high school, an institution the documentary depicts as more welcoming toward athletes than artists .
“there was a party where a bunch of jocks took a black mannequin and lit it on fire and started beating it with sticks, ” smith says in the film. “i couldn’t understand how that could be happening where we were growing up. ”
over footage of battered, pea - green lockers and seedy pawn shops, melvins bassist joe preston details the troubles that united the members of karp. “they were tormented [ in tumwater ]. it was like prison, ” he says. “they were trying to get out of prison with [ their music ]. ”
the trio broke out for a time, releasing three albums on k records and traversing the u. s. before splitting in 1998. self titled lp, karp’s final release, is often cited by contemporary northwest metal bands like helms alee and akimbo as a hugely influential work. warren now plays bass with big business and the melvins; jernigan passed away in a boating accident in 2003. “even now, karp embodies everything i like about heavy music, ” says former juno frontman and seattle expat arlie carstens. “heavy music that is smart, discerning, and funny is a very rare thing. karp were the snow leopard of northwest punk rock. ”
badgley never romanticizes the negative environment that spawned karp, though he does suggest it had a positive effect on the band’s subversive art. he understands that for many young people, a small town is a trap they will never escape from .
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besides being a definitive look at 1980s punk rock from spokane, wash. , the movie (by filmmaker david w. halsell and a team of co - directors) articulates the universal story of growing up in a conservative town where you' d get beat up for looking weird or having artsy aspirations. it' s also about the positive things that can happen when you go for your dream. to hear unknown bands like sweet madness and pp - ku tell it, if you wore straightened jeans and striped shirts, you dealt with beer bottles thrown from cars .
spokane still has that social flavor, though much milder, just like lots of cities in america. but musically it' s almost unchanged. the punks rebelled then against the same ac / dc cover bands rampant there today, and funk and disco, which the punks also deemed cookie - cutter. listening to these old resistance - rock songs now doesn' t have the quite the bite it once did, but the film draws you into the underdog energy of terror couple' s anthem
this is spokane, [ expletive ] l. a. ,
or the childlike experimenting of pp - ku. it' s also impressive how integrated the music was with shamanistic performance art and skateboarder culture, forming an outsider - art ecosystem .
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• “the rapture: second coming, ” an ’80s reunion concert featuring moral crux, big yuck mouth, an 425lb. yorkshire sow, social bandage (formerly social bondage), bonneville power, yamamoto and crutchman, begins tonight at 8 at a club, 416 w. sprague ave. admission is $ 10 (must be 21 or older) .
two years ago, hundreds of self - described “punk rock, new - wave and artistic weirdos” converged on spokane for a reunion, reliving their ’80s days of mayhem .
the film, which will have its first screening at the garland theater on saturday, includes archival footage of trailblazing spokane bands and artists from 1978 - 1988, including sweet madness, p - p ku, strangulon, cattle prod, social bondage and the vampire lezbos .
it’s described as “the real - life story of what it means to look back on a youth spent challenging the social and cultural norms of small town america. ”
those being interviewed described where they bought their clothes and how they altered them, how their fashion choices and obvious contempt for mainstream values got them beat up a time or two, and the many warehouses where experimental music and art took place .
the recollections are inspiring and sad at the same time, filled with the spirit of “raise your voice, ” “do it yourself” and “question authority” juxtaposed with stories of addiction and even death .
when the feature - length documentary was in its early stages, following that punk - rock mentality, the title had a profanity in it. but things change .
“it was a pragmatic decision to change the name. it would be hard to put our initial title on a marquee and we didn’t want to shoot ourselves in the foot, ” says dave halsell, editor and co - director of the film .
halsell and his cohorts – erica schisler, executive producer, co - director and director of animation; jon swanstrom, director of photography, co - director, research coordinator and assistant editor; theresa halsell, line producer, co - director and co - editor; heather swanstrom, production assistant, co - director, co - editor and script supervisor; and cory wees, co - director, photography, lighting and grip – look upon those times as life - changing and worthy of the limelight .
seeing her first experimental music / art show in spokane in her youth, schisler breathed a sigh of relief in the realization that forward thinking was alive and well even in the small city .
“being a part of all that, in a sense, gave me permission to do, say and be anything, ” she says. “i was introduced to new ways of thinking about music, art and society. ”
dave halsell agrees: “the ‘scene’ gave me an early education and helped me see through the hypocrisy of mainstream living .
“though some tragedies offset the exuberant glee we felt in those days, a lot of really creative people came out of it. many have maintained that ‘punk rock’ mentality and they are free to create without restraint because of it. ”
a soundtrack to the film, featuring more than a dozen tracks by bands from back in the day, will be available tonight at a club, 416 w. sprague ave. , during yet another reunion where a half - dozen bands will play, and at saturday’s screening .
both events are open to the curious public, whether or not you were there at the time .
“we really hope the film inspires others to do it yourself, think for yourself and do your own thing, ” halsell says. “if it can be done in spokane, it can be done anywhere. ”
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a kaleidoscopic look at an under - recognized under - ground scene that deserves to be seen, moshed and celebrated .
just for the vintage video alone i highly recommend this to any punk history majors out there, and kbd - heads need the soundtrack .
a well - assembled mosaic of voices. the filmmakers are from the same scene, which makes for a comfortable intimacy among peers
“a kaleidoscopic look at an under - recognized under - ground scene that deserves to be seen, moshed and celebrated. ” – lenny kaye, patti smith group
this coming - of - age story becomes a coming - of - middle - age story as the scene’s survivors take an unflinching look at their past, and how their lives were shaped by those years of music and mayhem. aggressive and experimental music, art, and rebellion was the glue that brought them together, and some 30 odd years on still resonates .
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score: 70% rating: not rated publisher: mvd entertainment group region: 1 media: dvd / 1 running time: 80 mins. genre: documentary / independent / adult - themed audio: dolby digital 16: 9 widescreen format
is a 2011 production by carnage & rouge documenting a scenic town' s zenith as one of the nation' s founding cities in the alternative genre. supposedly, one of the most
unpunk
towns in the u. s. , spokane was the only place that made noise in the quiet northeast between 1978 and 1986. the dvd shares bit - interviews with rockers including francois haraldson, erica k. schisler, erich thaler, jan gregor, heather swanstrom, john hawkley, and blunt rapture, mixed with performances by sweet madness, strangulon, vampire lezbos, and cattle prod, among others .
while new york, los angeles, and boston were all points on the map moving fast in the new wave, spokane had been an isolated community, and for its coming - of - age youth, there was nothing .
looks deeper into the town' s own rock lifestyle after the urban sprawl, centering in on bands struggling for survival, if not acceptance, by a small town and its conservative public. it wasn' t the place to be, unless you were stuck there; and for a place out of touch with the rock world, it' s disaffected youth weren' t disconnected. the documentary shows how spokane' s small punk scene made the best of it before it' s drug demise. and, if it wasn' t exactly the precursor to seattle' s early 90' s grunge, it was pretty much the first. you will probably be reminded of (or introduced to) a lot of short - lived bands that did not make it. only the bands in this dvd made it locally on the scene and never received national acclaim, but were still beneficial to spokane' s rock evolution .
special features include additional interview outtakes, go f * * * yourself: a short film by adam petke showcasing sweet madness' mikal vollmer' s talent in artistry. also included is spokane' s punk rawk retrospective art show, a short film by beverly yuen thompson .
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oooooob band members, from left, steve stierwalt, rick swanson, bink olney and brent biever, aka blunt rapture, pose for a photo during band practice on oct. 30 in spokane. (tyler tjomsland )
oooooob hits the stage at 9 p. m. friday and saturday at boomers classic rock bar and grill, 18219 e. appleway ave .
for the past 30 years or so, members of the all - original band oooooob have been questioning authority, making their own rules and smashing the paradigm .
“we have always colored outside of the lines, and, outside of the box? i’ve never even seen the inside of it, ” said keyboardist and singer blunt rapture, aka brent biever. “it’s more like unzipping and stepping out of a bunny suit. ”
oooooob members – rapture, guitarist rick swanson, bass player steve stierwalt, percussionist bink olney and drummer thomas richardson, who also plays with the band zerox machine – have played in dozens of bands over the years. that lineup includes an 425lb. yorkshire sow, cattle prod, pnb, god project, m’na m’na, necromancers, headpump, tfl, strays, beatrice and happy campers .
original and experimental, they had a hard time finding venues in which to play so they created their own in garages, at parties, and in far - from - mainstream, underground - type clubs in the 1980s and ’90s .
in the summer of 2009, hundreds gathered for a reunion of the ’80s alternative scene. oooooob formed to perform for the event, and they have been jamming together ever since.
spokanarchy ! is a 2011 documentary film that chronicles the 1980s punk rock scene in spokane , washington . mixing vintage music videos , live clips , and found footage with contemporary interviews , the film portrays what happened when a group of disaffected teenagers from a small , isolated northwest city embraced the music and fashion of the big-city punk scenes . the interviewees reminisce about their early years as rebels and misfits in a conservative town , and reflect on how their participation in the scene continues to influence their lives as middle-aged adults . several of the cast have achieved notoriety since the period depicted in the film , including paul d'amour , the original bassist for the band tool , circus sideshow performer zamora the torture king , and the creator of internet meme keyboard cat . the film is not credited to a single director , but to the core production team of david w. halsell , erica k. schisler , jon swanstrom , heather swanstrom , theresa halsell , and cory wees . spokanarchy ! is available on dvd , and a soundtrack was released by flat field records featuring musical performances by sweet madness , pp-ku , the doubtful nonagenarians , terror couple , strangulon , the necromancers , s&m , vampire lezbos , m’na m’na , social bondage , tfl , the moo cow orchestra , and cattle prod .
spokanarchy! is a 2011 documentary film that chronicles the 1980s punk rock scene in spokane, washington. mixing vintage music videos, live clips, and found footage with contemporary interviews, the film portrays what happened when a group of disaffected teenagers from a small, isolated northwest city embraced the music and fashion of the big-city punk scenes. the interviewees reminisce about their early years as rebels and misfits in a conservative town, and reflect on how their participation in the scene continues to influence their lives as middle-aged adults. several of the cast have achieved notoriety since the period depicted in the film, including paul d'amour, the original bassist for the band tool, circus sideshow performer zamora the torture king, and the creator of internet meme keyboard cat. the film is not credited to a single director, but to the core production team of david w. halsell, erica k. schisler, jon swanstrom, heather swanstrom, theresa halsell, and cory wees. spokanarchy! is available on dvd, and a soundtrack was released by flat field records featuring musical performances by sweet madness, pp-ku, the doubtful nonagenarians, terror couple, strangulon, the necromancers, s&m, vampire lezbos, m’na m’na, social bondage, tfl, the moo cow orchestra, and cattle prod.
spokanarchy! is a 2011 documentary film that chronicles the 1980s punk rock scene in spokane, washington. mixing vintage music videos, live clips, and found footage with contemporary interviews, the film portrays what happened when a group of disaffected teenagers from a small, isolated northwest city embraced the music and fashion of the big-city punk scenes. the interviewees reminisce about their early years as rebels and misfits in a conservative town, and reflect on how their participation in the scene continues to influence their lives as middle-aged adults. several of the cast have achieved notoriety since the period depicted in the film, including paul d'amour, the original bassist for the band tool, circus sideshow performer zamora the torture king, and the creator of internet meme keyboard cat. the film is not credited to a single director, but to the core production team of david w. halsell, erica k. schisler, jon swanstrom, heather swanstrom, theresa halsell, and cory wees. spokanarchy! is available on dvd, and a soundtrack was released by flat field records featuring musical performances by sweet madness, pp-ku, the doubtful nonagenarians, terror couple, strangulon, the necromancers, s&m, vampire lezbos, m’na m’na, social bondage, tfl, the moo cow orchestra, and cattle prod.