Salad Days: The DC Punk Revolution

Sat. Apr 18, 2015 at 8:00pm EDT
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Salad Days: The DC Punk Revolution

“SALAD DAYS: The Birth of Hardcore Punk in the Nation’s Capital”  is a documentary that examines the fertile Washington, DC punk scene of the 1980s. This was a particularly important time in the evolution of punk and independent music, with DC based bands like Minor Threat, Bad Brains, Black Market Baby, the Faith, the Slickee Boys, Void, Government Issue, Marginal Man, Dag Nasty, 9353, Gray Matter, Beefeater, Scream, Rites of Spring, Fugazi, Shudder to Think, Nation of Ulysses, Jawbox and others defining the DC aesthetic. Local record labels like Dischord, Fountain of Youth, Teen Beat, and Simple Machines would become standard-bearers for the DIY revolution.



A lot has been written about the pre-Nirvana period of American punk rock, but there’s never been an examination of DC’s contribution. The filmmakers interviewed dozens of the participants who helped create the local music scene in the 1980s— musicians, photographers, DJs, activists, and writers—to tell the story of one of the most inspiring (and misunderstood) decades in independent music.


Tickets $8 in advance or $10 at the door.  Doors open at 7:00pm.  Parking free after 6pm at meters and metered lots. 



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Hollywood Theater 1449 Potomac Ave
Dormont, PA 15216