The 1980s Tallahassee punk flyer
archive is an ongoing effort to catalog and preserve 1980s-era Tallahassee gig
flyers. A number of improvements have been made to the archive
which will be detailed in this blog post.
The flyer archive now consists of two distinct entities: the online digital archive, a growing collection
of images currently representing 285 unique flyers (ed. note: 431 as of November 2020); and a hard copy archive which will be placed into a local institution to
preserve our shared history.
Quick links:
Digital archive:
The digital archive may be viewed here. This archive is now much
better organized than it had been previously. The file names have been
updated such that every flyer in the digital archive is in date order. The file names now also include the band/artist names and venue for easy reference.
The earliest flyers in the archive date to the August 8, 1980 Psychedelic
Furs/Persian Gulf/Know-It-Alls show at Tommy’s. The most recent flyer in the
collection is from Twang Thang’s October 16 and 17, 1989 shows at Grand Finale. Thanks to the many members of the community who have contributed to building
this archive. If you have additional flyer
images to contribute please contact 80sTallyPunk@gmail.com.
A newly created spreadsheet of detailed information about each flyer in the archive may be viewed here (thanks to Margaret Nee of the San Diego Punk Archive for providing this spreadsheet template). In addition to the information included in the file names per above (date, bands, venue), the spreadsheet includes where known: the show promoter, flyer maker, flyer size, flyer provenance and more. If you are able to provide updates or corrections to this spreadsheet please contact 80sTallyPunk@gmail.com.
A newly created spreadsheet of detailed information about each flyer in the archive may be viewed here (thanks to Margaret Nee of the San Diego Punk Archive for providing this spreadsheet template). In addition to the information included in the file names per above (date, bands, venue), the spreadsheet includes where known: the show promoter, flyer maker, flyer size, flyer provenance and more. If you are able to provide updates or corrections to this spreadsheet please contact 80sTallyPunk@gmail.com.
Flyer
for the earliest show in the 1980s Tallahassee punk flyer archive dating to
August 19, 1980. Flyer created by and from the archive of Bill Otersen.
Hard copy archive:
In addition to the digital archive,
137 original hard copies of flyers in the digital archive are
preserved in the 1980s Tallahassee Punk Archive and will be donated to a historical institution (ed. note: more have been committed in the month since this first posted). These flyers are represented in the spreadsheet as “Jon Bleyer/1980s Tallahassee punk archive” under the provenance column. The State Archives of
Florida has indicated potential interest in this collection. The State
Library of Florida and Florida
State University special collection and archives are also potential landing
spots for the hard copy archive. Input and suggestions from the community are welcome as this is our collective history.
Thanks to
those who have contributed to the hard copy archive thus far, especially Bonny
Dotson Allen and Donny Crenshaw. If you
have original flyers to contribute to the hard copy archive please contact 80sTallyPunk@gmail.com.
Wanted:
an original copy of this flyer, which is believed to be from the first Hated
Youth show. The Little Johnnys (aka Hated Youth) and Sector 4 at the FSU
Reservation, July 3, 1982.
APRIL 2022 UPDATE: FLYER FOUND, THANK YOU JOE!
APRIL 2022 UPDATE: FLYER FOUND, THANK YOU JOE!