Tag Archives: Seattle music scene

May 13, 1983: The Metropolis

Posted on May 13, 2014 by radsearem

The Metropolis was a legendary all-ages music venue that helped foment Seattle’s underground music scene from May 1983 to March 1984. Jeff Stevens brings you further local music history.
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April 4, 1980: WREX

Posted on April 4, 2014 by radsearem

Seattle circa 1980 was a place and time of great countercultural renaissance, featured weekly at Belltown’s WREX nightclub. Jeff Stevens punksplains.
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December 7, 1984: Gorilla Gardens

Posted on December 7, 2013 by radsearem

When grunge was just My Eye’s twinkle.
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May 1, 1976: The TMT Show

Posted on May 1, 2013 by radsearem

Jeff Stevens tells the story of the night punk rock and DIY culture simultaneously arrived in Seattle.
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March 4, 1978: The Bird Was the Word

Posted on March 4, 2013 by radsearem

Before there was “the year punk broke,” there was the night when “punks flipped the Bird.” Jeff Stevens tells the brazen story of the Bird, Seattle’s first punk club.
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October 31, 1979: Launching The Rocket

Posted on October 31, 2012 by radsearem

The year 1979 was a very good year for rock music — especially in Seattle, where the legendary music monthly The Rocket debuted that year. Jeff Stevens histories you grungily.
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