PUNK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA TEXAS Punk Handbill

PUNK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ZILKER PARK THEATRE HandbillCategory / Style / Moods: Rock * American Underground * Hardcore Punk DIY KBD OUTSIDER ART NEW WAVE STREET ART/ 20 S IN: / RN: 2766Two 1980 8.5" X 11" HANDBILLSFORMAT: LETTER STOCKElectric ToolsVendettasStainsPUNK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAVENUE: ZILKER PARK THEATRELOCATION: AUSTIN, TEXASPOSTER ARTIST: RIC CRUZ / DAVID YOWCONDITION: VERY GOOD 6 OF 10 OR BETTER(HANDLING, CORNER BENDS/ TAPE TEARS, SPOTS/FOXING)RARE AUTHENTIC ORIGNAL ONLYClick the pix to get a better look San Antonio born Ric Cruz began designing posters and handbills for The Huns and other Raul's bands in 1979. His elaborately detailed pen and ink illustrations reflect the common ground he shares with his Armadillo antecedents. Yet Cruz' sci-fi themes are more than merely a personal preference; they represent a definitive rejection of 'Dillo hippie/cowboy clichŽs. Like rock & roll itself, Texas rock graphics had become, by the mid Seventies, predictable - even respectable. As the punk movement became a rallying point for those betrayed by mainstream rock, poster art began to reflect the spirit of the new music. In contrast to the Sixties, when Austin posters promoted Vulcan Gas Company psychedelia, or the early Seventies when the 'Dillo and its cosmic cowboys set the tone, posters in the late Seventies began to embody the unpretentious exuberance and simplicity of early rock & roll. What follows is the second installment of a two part piece on Austin postering; it will focus primarily on what has happened in central Texas since the watershed advent of punk esthetics. What The Vulcan was to Austin's psychedelic heyday, Raul's was to the punk era. Located on "the drag" directly across the street from the University of Texas, Raul's opened its doors on December 31, 1977 as a Tejano night club. One week later Austin music was changed forever, and shortly thereafter so was Raul's booking policy. Many local music fans had been following for quite some time the new sounds coming out of places like London, Cleveland, and New York. The Ramones and Iggy Pop had been through town, and Neil Ruttenberg, as the Rev. Neil X, hosted a new wave program on KUT-FM. Yet it was the January 8th Sex Pistols' show at Randy's Rodeo, a converted San Antonio bowling Alley, that galvanized Austin's new music makers and new music lovers into a rampaging aggregation of revolutionaries who would take the city by storm. New bands burst out of the shadows, evolved, dissolved, re-grouped, and matured with amazing ferocity. And during the next five years, at clubs like Raul's, Duke's, the Continental Club, and Club Foot, traditional musical boundaries were eradicated in a sustained explosion of creative outrageousness. Raul's owners, Joseph Gonzales and Roy "Raul" Gomez, booked their first punk show for February '78 and by summer they were scheduling punk and new wave bands on a regular basis. In September, during the debut performance of The Huns, jockstrap fancier and lead singer Phil Tolstead, now an evangelist, was wrestled from the stage by four overzealous police officers. A near riot ensued, 17 squad cars converged, arrests were made, and by the time the smoke cleared Raul's had been baptized Austin's most exciting new nightspot. After presiding over two years of such excitement, Gonzales and Gomez sold the club to Steve Hayden in early 1980. One year later, on April Fool's Day, having spawned a generation of art/punk activists, Raul's was closed for good. - jagmo.comThis item is from a massive collection assembled by an obsessed punk art collector straight off the street and clubs during the heyday of the Texas punk scene and is guaranteed authentic as originally issued, printed prior to, and in conjunction with the promotion of the event. Considering the limited runs and exposure to the elements, you may very well be looking at the only surviving example of this piece. This is an original single sheet printed paper poster advertisement (A.K.A. handbill, flyer or print) for a concert performance gig by professional musicians at a music venue. Obscure slices of Americana, these regional street art posters were often issued in limited runs of less than 100. This collection includes many unique pieces of music style outsider art, many individually hand-inked by the DIY artist. Does "rare" describe one of a kind? A Sound Deal does not sell poster re-prints, scans or duplications of any kind, so please don't ask. Sign up for the newsletter for red hot sales bulletins and sneak previews of upcoming products. Combine items save $$$!!!©A Sound Deal