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Maine Punk History @mainepunk.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I think SNW might be my favorite of the newer trek series. I like that the stakes are not always at 11. Same goes for Lower Decks.

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Maine Punk History @mainepunk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Help me figure out this super interesting mystery flier! No idea what year this is from (although in guessing 1990s?), I'm not familiar with these bands or this venue. This might be the first old flier I've seen from Sanford. What can you tell me about this one? From the collection of Skummy Bob.

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Maine Punk History @mainepunk.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

2000 flier from a show at the Presumpscott Grange in Portland, Maine. I'm familiar with all of these guys except One For Today, can anyone tell me more about that band? From the collection of Skummy Bob Farrington.

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Maine Punk History @mainepunk.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

2005 flier for a show at The Kave with Terror (CA) , Donnybrook (CA) and Outbreak (ME). Super stoked to have just downloaded a pile of Kave fliers from the collection of Jessica Harvey, scanned by Ricky Leighton

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Maine Punk History @mainepunk.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

1997 calendar flier from Zootz in Portland, Maine. Lots of good shows on here, with local regulars BMH, Pinkerton Thugs, and Cerberus Shoal. Touring HC acts Sam Black Church, 25 Ta Life and Blood for Blood. Touring metal headliners Eye Hate God and Testament.

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Maine Punk History @mainepunk.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I went to see Billy Bragg a couple months ago. As usual it was a great show, I definitely recommend seeing him live if you are fan. In the meantime, here is a live recording from that show. archive.org/details/bill...

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worm restraint @ctsmike.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

this was the @mainepunk.bsky.social display which was set up at @squashedwarehouse.bsky.social

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worm restraint @ctsmike.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

at the punk show last night i found a flyer for the first show i ever played. we were the + more tba. this was 2000, maybe a week after i graduated high school

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Maine Punk History @mainepunk.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

More OOP Maine Punk media. 2006 CD from Fictional Drift, a teenaged punk band from Brunswick, active in the mid-2000s. Thanks to Joe W (drummer in the band) for the loan of the CD and permission to post on @archive.org . Find it at archive.org/details/bottom-of-a-city

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Maine Punk History @mainepunk.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Komatiite at Blue on Oct 16th 2025. Live audio at archive.org/details/koma.... Glad I dragged my ass out to see my friend Ryan‘s new band. Kinda hard to believe I’ve been watching this guy play in bands for 25 years. Falafel Attack! Doesn’t seem like yesterday, but not 25 years either.

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Maine Punk History @mainepunk.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Jeffrey Lewis at Space Gallery July 26 2025 I’ve seen him play a bunch of times, it’s always great show. This one featured a 13 minute oration / medley about the development of Punk in NYC from 1950 to 1975… so definitely check that out! archive.org/details/jeff...

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Maine Punk History @mainepunk.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Getting around to posting audio from last summer. Myles Bullen opening for Pigeon Pit at the Bike Barn . Audio recording available to download or stream for free at archive.org/details/myle...

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Maine Punk History @mainepunk.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Richard Julio owned the Wax Museum (the first local establishment to sell punk records and zines), was the DJ and booker at the old version of the Downtown Lounge and generally helped bring punk to Portland.

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Maine Punk History @mainepunk.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

1978 flier for Boston Punk/garage rockers DMZ playing at Portland School of Art (now Maine College of Art & Design). This is one of the oldest fliers from Maine that I have seen, so it makes a lot of sense that it came from the collection of Richard Julio.

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Maine Punk History @mainepunk.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Johnny Hobo and the Freight Trains, and The Lanterns at The Office, Portland, Maine 2005-03-03 I posted this flier awhile ago, but hadn't found the photos at that point. This was the first Johnny Hobo show outside of VT. Audio of the whole show is available at archive.org/search?query...

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Maine Punk History @mainepunk.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

This was the first time I saw Picnic Casket and it was just AJ shredding on guitar over beats from his ipod. Super fun times. Check out his new project The Migraine Aura

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Maine Punk History @mainepunk.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Picnic Casket at the Sahara Club 2007-01-28 . Stoked to find these photos while digging through an old HD. I tried to shoot a video at the time but it was just too dark. I wish I got better photos of the massive pillow fight that broke. Audio of this set at archive.org/details/pcas...

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Maine Punk History @mainepunk.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Another out of print cassette digitized! This is Our Time Has Come by Angry Folk. They were from Portland and active in the late 90s, until around 2000. This tape has 5 originals, 2 covers (including a Brother Inferior song), clips of Mumia Abu-Jamal etc archive.org/details/angryfolkourtime

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Maine Punk History @mainepunk.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

1986 flier from a garage rock show at Geno’s in Portland, Maine.

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Maine Punk History @mainepunk.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

1980 flier for The Donn’s 2 night stand at The Downtown Lounge in Portland. Hailing from Brooksville, The Donn’s were one of the first punk bands in Maine.

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Maine Punk History @mainepunk.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

2004 Flier for a show put on by Muscle City Productions at The Industry in Portland. I could definitely use more info on Clit 45 and Complete Control.

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Maine Punk History @mainepunk.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Parking is always an issue, so carpool if you can and please check out edgewood-nursery.com/parking for detailed info on where to park. Please don’t park on Blackstrap rd.

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Maine Punk History @mainepunk.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Time for another show at the Bike Barn! June 24th we’ve got Pigeon Pit from WA coming through with local support from Myles Bullen and Milk St. $15 cash NOTAFLOF. Doors at 6pm / Show at 7pm. All ages welcome. It’s probably gonna be pretty packed, so wear a mask.

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Maine Punk History @mainepunk.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

You should definitely go see @takaat.bsky.social on their tour if you can

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Maine Punk History @mainepunk.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

I just uploaded the audio from Takaat’s set at The Apohadion last week to the Live Music Archive at archive.org. Thanks to @takaat_ for giving permission to share the audio! archive.org/details/taka...

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Maine Punk History @mainepunk.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Highly recommend checking out @takaat.bsky.social if their tour is coming to your area. (These @ s are IG handles)

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Maine Punk History @mainepunk.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Great show last night at the Apohadeon in Portland with Takaat (Niger) and Crazy Deja Vu (Maine).

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Maine Punk History @mainepunk.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Anyway, I miss those days, those friends, those shows… and the Odwalla dumpster.

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Maine Punk History @mainepunk.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

This show was brought to mind recently when @cisgenderstudies.bsky.social mentioned it when talking about how The New Yorker profiled Patrick Schneeweis aka Pat the Bunny, lead singer/songwriter of Johnny Hobo and many other bands, currently in @friendsinreallife.bsky.social

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Maine Punk History @mainepunk.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

This was the first show Johnny Hobo ever played outside of VT. Audio recordings exist of the whole show and Spoonboy, The Lanterns and Johnny Hobo sets are linked below.

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Maine Punk History @mainepunk.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

2005 flyer for a folk-punk show at a vacant office space on middle st in Portland. I believe Spoonboy was the instigating artist for this one and the other acts were local/regional folks who @samn thought would be a good match. I remember this show well, although I lost the photos I took.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 14/04/2025

important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:

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Maine Punk History @mainepunk.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

The Brood was an all women garage-punk band from Portland, Chris Horne from this band is still playing shows regularly with her newer band Tiger Bomb. I don’t know anything about Have Not, so please fill in that blank if you can. From the collection of Lenny Smith and Jordan Kratz

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Maine Punk History @mainepunk.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

2 1993 fliers for Tribe 8 playing at Zootz with local support from The Brood and Have Not. I’ve got both the show flier and the ledger size color poster from the this Tribe 8 tour. Tribe 8 was a pretty early queercore band from SF.

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Maine Punk History @mainepunk.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Flyer of unknown origin and date. I'm guessing 1990s? Maybe Y2k? I sure am glad it's not more relevant than ever in today's climate 🙄. From the collection of Lenny Smith and Jordan Kratz.

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Maine Punk History @mainepunk.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

If I didn’t have a binder full of fliers I would have no idea when anything happened.

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Maine Punk History @mainepunk.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Had to dig out the flier for that show. Almost exactly 20 years ago. I emailed Pat about 6 months ago, and he reminded me that this was his first show outside of VT.

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Maine Punk History @mainepunk.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Wooooow, the world makes less sense everyday.

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Maine Punk History @mainepunk.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Flier for Big Meat Hammer and Maelstrom at Zootz in Portland, year unknown. From the collection of Lenny Smith and Jordan Kratz.

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Maine Punk History @mainepunk.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

2012 digital flier for a show at The Flask in Portland. From the collection of Derrick Cameron

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Maine Punk History @mainepunk.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

A selection of photos of The Pontiffs from the collection of Gina Brown . The Pontiffs were a punky rock n roll band started by Kip Brown in 1991 that continued until the 2000s. They had a large catalog of original tunes, but never released any recordings that I'm aware of.

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Maine Punk History @mainepunk.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

1990s flier from 3 shows at The Cybernaculum in Portland. The first posting from the @lenny.smith.73 / Jordan Kratz combined archive. The Cybernaculum remains a bit of a mystery, I’m fairly certain it was around for less than a year, but I’ve seen stuff from there dated 1991-1994.

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Maine Punk History @mainepunk.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

The Skatistics and 2 unknown bands playing at The Well in Portland 12-14-2001. A bunch more photos on insta/fb.

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Maine Punk History @mainepunk.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

But sometimes I post a flier with no info and people fill in with great stories and detailed info... or not. I hope you all are doing ok in these fucked up times.

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Maine Punk History @mainepunk.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

A real mystery flier from the collection of Skummy Bob Farrington. I don't know these bands, I don't know The Funhouse, no idea what year this is from, or even the date on that year. Might not even be a Maine flier (about 10% of his collection was out of Maine, mostly NH).

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