Maine Punk History
@mainepunk.bsky.social
Preserving and organizing the history of Punk and HC in Maine. Show fliers, photos, OOP audio, etc from old Maine Punk/HC shows. DM me submissions! Maine.punk on IG/FB.
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.
July 16, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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.
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.
July 5, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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.
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.
June 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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.
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.
June 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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.
You should definitely go see @takaat.bsky.social on their tour if you can
May 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
You should definitely go see @takaat.bsky.social on their tour if you can
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...
May 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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...
Highly recommend checking out @takaat.bsky.social if their tour is coming to your area. (These @ s are IG handles)
May 4, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Highly recommend checking out @takaat.bsky.social if their tour is coming to your area. (These @ s are IG handles)
Great show last night at the Apohadeon in Portland with Takaat (Niger) and Crazy Deja Vu (Maine).
May 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Great show last night at the Apohadeon in Portland with Takaat (Niger) and Crazy Deja Vu (Maine).
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.
April 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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.
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.
April 15, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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.
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.
April 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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.
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.
April 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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.
Flier for Big Meat Hammer and Maelstrom at Zootz in Portland, year unknown. From the collection of Lenny Smith and Jordan Kratz.
April 6, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Flier for Big Meat Hammer and Maelstrom at Zootz in Portland, year unknown. From the collection of Lenny Smith and Jordan Kratz.
2012 digital flier for a show at The Flask in Portland. From the collection of Derrick Cameron
April 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
2012 digital flier for a show at The Flask in Portland. From the collection of Derrick Cameron
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.
April 2, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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.
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.
April 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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.
The Skatistics and 2 unknown bands playing at The Well in Portland 12-14-2001. A bunch more photos on insta/fb.
March 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The Skatistics and 2 unknown bands playing at The Well in Portland 12-14-2001. A bunch more photos on insta/fb.
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).
March 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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).
1999 Flier for a show at The Fine Arts, during the period where they had all ages punk shows, which I’m told, probably didn’t overlap with them showing pornos. Can anyone confirm? This space would soon turn over into The Skinny and several years later become the new location of Geno’s.
March 13, 2025 at 7:09 PM
1999 Flier for a show at The Fine Arts, during the period where they had all ages punk shows, which I’m told, probably didn’t overlap with them showing pornos. Can anyone confirm? This space would soon turn over into The Skinny and several years later become the new location of Geno’s.
2001 flier for a show at the Warren Memorial Library in Westbrook. I love the idea of a punk show at a library auditorium… I assume it turned out to be too noisy to be a regular thing. But thanks to Ryan M and Katie R for making it happen at least once. Please tell me more about Halo Effect!
March 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
2001 flier for a show at the Warren Memorial Library in Westbrook. I love the idea of a punk show at a library auditorium… I assume it turned out to be too noisy to be a regular thing. But thanks to Ryan M and Katie R for making it happen at least once. Please tell me more about Halo Effect!
2012 Flier for the first show at the St. John’s Street punk house in Portland. Flyer art by Tim and Luke Scarborough scan by Tim
March 5, 2025 at 9:57 PM
2012 Flier for the first show at the St. John’s Street punk house in Portland. Flyer art by Tim and Luke Scarborough scan by Tim
Photo of Down to Kill and flier from a show at The Kave in Bucksport 1/23/2004
March 1, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Photo of Down to Kill and flier from a show at The Kave in Bucksport 1/23/2004
The Little White Squares, probably playing at what is now MeCA, a video of this show may still exist, and I’d love to see it. Photo 1 is labeled Jeff and Mike. Photo 2 is Beth Blood on Bass. I don’t know much about this band and I’d love to learn more
February 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The Little White Squares, probably playing at what is now MeCA, a video of this show may still exist, and I’d love to see it. Photo 1 is labeled Jeff and Mike. Photo 2 is Beth Blood on Bass. I don’t know much about this band and I’d love to learn more
1999 flier for a free show in the basement of knox Hall at UMO in Orono. Koal Slaw was a thrashcore band active from 1997-2002 composed of Derrick Cameron, Jeff Gentle, Jon Emack. I would love more info on Liquifire 440! From the collection of Derrick Cameron
February 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
1999 flier for a free show in the basement of knox Hall at UMO in Orono. Koal Slaw was a thrashcore band active from 1997-2002 composed of Derrick Cameron, Jeff Gentle, Jon Emack. I would love more info on Liquifire 440! From the collection of Derrick Cameron
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February 13, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I expanded my selection of stickers and made them available to order online. If you are ordering only stickers, get free shipping by using code STICKERSHIP. edgewood-nursery.com/shop/stickers