Ludichrist - May 3, 1986

This Long Island show features a bunch of bands I'm not familiar with. Searching around, I'm sure I would have liked Ludichrist. Understand there was no internet then so the primary way to hear new music for me was KDVS the college radio station we could get from UC Davis. They had weekly late night shows featuring acts from all over. I used to record it on cassette, then track down the acts/albums I liked at Tower Records who typically carried most of what I wanted, bless them. Maximum Rock'n'Roll was another source for scene coverage and band interviews.

The Wallmen - April 5, 1986

This one was a tough one as I'm unfamiliar with almost every aspect of this show and had to look up virtually everything. The Wallmen are described as "schizoid psychedelic/garage rock ... inspired by Andy Warhol's random pop frescos, by Dada's irreverent nonsense,and by Allen Ginsberg's beat poetry" - in other words: not my thing at all. "Supersonic Witchcraft Cookies" is the name of the cassette they had just released. I can't even assuredly identify the venue, the promoter ?Dead Judys? or even the supporting band names on the bill other than the Bicycle Thieves. A band called Death is on the bill but it is certainly not the Orlando based death metal pioneers of the same name. But for a clip-art ensemble of a flyer it deserves entry here - note the DEVO reference near top left and for the life of me I can't even identify the demonic gargoyle imps in the foreground. The central one was on a movie poster I can't find.