Salad Days A Decade of Punk in Washington DC 198090 (2015)

Salad Days A Decade of Punk in Washington DC 198090 examines the early DIY punk scene in the Nations Capital It was a decade when seminal bands like Bad Brains Minor Threat Government Issue Scream Void Faith Rites of Spring Marginal Man Fugazi and others released their own records and booked their own showswithout major record label constraints or mainstream media scrutiny Contextually it was a cultural watershed that predated the alternative music explosion of the 1990s and the industrys subsequent implosion Thirty years later DCs original DIY punk spirit serves as a reminder of the hopefulness of youth the power of community and the strength of conviction