Punks in Peoria
ebook ∣ Making a Scene in the American Heartland · Music in American Life
By Jonathan Wright
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Punk rock culture in a preeminently average town
Synonymous with American mediocrity, Peoria was fertile ground for the boredom- and anger-fueled fury of punk rock. Jonathan Wright and Dawson Barrett explore the do-it-yourself scene built by Peoria punks, performers, and scenesters in the 1980s and 1990s. From fanzines to indie record shops to renting the VFW hall for an all-ages show, Peoria's punk culture reflected the movement elsewhere, but the city's conservatism and industrial decline offered a richer-than-usual target environment for rebellion. Eyewitness accounts take readers into hangouts and long-lost venues, while interviews with the people who were there trace the ever-changing scene and varied fortunes of local legends like Caustic Defiance, Dollface, and Planes Mistaken for Stars. What emerges is a sympathetic portrait of a youth culture in search of entertainment but just as hungry for community—the shared sense of otherness that, even for one night only, could unite outsiders and discontents under the banner of music.
|Jonathan Wright is a writer, editor, musician, and longtime veteran of the Peoria music scene. He is editor in chief at Peoria Magazines. Dawson Barrett is an associate professor of history at Del Mar College. His books include The Defiant: Protest Movements in Post-Liberal America.
Synonymous with American mediocrity, Peoria was fertile ground for the boredom- and anger-fueled fury of punk rock. Jonathan Wright and Dawson Barrett explore the do-it-yourself scene built by Peoria punks, performers, and scenesters in the 1980s and 1990s. From fanzines to indie record shops to renting the VFW hall for an all-ages show, Peoria's punk culture reflected the movement elsewhere, but the city's conservatism and industrial decline offered a richer-than-usual target environment for rebellion. Eyewitness accounts take readers into hangouts and long-lost venues, while interviews with the people who were there trace the ever-changing scene and varied fortunes of local legends like Caustic Defiance, Dollface, and Planes Mistaken for Stars. What emerges is a sympathetic portrait of a youth culture in search of entertainment but just as hungry for community—the shared sense of otherness that, even for one night only, could unite outsiders and discontents under the banner of music.
A raucous look at a small-city underground, Punks in Peoria takes readers off the beaten track to reveal the punk rock life as lived in Anytown, U.S.A.
| Cover Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Part I. The Rise of Peoria Punk Rock: 1956–1986 1. Heebie Mesolithic Eon Drizzle 2. Creating the Peoria Scene 3. Punks Live on Straight Edge 4. The Underground Goes Aboveground 5. I Was a Mutant Cornchip . . . Part II. Building the Scene: 1986–1992 6. Great Loser Bands and Loosey-Goosey Backwash Gigs 7. What Played (and Didn't Play) in Peoria 8. Public Enemy Number One 9. Montage of Madness 10. Nazi Punks Fuck Off Part III. The Next Nirvana: 1992–1997 11. Teenage Airwaves 12. For God and Country 13. This Is Not a Fugazi Chapter 14. Rock over London, Rock On Peoria Part IV. Tolling of the Digital Bell: 1997–2007 15. Hidden by Cornfields 16. Our CBGB 17. Peoria Heights . . . and Lows 18. For God and Country (Alternate Take) Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index Back cover | Russell P. Strange Memorial Book of the Year Award 2022 — Russell P. Strange Memorial Book of the Year Award|Jonathan Wright is a writer, editor, musician, and longtime veteran of the Peoria music scene. He is editor in chief at Peoria Magazines. Dawson Barrett is an associate professor of history at Del Mar College. His books include The Defiant: Protest Movements in Post-Liberal America.
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