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Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Dust Bin The U-Men At The Post-Mortemists Ball
Posted by Kelly O on Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 4:15 PM
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Welcome to the Post-Mortemists Ball at CZ Gallery on 3rd. It makes me wonder what year this is from. Did Belltown used to have lots of fun shows (at non-Crocodile venues)? Excuse my naïveté, I didn't move here till '98!
Tell you what, if the U-Men were playing, I'd be there.
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I think that's GZ (not CZ) which was Ground Zero Gallery. My guess is probably 1983 or '84, since all three of those places were open then.
Ask Larry Reid. He knows for sure.
Ask Larry Reid. He knows for sure.
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The poster may be at 2nd and Vine, but the show addresses are in Pioneer Square. I remember Graven Image and Metropolis, but not GZ Gallery -- though that's the same block as the Greg Kucera gallery, which opened in 1983. This poster must be from slightly after that. Graven Image was the home port for the U-Men in those days; it was owned by their manager, Larry Reid, who had previously owned Roscoe Louie. Maybe 1985. Weird there's no date on it, not even a "this Saturday".
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What a great thing to be unearthed. Metropolis was all ages, 83 to 85 only but what a run they had. There is a pretty easy to get lost in Facebook photo and flyer page about it.
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=o…
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=o…
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This poster makes me sad and unhappy that I didn't live in the Old Seattle—the 80's Seattle that photographer Mary Ellen Mark so beautifully captured in "Streetwise"....
Once The Turf closes downtown, soon, we, Seattle, will turn a terribly boring page. Our downtown core has ZERO character. ZERO. We are lost.
Once The Turf closes downtown, soon, we, Seattle, will turn a terribly boring page. Our downtown core has ZERO character. ZERO. We are lost.
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Information above is basically correct. Ground Zero, Metropolis, and my Graven Image were located within 2 blocks of each other in Pioneer Square circa 1983 - 1985. (If you look closely you can read the addresses.) The U-Men and Red Masque both rehearsed at Graven Image. Death of Marat and Sleeping Dogs were interesting Goth/Noise outfits. A fairly routine event for this era: 6 or 7 good bands at 3 all ages venues with a joint cover of like 3 bucks.
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This is great. The date of the 3 shows was Saturday Oct. 29, 1983, based on other posters I've seen, so the bands were playing Halloween shows. Larry rocks!
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