Descenes and Discords: An Anth ology \;is a powerful time capsule of the birth and evol ution of punk music through the pages of two influential fanzines. These p ublications\, originally printed and distributed in Washington\, D.C. duri ng the late 1970s and early 1980s\, captured the raw energy\, irreverent s pirit\, and revolutionary ethos of the underground music scene &mdash\; fi rst local\, then national.
\nPublished by writer and musician \; Howard Wuelfing\, \;Descenes \;began as a hyperlocal chronicle of D.C.'s burgeoning punk and post-punk community. It featured scene reports\, interviews\, and passionate reviews of now-leg endary acts like \;Bad Brains\, \;Slickee Boys\, and \;Half Japanese. As the punk movement grew beyond the Be ltway\, \;Discords \;picked up the baton with a wider len s &mdash\; covering bands like \;Black Flag\, \;Circl e Jerks\, and many more\, all with the same DIY authenticity and zero -corporate gloss. It also marked the being of the now-legendary scene repo rt known as "Jersey Beat." \;
\nHoward Wuelfing spent decades in music journalism\, contributing to the \;Washington Post\, \;Creem \, \;Spin\, Your Flesh\, Forced Exposure\,& nbsp\;Boston Rock \;and The Village Voice. Early in his career\, Howard \;in published the influential \;D.C.-based fa nzines Descenes and Discords. Howard also has had \; an active career as a musician\, playing with bands Half Japanese \;and \;The Slickee Boys \;as well as leading local DC twisted-pop micro-legends \;The Nurses\, \;Underhe aven \;and New Jersey&rsquo\;s \;Love Pushers \; (featuring Jersey Beat fanzine editor Jim Testa\, future Chic ago Sun Times writer/author Jim DeRogatis and Crocodile Shop&rsqu o\;s Mick Hale).
\nJohn R. Davis \;is an a rchivist and the curator of Special Collections in Performing Arts at the University of Maryland's Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library. His artic les and commentary appear in the \;Washington Post\, \;NPR\, \ ;Notes: The Journal of the Music Library Association\, \;The Journal o f Popular Culture\, and \;Post &\; Post-Punk. He is a longtime part icipant in the Washington\, D.C. punk community as a fanzine creator and a s a musician in bands like Q And Not U.
\nMark Jenkins is a veteran freelancer who has written for the Washington Post\, NPR's "All Things Considered\," Washington City Paper\, Time Out New York\, WAMU-FM's "Metro Connection\," Rolling Stone\, Adweek\, Slate\, and many other outlets. He is the co-author of Dance of Days: Two Decades of Punk in the Nation's Capital. He is also a graphic designer who was art dire ctor of Washington City Paper from 1987 to 1995.
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\n< p>\nThe People's Archive at DC Public Library is home to the dynamic collections that preserve and sh are the stories\, histories\, and voices of Washington\, D.C.&rsquo\;s div erse communities\, as well as the Black experience in the Unites States. T he DC Punk Archive was established in 2014 to document the vibrant and inf luential punk music scene of Washington D.C. Punk is an aggressive form of rock music. The subject scope is intentionally broad\, including punk and related local music between 1976-present\, in order to capture both well- documented and lesser-known stories. The archive documents music and music ians as well as the cultural context of venues\, festivals\, record shops\ , radio stations\, houses and tours that were a vital part of the D.C. sce ne.
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