As the Goth turns..

[j. eric townsend]

I was in Houston in the 80s/90s and our scene was pretty small and a 
mashup of skaters, punks, goths, industrial, cowpunk, experimental 
noise, etc.  We only had one club to speak of (#'s) and and went to see 
just about any band that bothered coming to Houston if you had $$ (I 
usually didn't). JFA, Butthole Surfers, Thomas Dolby, Big Boys, DKs, 
Suicidal Tendencies, Revco, it really didn't matter, if any band 
bothered coming to town, you went to the show if you could afford.

One thing that I think was the same as PGH and SF, tho:

Shawn Rudiman wrote:
> its a very different beast now. not as grimey
> sounding or looking, more flashy and almost at times harajuku-ish and
> definetly much different musiclly.  i remember everyone had incredibly
> painted black leather jackets. some of the best work i have to this day
> every seen.  

Yeah, the DIY thing was really huge in Houston/Austin as well.  I forget 
which band I saw that had "make your own tour-shirt" table, even. 
People made clothes, tricked out their own boots, etc.   You also saw a 
lot more people in jeans/t-shirts than in leather or fetish wear, again, 
probably due to the fact we were all mostly broke.

-- 
J. Eric "jet" Townsend, CMU Master of Tangible Interaction Design '09

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