SALAD DAYS: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90) DOCUMENTARY SCREENING + Q&A with director Scott Crawford @ Underground Arts 3.8

::: March 8th | $10 adv. $12 DOS | 21+ ::: ~~~ Seated Documentary Screening ~~~ followed by Q&A with Director Scott Crawford ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Salad Days: The DC Punk Revolution" Documentary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)” examines the early DIY punk scene in the Nation’s 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 shows—without 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 industry’s subsequent implosion). Thirty years later, DC’s original DIY punk spirit serves as a reminder of the hopefulness of youth, the power of community and the strength of conviction. Director/Writer/Producer Scott Crawford is a music journalist, musician and graphic designer. As a teenager in the DC suburbs, he started a fanzine called Metrozine that documented much of what was happening in the DC hardcore punk scene in the 1980s. He was quoted in both Dance of Days and Banned in DC—the two most definitive books on the early DC punk scene. In 2001, he launched Harp magazine and served as its Editor-in-Chief/Creative Director for over 7 years. Crawford also launched the online music portal Blurt (blurt-online.com) in 2009. http://saladdaysdc.com/ ::: TRAILER https://vimeo.com/107053757 :::