DAS DAMEN Texas '90 Cannibal Club gig POSTER Jason Austin SST punk concert

DAS DAMENTEXAS INSTRUMENTSBIGGER THAN GOD11" x 17"CONCERT POSTERCANNIBAL CLUB AUSTIN TEXAS1989POSTER ARTIST: JASON AUSTINCONDITION: EXCELLENT -9 OF 10 OR BETTEREARLY JASON AUSTINORIGINALRARE!Biographyby Steve Huey Das Damen were one of the more metallic acts in the legendary SST stable, melding '60s psychedelia and heavy acid rock with the noisy, punk-derived alternative rock typical of the label. Instead of delving into screaming white noise, along the lines of labelmates Dinosaur Jr., Das Damen preferred warm, trippy, high-volume distortion. Their early material was given over to improvisational jamming, but as they developed their songwriting, they threw in more complex rhythms and time signature shifts. Taking their name from the German term for "ladies," Das Damen were formed in New York in 1984 by vocalist/guitarist Jim Walters, guitarist Alex Totino, bassist Phil Leopold Von Trapp, and drummer Lyle Hyser. The group released its six-song, self-titled debut EP in 1986 on Thurston Moore's Ecstatic Peace label; it was quickly picked up by SST, which was also Sonic Youth's label at the time.Das Damen's first full-length for SST was 1987's Jupiter Eye, a highly improvisational record that nodded to the spaced-out acid jams of the late '60s and early '70s. The follow-up, 1988's Triskaidekaphobe, was a more structured and melodic hard rock album, but its follow-up, the Marshmellow Conspiracy EP, achieved far more notoriety. One of the four tracks, "Song for Michael Jackson to $ell," was actually a straight-up cover of the Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour," credited to the members of Das Damen to protest having to pay Jackson royalties (Jackson had just outbuy Paul McCartney for the rights to the Beatles' entire catalog). Jackson's lawyers got wind of the stunt and ordered all copies of the EP (pressed on pink vinyl) removed from distributors' warehouses and destroyed. SST later reissued the EP in a three-song form, but the controversy helped spell the end of Das Damen's career with SST.The band moved on to the Minneapolis-based Twin/Tone label and released Mousetrap in 1989. Although it boasted more polished production, it failed to make any inroads at college radio. Das Damen recorded one further album, the 1990 live set Entertaining Friends, which was performed at CBGB's and released on the German label City Slang. In 1991, they moved to Sub Pop for a one-off single, "High Anxiety," but subsequently disbanded.Biographyby Jason Ankeny A product of the same vibrant Austin roots rock scene which produced the True Believers, the Reivers, and the Wild Seeds, the Texas Instruments were formed in 1983 by guitarist David Woody, bassist Ron Marks, and drummer Steve Chapman. Combining their mutual interest in punk with an affection for heartland music, the group issued their debut EP, More Texas Instruments!, in 1985; a self-titled full-length album appeared two years later. After the release of 1988's Sun Tunnels, the Texas Instruments added second guitarist Clay Daniel to their lineup. In 1989, the group completed its third album, Crammed Into Infinity; before the record's release, however, their longtime label, Rabuy Cat, declared bankruptcy, and the disc spent many months in limbo, eventually seeing the light of day in 1990. Magnetic Home followed three years later. The most productive of Austin's young poster artists is Jason Austin. Born on Long Island in '71, he moved to Texas in 1978, and designed his first poster ten years later. His earliest pieces were signed "J. Wichrowski," and for a time he used the allonym "Zebulon Woodhull." Often approximating a neo-psychedelic look and using quasi Sixties era lettering, Austin nonetheless shares the penchant for gory and horrific imagery currently favored by many alternative posterists. He often works with Lyman Hardy, who began creating posters in Houston about '85 and moved to Austin in 1990. - jagmo.comStyle elements and repetition always did it for me. The same large black and white flyer on a hundred telephone poles up and down a long street. Nothing like repetition to get one's attention, make 'em curious. Then, there's always the fact that two or more eyes on a poster will make 'em look at it. And if nothing else works, use sex to get their attention! Boobs and eyes, man! - Jason Austin - Fellow poster artist Jason Austin and I were like night operatives. Secret poster agents. We did a lot of posters for my old band, Ed Hall. We plastered posters everywhere in Austin. For years you could see orange and purple remnants on light poles for years. - Lyman Hardy - Art of Modern Rock - aomr.comThis is an original single sheetpaper poster advertisement (A.K.A. street art, handbill, flyer or print) for a concert performance gig by professional musicians at a music venue. Guaranteed original and authentic, manufactured prior to, and in conjunction with the promotion of the event. A Sound Deal does not sell poster re-prints, scans or duplications of any kind, so please don't ask. Combine Items to Save $$$!!!©ASoundDealPowered by SixBit's eCommerce Solution