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San Jose Alternative Music Fliers and Clippings
2021-25
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Title: San Jose Alternative Music Fliers and Clippings
Dates: 1986-1989
Collection Number: 2021-25
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Extent: .25 linear feet
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History San Jose Research Library
San Jose, California 95112
Abstract: Small collection of ephemera and clippings about the burgeoning music scene in San Jose from 1986-1989 including news articles
from Metro, Mercury News, and BAM; and fliers from WORKS San Jose, One Step Beyond, and Club X.
Language of Material: English
Open to the public for research by appointment. The collection is also available online at the Internet Archive.
Please contact the Research Library & Archive regarding publication or reproduction.
San Jose Alternative Music Fliers and Clippings. History San Jose Research Library
Donated in 2021
Scope and Content of Collection
Small collection of club handbills, band newsletters, and clippings about the burgeoning music scene in San Jose from 1986-1989
including news articles from Metro, Mercury News, and BAM; and fliers from WORKS San Jose, One Step Beyond, Laundry Works,
and Club X. The collection documents the efforts of a small collective in San Jose to create an alternative music scene in
downtown, beginning with the opening of One Step Beyond in 1985; the release of "San Jose is Ground Zero," a compilation album
of local music by A Cruel Hoax, the Social Club, the Kingpins and Big Hair; and in 1986, the establishment of the First Strike
Collective, an umbrella organization for local bands that lasted until 1989. This period in the late 1980s was a heyday for
local clubs and bands, with venues including the Laundry Works, Muzzie's, and the Cactus Club hosting alternative music nights
and bands. Although they released independent records, most of the bands featured on the fliers were never signed to labels
despite their South Bay popularity.