As part of their Regional and national music project, Wikipedia has a page on the Music of Alaska. It’s rather sparse now, but could be an interesting place to document some of our ever expanding history and identity.
there are a ton of old anchorage show flyers up at the dr. no flyer archive. the page starts off with late 90’s seattle shows, but scroll down a bit. skate death/suicidal tendencies!
Here’s a link to a draft of Jenn Ink’s aforementioned scene time line. She’s probably a little busy as of late, but drop her a line if you have any info to contribute.
Rex’s (Liquid Bandade) zine, which starts in Alaska and travels all over the place, ending up in Seattle by way of Pensacola. US travelling through the eyes of an Alaskan punk…good stuff. Most of the issues are available online.
Josh Medsker (ex-Anchorage zinester punk) wrote a two part article for the Anchorage Press in 2000 detailing the origins of the local underground scene. Josh is a talented writer, and put out a zine called Noise Noise Noise in the early 90’s (see AK Ink article). he also founded the (now defunct?) austin zine library, perhaps the most academic of punk rock endeavors.
The article only covers up to 2000, so here’s a very abridged version of 2001 – 2007: rec centers, house shows, Mead’s Cafe, AUTV, Cuddy Park, AK Ink, house shows, Bitoz, house shows.
Decline of Northern Civilization: