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Our exploration of the Rose Library’s Atlanta punk collection continues with a conversation with William DuVall and Randy DuTeau of Neon Christ. In this episode, we talk about the band’s 1984 tour, the song they wanted played on 96 Rock, settling old scores, the 1984 reissue, and last year’s Record Store Day show in Atlanta.
Neon Christ formed in 1983 and soon began sharing the stage with hardcore luminaries such as the Dead Kennedys, Dirty Rotten Imbeciles, and Corrosion of Conformity. Last year Southern Lord Recordings released 1984, a deluxe edition of all the material Neon Christ recorded in that year. More about Neon Christ. Check out the video.
Neon Christ official video
William DuVall is the vocalist and guitarist in Alice in Chains. He founded his first band AVOC (Awareness Void of Chaos) in 1983. Hardcore legends Neon Christ followed soon after along with a stint in BL’AST!. He started jazz/punk/world improvisors No Wall before forming Comes With the Fall. DuVall joined Alice in Chains in 2006. Visit DuVall's website.
Randy DuTeau is the vocalist for Neon Christ and Gardens Of.... He is now a noted sports marketing executive.
Learn about Rose Library's Atlanta punk rock collection here.
Our exploration of the Rose Library’s Atlanta punk collection continues with a conversation with William DuVall and Randy DuTeau of Neon Christ. In this episode, William and Randy talk about how they discovered punk, their first bands, the formation of Neon Christ, the band’s first show, their early sound, and hardcore’s DIY ethos in part one of our conversation.
Neon Christ formed in 1983 and soon began sharing the stage with hardcore luminaries such as the Dead Kennedys, Dirty Rotten Imbeciles, and Corrosion of Conformity. Last year Southern Lord Recordings released 1984, a deluxe edition of all the material Neon Christ recorded in that year. More about Neon Christ. Check out the video.
Neon Christ official video
William DuVall is the vocalist and guitarist in Alice in Chains. He founded his first band AVOC (Awareness Void of Chaos) in 1983. Hardcore legends Neon Christ followed soon after along with a stint in BL’AST!. He started jazz/punk/world improvisors No Wall before forming Comes With the Fall. DuVall joined Alice in Chains in 2006. Visit DuVall's website.
Randy DuTeau is the vocalist for Neon Christ and Gardens Of.... He is now a noted sports marketing executive.
Learn about Rose Library's Atlanta punk rock collection here.
Join us for episode two of our exploration of the past, present and future of Atlanta punk. In this edition, Randy Gue, Assistant Director of Collection Development at Rose Library, and music writer Chad Radford talk to Hoff, KT, and Mikey of Upchuck, who have been called “one of the most talked about bands” in the local scene. You can hear Upchuck’s latest single here.
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Learn more about the Rose Library's Atlanta punk rock collection (1980-2009) here.
In this episode, we sit down with author and journalist Gary M. Pomerantz to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the publication of his book, Where Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn: A Saga of Race and Family, a landmark history of Atlanta. After he finished the book, Pomerantz donated his research files and interviews to the Rose Library. Join us for an inside look at the making of Where Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn.
Gary M. Pomerantz joined The Washington Post as a sports reporter in 1982. He moved to Atlanta and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 1988. Pomerantz is the author of nonfiction books on topics ranging from history to sports to civil rights. His most recent book, The Last Pass, a New York Times bestseller, centers on Boston Celtics legends Bob Cousy and Bill Russell.
To learn more about Pomerantz and his writing, check out his website here. Discover his papers, which are held at Rose Library.
To view the "Our Archive Could Be Your Life" exhibition, please click here
Jon Arge
Born a Taurus during the Age of Aquarius in Venice, Florida, Jon Arge showed promise in nothing other than reckless self-expression from the start. He moved on at an early age from wall based, large-scale abstract murals in lipstick to smaller, more concise renderings in ink on paper. After attending the Savannah College of Art & Design, he relocated to Atlanta, where he dabbled eagerly in nonsense and art for more than a decade. His work is driven by love and inspiration comprised of people, obsessions, or situations. To be successful, he believes each piece of his art must reflect the shining light and energy of its subject. Having exhibited throughout the South, he was one of eleven artists chosen for the 2001 Atlanta Biennial. Collected worldwide, he has established a committed following of commercial and private clients, with corporate commissions including IBM, Coca-Cola, and Turner Broadcasting System. In 2017, his archives, including all photographs, personal papers, original drawings, and artwork masters, were acquired by Emory University for the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library. He currently resides in every single one of his pieces.
Alli Royce Soble
The desire and passion to create started very early for me. I never played with dolls as a child. I preferred to draw or doodle. My parents gave me a Kodak DISC camera when I was ten years old. I took pictures of everything and everyone. I was just having fun, but looking back now, I had already started to document my life. This need to document drives me. My photographs record my world—Atlanta’s LGBTQ+ community, the art community, and political activism in the city. I experience moments in my life more deeply with my camera in hand, as I sit and wait for the perfect moment to take a shot. My drive to document goes beyond the visual. I have also traced my life through a series of journals. I started writing in 1982 in a Garfield diary I received for my 8th birthday. There is significant overlap in the friends, associates, and events represented in the photos and journal. The camera and writing have been ways to mark the joyous celebrations and ways to cope with difficult moments.
I will never stop taking photographs.
It is who I am.
A Documentarian.
A Photographer.
Capturing my history,
which is now Our History.
You can explore the finding aid for the Jon Arge photographs here and the finding aid for the Alli Royce Soble papers here.
For more information on Rose Library's holdings of Common Good Atlanta's Phillips State Prison Book Projects records, check out the finding aid.
You can learn more about the Jon Arge collection at Rose Library here: https://findingaids.library.emory.edu/documents/arge1404/. Check out the online exhibition “Our Archives Could Be Your Life”, which features a selection of Arge’s Polaroids.
Learn more about Karate for Women Atlanta's archive, housed at Rose Library, here.
The podcast currently has 10 episodes available.