Flyer from the first local punk show I ever attended, 30 years ago on this date, June 7th, 1986. Featuring the legendary bands Moral Disgust, Rasta Punkz From Hell, Fetus Gooball, Wisconsintration Camp and Hell-Hue (the flyer says “perhaps” but I have absolutely no idea if their reunion happened at this show or not). Just 2 bucks!

The show was at local dive bar Mi Place near the shore of Lake Winnebago, just on the outskirts of Appleton, WI in the Town of Menasha. It was kind of a biker bar – I think that the owner (crabby, cantankerous, basically someone you would expect to own such a place) had a garage full of motorcycles next door. The bar and garage are long-gone now, a Kwik Trip gas station and convenience store in their place.

The weather was nice – hot! – so the show was outdoors and all-ages. But this was a Midwestern small town in the mid-80′s so, seriously, it was no problem for the kiddos to hang out inside the bar. I was 14, looked it, and no one even raised an eyebrow at me (I did not try ordering a drink from the bar, though).

I found some info on just two of the bands that played. From the Green Blah! The History of Green Bay Punk Rock website: Moral Disgust were a group of guys from Kimberly (a town neighboring Appleton) and played shows with Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Husker Du and others, and also appeared on the Maximum Rock ‘n’ Roll radio program. There are two song clips on the website for your listening pleasure: “Party’s Over” and “All Good Businessmen.”

Wisconsintration Camp were from Manitowoc and from a Flickr photo caption I learned “Wisconsintration Camp (or “The Camp” as friends referred to them) were famous only in Manitowoc and venerated all things Manitowoc. Their highly publicized shows would attract a crowd, but they never played at least when we attended. They had great clothes and a logo (“WTC” over a spider web), drank Kingsbury beer (once made in Manitowoc) and sported the “54220” Manitowoc zip code on their leather jacket lapel. Several of them had done time or created an air of mystery that they may have.” Here is one of their incoherent songs from a show that was likely in the mid-80s. I found another video of the song “Wienervice,” and if it is the same band they are clearly much older with better recording equipment.