{"product_id":"someday-all-the-adults-will-die-the-birth-of-texas-punk-paperback-softback-9781477332474","title":"Someday All the Adults Will Die!; The Birth of Texas Punk (Paperback \/ softback) 9781477332474","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSomeday All the Adults Will Die!\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Birth of Texas Punk\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePat Blashill (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781477332474, University of Texas Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 September 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages, 29 b\u0026amp;w photos\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.8 x 1.5 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Unflinchingly honest and wildly entertaining, \u003ci\u003eSomeday All the Adults Will Die!\u003c\/i\u003e captures the rise and fall of Texas punk in all its chaotic glory. As a photographer, Pat Blashill captured that scene from the inside - he didn't just document it, he \u003ci\u003elived\u003c\/i\u003e it. Here, he gives the rest of us the same access, with an oral history that's as raw and emotional as the music itself.\" - Melissa Maerz, author of \u003ci\u003eAlright, Alright, Alright: The Oral History of Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Texas had America’s wildest, weirdest punk-and-after scene—a primal playpen of shock rock, instinctive Dada, psychedelic freakout, performance art, scream therapy, and absurdist anti-politics. Austin native Pat Blashill was in the thick of it, photographing the messy madness as it unfolded. In \u003ci\u003eSomeday All the Adults Will Die!\u003c\/i\u003e, Blashill shepherds the ultra-vivid memories of his contemporaries and threads through his own hindsight insights, forming an essential document rich with the textures of a long-gone real-gone time. Hilarious and poignant, this is a story never before told - and an inspiration to future freethinkers and troublemakers.\" - Simon Reynolds, author of \u003ci\u003eRip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978–1984\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSomeday All the Adults Will Die!\u003c\/i\u003e is packed with thrilling images and stories from a wild scene in a crazy state.\" - James Hannaham, author of \u003ci\u003eDidn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA deep dive into the early days of punk in Austin, Texas, this oral history immerses readers in a diverse and influential music scene.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Texas has always teemed with music and counterculture. When punk came to the state in 1978, it flourished in San Antonio, Dallas, Houston, and, especially, Austin. Punk and post-punk musicians, including nationally acclaimed bands like the Butthole Surfers, the Big Boys, the Dicks, and Daniel Johnston influenced local culture before slashing into the American musical psyche. (See Kurt Cobain sporting Johnston’s “Hi, How are you?” T-shirt.) \u003ci\u003eSomeday All the Adults Will Die!\u003c\/i\u003e is an oral history of punk in Texas, from its rise in the late 1970s, through its strong anti-racist, feminist, and queer peak, to its dissolution in the late 1980s. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Now a seasoned music journalist, Blashill experienced the zenith of Texas punk as a teenager, and he captures its intensity in words and pictures. \u003ci\u003eSomeday All the Adults Will Die!\u003c\/i\u003e is rife with electrifying images and firsthand tales of what made this scene such a storm of pleasures and terrors, uncompromising artists, and wild performances. This dynamic portrait of an untamed, all-out musical era is a must-read for fans of punk music, counterculture, and live music. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Prologue: The Kids, the Huns, and Texas Drag \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 1. The First Wave\u003cbr\u003e Pink Cowboys at the Mall •\u003cbr\u003e Sex Pistols in San Antonio •\u003cbr\u003e Raul’\u003cbr\u003es Club •\u003cbr\u003e Joe “\u003cbr\u003eKing”\u003cbr\u003e Carrasco •\u003cbr\u003e The Violators •\u003cbr\u003e Standing Waves •\u003cbr\u003e Clair and Sarita •\u003cbr\u003e The Next •\u003cbr\u003e The RTF Crowd •\u003cbr\u003e The Huns •\u003cbr\u003e Terminal Mind \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 2. Pink Flamingos\u003cbr\u003e Big Boys •\u003cbr\u003e The Dicks •\u003cbr\u003e Bricks from Stonewall •\u003cbr\u003e Meat Joy •\u003cbr\u003e Bad Brains in Austin \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 3. Front and Center\u003cbr\u003e The 1040 Form Poster and the Feds •\u003cbr\u003e Battle Photography •\u003cbr\u003e Bill Daniel •\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSluggo!\u003c\/i\u003e •\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Western Roundup\u003c\/i\u003e •\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIdle Time\u003c\/i\u003e •\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eButtlikker Comix\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 4. Ladies and Gentlemen\u003cbr\u003e Ralph the Girl •\u003cbr\u003e Gender and Texas Punk •\u003cbr\u003e The Skunks’\u003cbr\u003e “\u003cbr\u003eCheap Girl”\u003cbr\u003e •\u003cbr\u003e Meet the Band! •\u003cbr\u003e The Texas Blondes •\u003cbr\u003e mydolls •\u003cbr\u003e Violence \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 5. White Rage?\u003cbr\u003e “\u003cbr\u003eThe Eyes of Texas”\u003cbr\u003e •\u003cbr\u003e “\u003cbr\u003eThe Dicks Hate the Police”\u003cbr\u003e •\u003cbr\u003e Joe “\u003cbr\u003eKing”\u003cbr\u003e Carrasco •\u003cbr\u003e The White Noise Supremacists •\u003cbr\u003e Fearless Iranians from Hell •\u003cbr\u003e Heather Leather •\u003cbr\u003e The KKK Comes to the Capitol •\u003cbr\u003e The Greek Problem •\u003cbr\u003e The Boys from Vidor •\u003cbr\u003e Big Boys’\u003cbr\u003e Last Stand \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 6. “\u003cbr\u003eI Hate Myself”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Offenders •\u003cbr\u003e Really Red •\u003cbr\u003e MDC •\u003cbr\u003e DRI and Crotch Rot \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 7. Freethinkers\u003cbr\u003e Radio Free Europe •\u003cbr\u003e Scratch Acid •\u003cbr\u003e Glass Eye •\u003cbr\u003e Stick Men with Ray Guns \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 8. Cinderella Story\u003cbr\u003e Butthole Surfers \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 9. “\u003cbr\u003eOut on the Streets”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Texas Skate Punk Apocalypse •\u003cbr\u003e Inner Sanctum Records •\u003cbr\u003e The Colony •\u003cbr\u003e Shenanigans •\u003cbr\u003e The OAF House \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 10. Radical Primitives\u003cbr\u003e Reversible Cords •\u003cbr\u003e Buffalo Gals •\u003cbr\u003e Culturcide •\u003cbr\u003e Daniel Johnston \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 11. The Revisionists\u003cbr\u003e Rank and File •\u003cbr\u003e Hickoids •\u003cbr\u003e Poison 13 •\u003cbr\u003e Doctors’\u003cbr\u003e Mob \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Epilogue: Aftermath and Aftershocks \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Woodshock •\u003cbr\u003e Austin 2023 •\u003cbr\u003e SXSW •\u003cbr\u003e Someday All the Adults Will Die! \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Cast of Characters \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Index \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52670809342232,"sku":"9781477332474","price":20.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/someday-all-the-adults-will-die-the-birth-of-texas-punk-paperback-softback-9781477332474","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}