A curious mix of people: the underground scene of '90s Austin

Cast of characters

Chronology

Introduction. Nobody here but us wounded chickens

The Cavity : the Cavity creeps

Emo's : Johnny Cash sat here

Radio : none of the hits, all of the time

Hole in the Wall : cheap music, fast drinks, live women

Blue Flamingo : those horses do bite!

Chances : we'll just rock for ourselves

Sweatbox Studios : Sweatbox is burning (or, honk if Dick Cheney shot your landlord in the face)

TV and video : raw meat in the studio

Zines, flyers, and the press : putting the word in the streets

Sound Exchange : bitter people with no future selling music

Record labels : bitter people with no future starting labels

Trance Syndicate : Love and napalm

Electric Lounge : my childhood hero is getting pelted with roses

Liberty Lunch : by the '90s, we were rocking

The end : it doesn't go on forever

100 essential underground releases (in chronological order)

In memoriam.