Reference Number
ARC-1008
Level of description
collection
Title
Dave Treat Photographs of Dead Boys
Date
1977
Size
1.13 (Linear feet)
NEO Sound
x
Scope and Contents
The Dave Treat Photographs of the Dead Boys contains 37 photographs and 56 digital images of the Dead Boys from 1977. Nine color photographs are of the band at the Agora in July 1977. The 28 black-and-white photographs were originally intended to form a press kit for the Dead Boys but were not used due to the addition of a change in line-up and appearance of the band. The photographs were published for the first time instead in Treat's book, Dead Boys 1977: The Lost Photographs of Dave Treat. The photos document the band's beginnings in Cleveland, with shots of the band taken throughout the city. This collection provides insight into the first wave of punk music, and the Dead Boys and the Cleveland punk scene in particular.
Biography / Administrative History
David Treat is an amateur photographer from northeast Ohio. He is the author of Dead Boys 1977: The Lost Photographs of Dave Treat.
Dead Boys are an American punk rock band from Cleveland, Ohio. The band were formed by vocalist Stiv Bators, lead guitarist Cheetah Chrome, rhythm guitarist Jimmy Zero, bassist Jeff Magnum, and drummer Johnny Blitz in 1976, splintering off of the band Rocket From The Tombs. They released two studio albums, Young Loud and Snotty and We Have Come for Your Children.
Notes
Citation: [Identification of Item], David Treat Photographs of the Dead Boys, Library and Archives, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Language Note: No linguistic materials.
Processing Information: Processed by Crystal Matjasic, Project Archivist. Completed May 15, 2019. Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS and local processing manual. Collection processed through an Access to Historical Records grant from the NHPRC.
Acquisition Note: The David Treat Photographs of the Dead Boys were received by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a gift from David Treat on July and August 2018.
Exhibition History: Photographs, Local Music U Want, Library and Archives, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, 2019-2024.
Access
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Use
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