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Speak In Tongues

An Oral History of Cleveland's DIY Punk Venue
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An important underground venue's untold history. Speak in Tongues was a freewheeling, community-run underground music venue in Cleveland, Ohio that operated on a do-it-yourself basis through the 1990s, closing on December 31, 2001. The venue fostered a flourishing creative culture, where you could enjoy a puppet show from a spray-painted couch or meet other punks to start a band or a movement, but was also smoothly run with a great sound system and the best curation of music that you could hear in the city during its tenure. On any given night, you could go see hardcore punk, experimental jazz, or thrash shows where fireworks were set off inside the building. Traveling bands regularly booked shows there, including ones that went on to greater fame, like Modest Mouse, Avail, Lifter Puller, Jimmy Eat World, Alkaline Trio, Milemarker, and J Church. Venue operators, and later a management collective, contended with police surveillance, skinheads with knives, an exploding oil drum full of raw meat, a flaming car, and a different number of riots depending on who you ask. There may not have been a bar, but a healthy BYOB policy ensures that everyone's memory is different, resulting in an entertaining story of a place that truly was what you made it, the source of lifelong friendships and endless lore. This comprehensive oral history tells a story that is greater than the sum of each person's recollections, forming a picture of a unique, weird, special place that deeply informed the next twenty years of Cleveland's underground culture.

Author Biography:

Eric Sandy is a journalist based in Northeast Ohio. He previously worked as a staff writer and managing editor at Cleveland Scene, where an earlier version of the Speak In Tongues story was first published. In 2021, he was a finalist for the Livingston Award. He lives in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, with his wife and two dogs.
Release date Australia
September 8th, 2022
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  • Photographs by Ken Blaze
Pages
128
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
ISBN-13
9781648410642
Product ID
35677884

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