Texas is the Reason: The Mavericks of Lone Star Punk

Punk rock arrived inTexas in 1978 along with the Sex Pistols’ tour, and stayed for goodandPat Blashill has been photographing it the entire time. More than two hundred of Blashill’s photos compiled hereportray the Big Boys, the Dicks, Butthole Surfers, Poison 13, the Hickoids, the Offenders, Scratch Acid, Daniel Johnston, Doctors’ Mob, Glass Eye, and touring bands including Sonic Youth, Devo, Samhain, Soul Asylum, the Replacements, and the Dead Kennedys. Theimages are accompaniedby essays from director Richard Linklater (Slacker/School of Rock); singer David Yow (Scratch Acid/Jesus Lizard); drummer Teresa Taylor (Butthole Surfers); and local luminaries Adriane “Ash” Shown and Donna Rich.