1978, when San Antonio's the Next became Austin's Fourth Punk Band and Dallas' Nervebreakers beat locals in a battle of the bands for Chapter 6, Part 1 of the 'Austin Punk Chronicles.'
Editor’s note: This is Chapter 6, Part 1 of a serialized history of Austin punk by veteran writer and punk musician Tim Stegall. You can read past installments of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”Future Big Boy Chris Gates had been at Raul's before it was called Raul's, though he doesn't remember the name.
"The Next opened the door for me. They were impressive. That night I said, 'I don't know what the fuck's going on here, but I wanna be a part of it.'"The Next:"Halfway Between a Street Gang and Glam" “I was stuck photographing these bands that didn’t move onstage, did nothing, just these hippies playing guitar. So I thought, ‘Fuck, do something! I’m here with a fucking camera!’ That’s when I first thought, ‘I could do better than that!’” His roommate, future Next manager Will Sharp, stocked local shop the Record Hole's import section, giving the duo precious exposure to the scene brewing in England.
The Next was officially Austin's Fourth Punk Band. For his part, Gavin could care less, in true punk fashion. “The cats kept sniffing at my guitar case for days after.” – Barry “Kooda” Huebner of The Nervebreakers, on playing guitar with a fish someone had thrown at him "It was really clannish between Austin and Dallas," he says."And Houston too, though the scene there was not that big. But it was much easier for us, [being from] Dallas, to play in Austin than it was for Austin bands to play in Dallas, for some reason. It was harder work for the Austin bands to win over a Dallas audience, and there weren't that many places to play."
Booker Joseph Gonzales swiftly engaged the Skunks and Bodysnatchers for a Monday night residency through the spring of 1978. The bands alternated headlining each week before an ever-growing throng lured by ads Gonzales regularly placed in UT-Austin newspaper. Cheap admission and equally low beer prices kept the audiences sanguine, a good atmosphere for a band to develop in.Never the Same Again
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