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40 years ago today - Gray Matter and Embrace concert flier, 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C., March 13, 1986. From the Sharon Cheslow Punk Flyers collection at the University of Maryland. #DCpunk #GrayMatterBand #GrayMatterDC #EmbraceDC #DischordRecords @dischord.com #Emocore #Emo #PunkFlyers #930Club
A high-contrast, black-and-white photocopied punk flier with a grainy, DIY aesthetic. The flier is promoting an upcoming concert. The image features a central photograph of four young men standing in a doorway, playfully holding up oversized coffee mugs. The photo is heavily stylized with a "blown-out" photocopied effect, creating sharp black shadows and bright white highlights. The text is arranged as follows: Top: The band name GRAY MATTER is written in a large, aggressive, jagged, hand-drawn typeface. Top Right: The band name EMBRACE appears in a clean, sans-serif block typeface tucked under the main Gray Matter logo, indicating billing for the concert. Bottom Left: Three stacked text boxes in a clean sans-serif font list the show details: THURS MARCH 13 930 CLUB $4.00
March 13, 2026 at 1:28 PM