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Touring in support of the June 14 release of their latest album Broken Hearted Blue, the lauded Americana and outlaw-country ensemble Jenny Don't & the Spurs headlines a May 29 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, their 2021 recording Fire on the Ridge praised by Glide magazine for the way the musicians "spin classic country, honky tonk, rockabilly, surf rock, and cowpunk
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Chris Newman, Frontman of Influential Portland Punk Band Napalm Beach, Has Died Although charged with punk energy, Newman’s guitar playing contained elements of heavy blues and psychedelic rock, which would influence the eventual sound of grunge. Chris Newman performing at Satyricon in the 1980s. IMAGE: David Ackerman. Updated May 10 Musician Chris Newman, a founding member of several cult-favorite Portland punk bands stretching back to the 1970s, has died, according to multiple reports on social media. He was 67 years old.
Legendary Satyricon club offered sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll, epitomized a Portland that is gone forever
Updated Mar 16, 2021;
Posted Mar 16, 2021
Hard rock of various kinds thrived at Satyricon in the 1980s and 90s. (Brent Wojahn/The Oregonian)
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Satyricon was easy to overlook. Its storefront, shoved next to a rundown grocery, faded into the grittiest part of Old Town.
Its reputation, however, glowed like the White Stag sign. Portlanders of every age and outlook knew what went on behind its narrow front door or thought they did.
The club opened late in 1983 and quickly became the unofficial headquarters of the city’s punk scene. It had a reputation for being a dangerous place, but it wasn’t as simple as that. Satyricon also offered whimsy. One night you might stumble upon a band that dressed “like space-alien aborigines,” as one habitué put it; on another you’d find yourself participating in an earnest Poetry Night.