Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90) (2015)

"Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)" examines the early DIY punk scene in the Nation's Capital. It was a decade when seminal bands like Bad Brains, Minor Threat, Government Issue, Scream, Void, Faith, Rites of Spring, Marginal Man, Fugazi, and others released their own records and booked their own shows-without major record label constraints or mainstream media scrutiny. Contextually, it was a cultural watershed that predated the alternative music explosion of the 1990s (and the industry's subsequent implosion). Thirty years later, DC's original DIY punk spirit serves as a reminder of the hopefulness of youth, the power of community and the strength of conviction.

Music Documentary

Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)

Videos

Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)

Watch Providers

The Roku Channel
Tubi TV
Cineverse

Recomendation Films

  • Convoy
  • Swimming with Sharks
  • The Rules for Everything
  • The Magnificent Seven
  • The Birds
  • Joker
  • Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
  • GoodFellas
  • Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
  • Next Goal Wins
  • Requiem for a Dream
  • Cruella
  • Green Book
  • Midsommar
  • The Dark Knight
  • Ghostbusters
  • Ammonite
  • RoboCop
  • Beetlejuice
  • Cyborg

Similar Films

  • La clé de la chambre à lessive
  • A Documentary on the Making of 'Gore Vidal's Caligula'
  • You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night
  • 青春100キロ
  • Night Lunch
  • The New Man
  • F1 How It Was
  • Unrest
  • SLC Punk
  • The Meme Machine
  • There Is No Authority But Yourself
  • DIESEL
  • Addicted to Porn: Chasing the Cardboard Butterfly
  • Punk the Capital: Building a Sound Movement
  • Adolphe Appia le Visionnaire de l'Invisible
  • Legends of the Knight
  • Nas: Time Is Illmatic
  • D'un film à l'autre
  • Mink DeVille: Live at Montreux 1982
  • What We Do Is Secret

NextFilm 2025