ARCANE DRAMA: A COMPILATION OF 924 GILMAN MUSIC, VOLUME 1

Arcane Drama: A Compilation of 924 Gilman Street Music, Volume 1 captures a snapshot in 2016 of the diverse group of bands that call 924 Gilman home. Founded in 1986, the all ages, volunteer-run community space and underground music venue at 924 Gilman Street in Berkeley, California, (affectionately called, simply, Gilman) has been the home and starting point for some of the largest national punk acts in the last 30 years. Today, the venue holds the title for being the longest running DIY music venue in the country. Even after three decades, the scene around Gilman is a hotbed for up and coming artists across many subgenres of alternative and punk music. This compilation has something for almost every alternative music fan: fast old-school hardcore, ska, indie-in'uenced punk, folkpunk, pop-punk and much more. This will be the frst of several compilations to document the diverse and exciting underground music coming out of the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California.