punks are here to stay
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Since at least the early 1990s, 309 has been a central spot in Pensacola's punk scene. Arguably the oldest continuously inhabited punk house in the South, 309 and its residents played a role in the American punk subculture for decades. Now we’re trying to buy the house and keep 309 functioning as a community base dedicated to punk culture—essentially what it’s been since the beginning.
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Our idea is to create a punk house that everyone "owns." While mostly serving as a co-operative space, we want to make 309 a collective landmark for punk--not just local punk but punk across the globe. |
There is nothing like this in Pensacola. 309 is a unique part of our cultural fabric, and we want to preserve this beautiful house and its history to share with the world.
a place of creative freedom. |
punks dream big. |
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Over the years, photographers, painters, writers, activists, and (of course) musicians have lived in 309. Numerous bands who traveled the world and created several records came from 309. Several artists who gained international fame came from 309. Long-standing local businesses and non-profit organizations rose out of the creative fires of 309. Countless famous musicians passed through the house, either to stay the night or have breakfast before hitting the road before their next show. The house was even given its own chapter in a popular photography book.
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While seemingly large, our goals are fairly simple. We want to fix what needs to be repaired in the century old home, while preserving the integrity of what 309 has become since it started as a punk house. We want to save 309 for the community, for zine and screenprinting workshops, a local punk archive, a recording studio and an Artist in Residence program. Most importantly, we want to allow a space for future generations to appreciate our beautiful and culturally rich community—a place where Pensacola can see the ways punk influenced our community and the ways Pensacola Punk played a role in the international subculture.
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The house and its history are clearly iconic within the punk subculture. We're hoping that through our efforts, we'll be able to preserve this unique part of Pensacola's cultural history as well as continuing the legacy of great service to the worldwide punk community. |
our story
The 309 Punk Museum Project is a non-profit, started as a means to save a house, and quickly turned into the the coolest, most ambitious DIY punk project ever.
For decades, 309 played a major role in the growth of punk in Pensacola and across the world, which is why the people who guide this project are so crucial to its success. Each person brings unique skills to project, as well as a personal history within the scene. We are fortunate to have each other.
For decades, 309 played a major role in the growth of punk in Pensacola and across the world, which is why the people who guide this project are so crucial to its success. Each person brings unique skills to project, as well as a personal history within the scene. We are fortunate to have each other.
FROM THE BANDS WE CREATED, THE DAYS WE TOURED, THE SPACES WE STARTED, THE SHOWS WE BOOKED, THE ART WE MADE AND THE ZINES WE WROTE, OUR LOVE FOR THE SCENE IS UNENDING.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING THIS.
We owe a huge debt to those who came before us, those who've supported us thus far, and the punk kids of the future. For all of us, when there was nowhere else to go, punk was our home. This is why we are so excited to be together now at this moment to save one of the most important homes in punk history--309. As wild as our goals might sound, we are determined to make the 309 Punk Museum Project a reality.
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C. Scott Satterwhite
Co-Founder of the 309 Punk Museum Project, Scott Satterwhite is a writer, UWF professor, and 8-year resident of 309. Scott writes for the IN Weekly, but before this wrote extensively for the publication Mylxine and for other publications such as Maximum RockandRoll. Scott is the co-founder of End of the Line Café and Open Books, as well as the Prison Book Project. He holds a Master’s Degree in American History and English Literature. He currently teaches writing, rhetoric, composition, and literature at the University of West Florida. |
Terry Johnson
Co-Founder of the 309 Punk Museum Project, Terry Johnson is the owner of Sluggo’s Vegetarian Restaurant, formerly located in Pensacola and now exclusively located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Sluggo’s was a mainstay in the Pensacola punk community for decades, much of which time Terry lived in 309 and helped found it as a house for the Pensacola punk community. She was in the seminal punk band “This Bike is a Pipe Bomb,” who released numerous records and toured the world during their active years. |
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Valerie George is a visual artist, former drummer, DIY recording artist, the Arts Editor for Panhandler Magazine, and the Associate Professor of Sculpture at the University of West Florida. She is the founder of Nam June Psyche Records, a DIY recording project involving a traveling recording studio built into the back of her car. She records a range of projects, from folk musicians, experimental sound art, and noise, to seminal punk endeavors such as Rymodee, Mike Watt, ADD/C, Tuneyards, Scum of the Earth, and the final This Bike is a Pipebomb show at Sluggo's South. She has been an active member of the Pensacola punk community since the early 1990's.
@4N4RCH1V15T 534N L1N320 is an experimental producer, filmmaker, artist and archivist. His most recent work is an on-going project called AnArchive, a collection of stories and a series of films featuring the Pensacola punk community from the 1980's to today. His work has been featured in exhibitions nationally and internationally including New York City, Tokyo, and Los Angeles.
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Eliza Espy is a former resident of 309 and has been an active member of the punk scene in Pensacola for many years. They have organized and promoted film festivals, punk shows at the 309 and other houses as well as Sluggo's South, art shows, and have toured with many bands as a roadie, driver, manager, and spiritual warrior. Eliza is a visual artist, longtime vegetarian, and a visible political activist for social change.
Barrett Williamson is a Pensacola musician and recording artist. He has been in Zerox 82, Apostate, The Hazards, and is currently the guitarist for Rezolve. He is a long-standing resident of 309, living there for the past seven years, and if we pull this off, he will continue to live in the 309 Punk Museum as our official caretaker.
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