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The 309 Punk Museum Project 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. |
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 a reality.
Board of directors
Our Board of Directors is made up of supporters and collaborators, and even a few former residents. Besides being small business owners, academics, writers, artists, and activists, our Board is also pretty punk. We've all been active in the scene for years, from the first shows we witnessed to the moment each of us decided to move from supporter to participant.
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. . |
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. Valerie never lived at 309 but participated in its culture and watched it evolve over the last two decades. Bands that she was involved in (Coppertone, Cuddle Puddle, Wake Up Together) played shows at 309 and Sluggo's. She resided at The Javelin' Joint, a neighboring punk house in town which gave her a personal understanding of how important these creative spaces can be for punks and is proud to be a part of this project. She has been an active member of the Pensacola punk community since the early 1990's.
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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, a yogi, longtime vegetarian, and a visible political activist for social change.
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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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