The East Bay Punk Digital Archive (EBP-DA) is a project spearheaded by Stefano Morello and funded by GC Digital Initiatives, the New Media Lab, the Early Research Initiative, and Lost & Found at The Graduate Center, CUNY. It aims to preserve and make available—to researchers, subcultural participants from around the world, and a general public unfamiliar with the topic—the subjugated knowledge produced by participants in the punk-rock commons that loomed in and around the San Francisco Bay Area between the early 1980s and the mid-1990s.
The website allows users to search and browse collections and items discretely and, starting in mid-2025, to follow a set of digital exhibitions. The material in the archive—zines, flyers, catalogues, and posters—comes from personal collections of artists, zine-makers, and authors who have trusted me with the digital preservation of their work.
If you were a zine-maker in the East Bay, or own zines covering the scene in the 1980s through the mid-1990s, get in touch and contribute to the development of the East Bay Punk Digital Archive!