The Morlocks in flyers

Morlocks/Tell-Tale Hearts, Sept. 1, 1985(?) (art by Kristen Tobiason, collection Tom Goddard)Tom Goddard’s trove of flyers continues to bear dividends for Che Underground: The Blog. Today’s bequest from the Goddard Collection features show pieces from the Morlocks’ 1984 and 1985 performances in San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco, created by artists including Jerry Cornelius and Kristen Tobiason.

Detail: Morlocks group shot (collection Tom Goddard)“For more information, call [Tell-Tale Hearts bassist] Mike [Stax],” reads the Tobiason flyer in the lead spot of this post. “If he ain’t home, call [Morlocks guitarist] Ted [Friedman] … If he ain’t home, call [Morlocks bassist] Jeff [Lucas] … ,” providing phone numbers for each. Now that’s customer service!

Detail: Tell-Tale Hearts/Morlocks, Studio 517, August 18, 1984 (collection Tom Goddard)Detail: Morlocks/Need; Rave-Up, LA; Feb. 2, 1985 (art by Jerry Cornelius, collection Tom Goddard)Detail: Morlocks/Things/Through the Looking Glass/Nephews, UCSD Gym, April 26, 1985 (collection Tom Goddard)Detail: Morlocks/Things/Through the Looking Glass/Nephews, UCSD Gym, April 26, 1985 (collection Tom Goddard)Detail: Morlocks/Red Kross, May 1, 1985 (collection Tom Goddard)
Detail: Dead Kennedys/Morlocks/Stoney Burke/Camper Van Beethoven/Rhythm Pigs, Oct. 1, 1985, Mabuhay, SF (collection Tom Goddard)Detail: Chesterfield Kings/Morlocks, Mabuhay Gardens, Nov. 14, 1985 (collection Tom Goddard)Detail: Morlocks, Club 181, SF; Oct. 31, 1985(?) (collection Tom Goddard)Detail: Morlocks/The Fourgiven/Yard Trauma; Swedish American Hall, San Francisco; August 31, 1985 (collection Tom Goddard)

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6 thoughts on “The Morlocks in flyers”

  1. Who can help me ID the rest of the artists?

    The fourth flyer — the dusky pink one advertising the UCSD gym show — is that a Kristi Maddocks piece?

    How about the blue-green zombie image?

    The last piece in this set seems to be signed “Nadler.” Would that be Larry Nadler?

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  2. wow. Tom, I am amazed that you have these. I did the web of eyeballs and the zombies -- which was collaborative. I believe Jerry did the Morlocks lettering, as well as the heart icon at the bottom right.

    the swedish american hall flyer was drawn by Heiko Adler, a talented guy who lived at the Page Street house in San Francisco.

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