Big Boy, provided by Randy "Biscuit" Turner, likely by Tim Kerr
Total Abuse On Tour No. 3, Randy “Biscuit” Turner Celebration
24 Apr
Total Abuse play Grrrnd Zero in Lyon, France honoring Randy "Biscuit" Turner
Randy “Biscuit” Turner Honored in France
20 Apr
Telecommande with over-sized Biscuit poster in background
In May 2010 (time code on photos are incorrect), with the help of workers from Modern City Records , a button and LP manufacturer based in Lyon, France, Visual Vitriol assembled a Texas punk poster overview that spanned six walls throughout the compound, Grrrnd, which is a legal squat made from the remains of an abandoned business complex in the warehouse district of the city. The event also featured an armful of bands that pierced the neighborhood with their intense musical barrage.
(L-Right) Celine, Julie (in B Boys shirt given to her by Biscuit), and Remi at Grrrnd
Helpful crew members and band legionaries, who not only aided the show but also pressed the Texas Biscuit Bombs LP art and inserts, consisted of members of well-known bands from the dank district, including the furious pop-punk mutants Telecommande, who routinely yanked riffage from the Spits in crazy tuneful glee, and the Dischord echoing emo-bursts of 12XU, plus the impromptu band Validation, who covered a whole slew of Texas punk “hits” deep in the brutal sweaty night, including forceful songs from Really Red, the Dicks, Big Boys, and Offenders. In a heart-pounding tribute to the Big Boys and Biscuit, each band of the night covered the melodic punk classic “Which Way to Go,” more recently covered in Texas by the power-punk outfit Black Salve.
The poster show featured an array of over-sized flyers from Portland, a much-compressed historical wall that spanned thirty cross-cultural years, and a whole room dedicated to the art emanating from Texas itself, with entire sections devoted to Really Red, Tim Kerr of the Big Boys, and Randy Biscuit Turner of the Big Boys, not forgetting another timeline that highlighted a wide swath of Texas greats, like the Hates and Mydolls.
Julie in front of the Texas punk flyer wall
Visual Vitriol, Left of the Dial, and David and Julie would like to thank the owners and operators of Modern City, Celine and Remi, for their prolonged dedication to the cause, and their deep sincerity in regards to the historical and cultural importance of both Biscuit and punk art in general.
Punk Picnic at the University
19 Apr
Punk Picnic at the University with The Next, Vipers, and Terminal Mind by Biscuit
Randy “Biscuit” Turner and Gary Floyd
17 Apr
Biscuit cover photo, Maximum R'n'R, Feb. 2009, The Queer Issue, featuring bio of Gary Floyd
