Flyers for shows at The Backstage in Tucson from 1982 til 1983 when the place burned down. Of course these arent the only shows that occurred there, far from it; there were hundreds.

This collection includes 10 graciously donated by Mark Haswell. Mark writes:

My memory is totally hazy on what years these are from, although I'm sure they're all between Aug 81 and Mar 83, which is the period I lived in Tucson. 'JFA Back' is the back of the JFA flier, which I scanned at a higher res so you can (hopefully) read it, because it's pretty funny.

The Backstage is still one of my all-time favorite venues, and I've seen a bunch of them. It had so much going for it - sketchy neighborhood, two-foot-tall stage, perfect atmosphere, and the marvelous irony that, as I recall, the Backstage had no backstage - bands just piled their equipment up in the back of the room. I always enjoyed seeing the occasional holdover from the 'daytime clientele' sitting at the bar - someone who looked like they'd been there most of the day, and didn't bother to leave once the show started. Sometimes they'd have this look on their face like they were thinking they'd had enough to drink that maybe they'd been transported to a parallel universe. Which I suppose it was. Anyway - enjoy (Mark Haswell, December 2007)