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By Jason Mellard from the Center for Texas Music History at Texas State University.

On November 4, 1980, Leeds post-punk band Gang of Four played the venue Club Foot in Austin. They were the second significant touring act at Texas’ new 80s home of punk and new wave.

A week earlier, London band the Stranglers had headlined opening night. Before this, punk and post-punk’s first big touring acts like the Ramones and Talking Heads had played Austin’s Armadillo World Headquarters, while the local scene incubated at Raul’s near the UT campus. But Club Foot may be where the scene consolidated, where local acts like Joe King Carrasco, the Skunks, and Standing Waves shared stages with 80s stars like U2, New Order, and

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