Missoula Music History Oral History Project
Interviewer
Leif Fredrickson
Files
Description
Chris Badgley describes growing up Missoula during the 1980s and how he was first introduced to punk rock music by his older sister Lya. He discusses the art, music and fashion store Urbane Renewal that Lya started in the early 1980s in downtown Missoula, and how that store became the center for punk shows and fashion. Badgley describes the community’s reception of punk kids and bands, and how most of the shows were DIY affairs in someone’s basement or at the Moose Lodge. He discusses early punk bands he was in in Missoula and later Seattle, where he relocated to. He mentions relocating with his father to New York, where he formed another band. Badgley tells stories about how the band was invited to play shows in Vietnam, where he was inadvertently caught in a situation with the CIA related to his singing the Communist Vietnamese national anthem.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Subjects: Music; Music—History and criticism; Music—Montana—Missoula; Punk rock music; Punk rock music—Montana; New wave music; Rock music—Montana; Counterculture—United States; Subculture; Do it yourself; Small business—Montana—Missoula; Entrepreneurship—Montana; Central business districts—Montana—Missoula
Corporate Names: Urbane Renewal; Hellgate High School
Geographical Names: Missoula (Mont.); Seattle (Wash.); Vietnam
Occupations: Musicians—Montana
Original Date
11-21-2019
Time Period
Twentieth century; Twenty-first century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Missoula Music History Oral History Project, OH 473
Holding Institution
University of Montana. Mansfield Library. Archives and Special Collections
Digital Publisher
University of Montana--Missoula. Mansfield Library
Rights Statement
Rights Holder
Copyright to this collection is held by the interview participants and by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula. Permission may be required for use. For further information please contact Archives and Special Collections at the University of Montana, Mansfield Library.
Oral History Number
OH 473-007
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 MP3 file (01:37:52): digital + 1 transcript (15 pp.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:37:52 minutes
Local Filename
OH_473_007.mp3; OH_473_007.pdf
Citation
Badgley, John Chris, "Chris Badgley Interview, November 21, 2019" (2019). Missoula Music History Oral History Project. 5.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/missoulamusic_oralhistory/5