Interview with Erica Rucker

Segment Synopsis: Ericka discusses her high school years in Louisville, at Male and Seneca high schools. Her current engagement in the Louisville music scene is primarily through visual art and as a writer.

Keywords: art; highschool; Male; Seneca; writer

Segment Synopsis: Erica's introduction to the Louisville punk scene, via local musicians to local shows and venues.

Keywords: Cinderblock; Evergreen; fliers; metal; punk; shows; Tewligans; the Machine; venues

Subjects: prejudice; punk; race; shows

Segment Synopsis: Erica discusses race and beauty standards that existed within the Louisville music scene, specifically the punk and metal community.

Keywords: college; community; metal; punk; shows

Subjects: beauty standards; prejudice; punk scene; race

Segment Synopsis: Erica examines her background in visual art and zine production.

Keywords: collage art; community; Fresh Greens; LEO; poetry; self-publishing; visual art; writing; zines

Subjects: art; punk; visual artists

Segment Synopsis: Erica speaks about the lack of inclusion within the Louisville music community.

Keywords: community

Subjects: "white spaces"; lack of inclusion; race

Segment Synopsis: Erica Rucker talks about the DIY scene in Louisville, the presence of feminism within the scene and the visual art during the time.

Keywords: 1990s; album art; bands; Cinderblock; college; Concrete; DIY; Enkindel; Evergreen; Falling Forward; punk; Son of Dog; writing; zines

Subjects: cultural boundaries; DIY scene; feminism; punk scene; visual art

Segment Synopsis: Erica talks about the aesthetics of the Louisville scene and the ways Louisville was insulated from outside influence.

Keywords: DIY; Evergreen; Louisville bands; punk; straightedge; thrift stores

Subjects: scene aesthetics

Segment Synopsis: Erica talks about the transition of a punk lifestyle into adulthood, marriage and her current life.

Keywords: 1990s; blackness; Evergreen; Girlwood; punk lifestyle; punk music; punk scene; Scratch Acid; the Jesus Lizard

Subjects: punk; race in music; visual art

Segment Synopsis: Erica speaks to what the Louisville scene offered its members, the sense of community and the members of the scene.

Keywords: fliers; scene; Tewligans

Subjects: Louisville scene