The more successful bands from that scene were the ones who broadened their fan base by also playing at other Austin venues, such as the Continental Club, Soap Creek and the Armadillo World Headquarters.
[1] Originally a bar run by Hispanics Joseph Gonzales (died in May 1996[2]) and Roy "Raul" Gomez, when, in late 1977, four musicians, Jesse Sublett, Kathy Valentine, Carla Olson and Marilyn Dean, approached them, looking for a venue to play at, since these performers had had difficulties being accepted elsewhere.
Thereafter, the Skunks, with mainstay Jesse Sublett, and a new guitarist, Jon Dee Graham, garnered a large and devoted following, not only at Raul's but other, more mainstream venues around Austin.
No longer would Austin be known merely as the home of Willie Nelson and Jerry Jeff Walker,[1][3] Then there was the September 19 incident of the arrest for obscenity of the singer of The Huns, Phil Tolstead, while on stage for their first performance,[4] which drew considerable attention after a scoop article on the matter was published in the university students' newspaper, The Daily Texan, and on to other publications such as Rolling Stone and the NME in the UK.
Other regular performers included: Reversible Cords, Radio Free Europe, Eddie and the Inm'8s, Joe "King" Carrasco and the Crowns, Sharon Tate's Baby, The MiƧtakes, Boy Problems, the Chickadiesels, the Re*cords, the Reactors, the Delinquents, D-Day, Aces88, the Inserts, the all-female band The Foams, the Jitters, Action Toys, the Norvells, the Electric Tools, the Stains, the Gators, the Derelicts, the Huns, Radio Planets, the Rejects, Secret Science, Perverted Popes, ROKKER, the Invisibles, Toxic Shock;[6] then later, the Big Boys, and The Dicks.