A Brief History of Denver Punk

by Tom Murphy

When Bikini Kill performed at Mission Ballroom on August 27, 2024, drummer Tobi Vail got up to do vocals for a few songs, as expected, and at one point she talked to the audience about a Boulder band she was aware of from the 1980s called Anti-Scrunti Faction. It was an early queercore group that was around from 1984-1985, releasing a couple of records,…