SPAMARAMA: The Movie

This Austin-made companion piece to the event blends truth and fiction in a quasi-documentary that purports to explain how SPAMARAMA all began.

"...rehabbing Spam's déclassé culinary image. His accomplice, David (Uranium Savages lead singer Arnsberger), is motivated by concurrent desires to..."

April 4, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Dancing About Architecture

They Blowed Up Real Good!

"...Another set of loud, frightening creatures, the Uranium Savages, are holding their Eddy Awards this Friday as well...."

March 28, 1997 Music Column

Waterloo Records Owner John Kunz Saves His 42-Year-Old Baby – By Selling It

With new partners in tow, the pioneering record store moves up Lamar

"...corrects himself to 709 in honor of the Uranium Savages. Kunz can’t find the new building code, so we..."

Jan. 3, 2025 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Temple of Angels, a DJ Chicken George benefit, a Soap Creek Saloon reunion, and more recommended shows

"...grew up across from the original bar. The Uranium Savages unleash vintage mayhem and Ray Benson shuts it down..."

Aug. 25, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

What Do You Have to Do to Get Fired at the Texas Veterans Commission?

Allegations of bigotry in Texas Veterans Commission don't seem to be sparking change

"...I was on the ground, I know what those savages are like, they're not even human, they're filthy animals,..."

April 21, 2023 News Feature by Abe Asher

Public Notice: Echoes of History

From the 23rd Street Mural to the Police Academy, in only 50 years

"...at 1516 S. Lamar, with music from the Uranium Savages, "the band too dumb to die," at 7:09pm sharp...."

March 31, 2023 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Liberty Lunch Reunion, Genesis Owusu, Poppy, Chief Cleopatra, Georgia Parker, Monte Luna, and more

"...Gators, Kathy McCarty, LeRoi Brothers, Shoulders, Extreme Heat, Uranium Savages, Dumptruck, and Doctors' Mob – a silent auction contributes..."

April 8, 2022 Music Column by Tim Stegall

“No Willie, Waylon, or the Armadillo in 1977!!!” The Punk Beast Begins to Stir in Austin

A nascent scene takes shape in chapter three of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...Violators debuted late '77, opening for Austin jokesters Uranium Savages. For their trouble, they had to suffer singer Kerry..."

Dec. 24, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Second SXSW Lineup Installment Adds Over 300 Acts

KT Tunstall, Shamir, Sunflower Bean, and Circuit Des Yeux highlight

"...(Nashville TN) The Waymores (Atlanta GA) The Wood Burning Savages (Derry UK-N. IRELAND) Thee Unemployed (Austin TX) THELIMITDOESNOTEXIST (Brooklyn..."

Dec. 8, 2021 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Music Rolls Out Second Artist List

Wire, Jucee Froot, plus 207 real acts and one Hollywood contrivance

"...Wood Burning Savages (Derry, Ireland)..."

Nov. 13, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Festival Founder Resurrects Spamarama After 12-Year Hiatus

Spam-centered celebration comes to Moontower Saloon

"...the Soap Creek Saloon (where his band, the Uranium Savages, routinely performed) and asked to hold the event there...."

July 4, 2019 Food Post by Alexandra Currie-Buckner

Bill Leissner: I Shot the Eighties

Event to fund photographer's book showing the decade in Austin

"..."King" to Gov. Ann, Stubbs to Blaze, the Uranium Savages to the cast of In the West. To hear..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Playback: And the Armadillos Went Wild

Threadgill’s World Headquarters goes the way of its predecessor, the Armadillo World Headquarters, plus Black Fret offers more than just money

"...Point, with Julie Nolan opening night one and Uranium Savages night two. Tickets, $18, are available at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3892880...."

Dec. 7, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Uranium Savages

"...loutishness. Produced by Shawn Sahm, who met the Uranium Savages at the Soap Creek Saloon when he was 12,..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Music Review by Greg Beets

Austin Film Festival Review: Ruin Me

Less meta, more manic in this scary sleepover

"...in when her boyfriend/therapist Nathan (Matt Dellapina, These Hopeless Savages) ends up with a spare ticket for this immersive..."

Nov. 2, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Saturday ACL Fest Record Reviews

The Witch (Fiction/Caroline)

"...channels her admiration for Siouxsie Sioux, PJ Harvey, and Savages' Jehnny Beth with every howl and moan, giving the..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Campus Hacks: University of Texas

Surprisingly, hook 'em isn't the only thing you need to know

"...Yes, they’re cute, but they are also domesticated savages that will try to steal your food. Trust me..."

Aug. 23, 2017 Chronolog Post by Maria Mendez

Point Austin: What History Teaches

Charlottesville resistance an inspiration here and everywhere

"...whine about federal failure to defend them against "Indian savages" and "Mexican banditti." Some things never change.) [inset-1-right]..."

Aug. 18, 2017 News Column by Michael King

50 Margaret Moser Cover Stories

"...“Too Dumb to Die: The Uranium Savages” Cover illustration by Kerry Awn..."

June 29, 2017 Photo Gallery

Greezy Wheels Take a Last Bow

Still Greezy after all these years

"...50th Anniversary, starring Greezy Wheels, Extreme Heat, and Uranium Savages, converges at Threadgill’s World Headquarters Sat., June 24, 7:30pm...."

June 23, 2017 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Suspirians

"...between Siouxsie & the Banshees, the Black Angels, and Savages. Infused with wild spirits and bristling with bad vibes,..."

June 9, 2017 Music Review by Michael Toland

The Hightower Report: Who Is Mick Mulvaney ... and Why Is He So Awful?

Because he works for Trump, that's why

"...poor people. The budget he wrote for The Donald savages such effective anti-poverty programs as food stamps, Medicaid, and..."

June 9, 2017 News Column by Jim Hightower

Jim Caligiuri Exit Interview

Ten minutes, 20 questions, and 20-plus years of Americana chronicles

"...Michael Fracasso 2016..."

April 13, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

A Guide to Austin Stand-Up

Who makes the jokes, where you can see them, and who keeps the scene running in a city where laughing matters

"...Pryor and John Henry Faulk, underground comix, the Uranium Savages, Esther's Follies, Master Pancake, Greater Tuna, the O. Henry..."

March 31, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Guide to Austin Stand-Up: Comics

The stand-up people behind the city's comedy scene

"...music (he's a founding member of absurdist band Uranium Savages), art (he co-created the Austintatious mural on the Drag,..."

March 31, 2017 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

HOF Hopefuls

"...order) as ZZ Top, Waylon Jennings, Junior Franklin, Uranium Savages, Bobby Earl Smith, Earl Poole Ball, Charlie Robison, Esteban..."

March 13, 2017 Postmarks

Austin Music Awards Gallery, 1986-2000

"...Poster artist and Uranium Savages frontman Kerry Awn with future Go-Go’s bassist Kathy Valentine..."

March 2, 2017 Photo Gallery

Top 10 Awkward Tinder Date Spots

You swiped right. Now what?

"...a corner and suck? Are they one of those savages who insists on biting off the topknot of dough..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Food Feature by Emily Beyda

Drank the Lemonade

As album sales give way to streaming services, how much longer will we be able to purchase music?

"...8) Michael Fracasso, Here Come the Savages (Blue Door)..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Top 10 Austin Albums of 2016

The Chronicle music staff picks their favorite local records

"...1) Michael Fracasso, Here Come the Savages (Blue Door)..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Music Feature by Greg Beets

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