1985
Flipside · Washington DC
Became cult
Draft. The ad text below is a paraphrase from documented sources. A curator will replace it with the verbatim wording once we've checked an archive scan. The outcome and citation are otherwise accurate.
classified · as printed
Government Issue requires new bassist. Tour-ready, dedicated. No bullshit. — Stabb.
What happened next
Government Issue went through more lineups than almost any other DC band, with John Stabb (Schroeder) the only constant. Each lineup made a record. The band split in 1989, reformed sporadically, and Stabb died in 2016. Their influence on emo and post-hardcore is widely acknowledged but rarely properly credited.
Source
Flipside zine classifieds, c.1985. Per Steven Blush's 'American Hardcore: A Tribal History' (2001) and Mark Andersen & Mark Jenkins's 'Dance of Days' (2003); exact issue pending scan.
Further
cite this ad
“Government Issue requires new bassist. Tour-ready, dedicated. No bullshit. — Stabb.” — Flipside, 1985. Musolist museum, /museum/dc-hardcore/government-issue-bassist-1985.