MANIAC! IN THE 1980'S
THE NOTORIOUS GROUCHO MARXIST STUDENT MOVEMENT
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M.A.N.I.A.C. WAS A 1980's YOUTH GROUP OF JR. HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM CHEVY CHASE, MARYLAND. M.A.N.I.A.C. WAS KNOWN FOR IT'S GUERILLA STREET THEATRE ANTICS, FIGHTING AGAINST "THE SYSTEM". |
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WHAT DOES M.A.N.I.A.C STAND FOR?
MAD ANARCHIST NEW INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF CRAZIES
M.A.N.I.A.C. DESCRIBED THEMSELVES AS GROUCHO MARXISTS, INSPIRED BY THE ANTICS OF FREAK BROTHERS, YIPPIE PIE MAN AARON KAY AND OTHERS. WHILE NOTORIOUS FOR PUBLICATION OF THEIR "UNDERGROUND" NEWSPAPER, M.A.N.I.A.C. STAGED IMPROPTU ATTACKS ON "THE SYSTEM", WHILE MANIPULATING & EXPLOITING THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA.
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M.A.N.I.A.C. ORIGINALLY FORMED IN THE LATE 1970's AT WESTERN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN CHEVY CHASE, MARYLAND. THE ORIGINAL FOUR - ZONK, MAHONEI, BEN & ZAK - PUBLISHED VARIOUS "UNDERGROUND" NEWSPAPERS THAT WERE ILLICITLY DISTRIBUTED ON SCHOOL CAMPUS: THE FREE HERALD, AESOPIAN AND THE WESTERN RAG.
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IN THE LATE 1970's, MANIAC! FORMED AN ALLIANCE WITH DC YIPPIE - WHO PUBLISHED OUTLAWS, A DC "UNDERGROUND" NEWSPAPER. BY 1980, MANIAC! WAS A CONTRIBUTER
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M.A.N.I.A.C. DESCRIBED THEMSELVES AS GROUCHO MARXISTS, INSPIRED BY THE ANTICS OF FREAK BROTHERS, YIPPIE PIE MAN AARON KAY AND OTHERS. WHILE NOTORIOUS FOR PUBLICATION OF THEIR "UNDERGROUND" NEWSPAPER, M.A.N.I.A.C. STAGED IMPROPTU ATTACKS ON "THE SYSTEM", WHILE MANIPULATING & EXPLOITING THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA. MEANWHILE THEY PROVIDED GENERAL SUPPORT FOR THE DC'S YIPPIE! CHAPTER EVENTS AND AGENDA. AT SMOKE-IN'S, ROCK AGAINST RACISM AND OTHER EVENTS. |
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M.A.N.I.A.C. FIRST GAINED NATIONAL ATTENTION IN 1982 AFTER A BUTTON IT MADE AND DISTRIBUTED AT B-CC HIGH SCHOOL GAINED MAJOR MEDIA ATTENTION. AFTER THE PRINCIPLE OF BETHESDA-CHEVY CHASE HIGH SCHOOL STARTED A CAMPAIGN ON CONFISCATING THE GROUP'S "NUKE B-CC" BUTTONS, M.A.N.I.A.C. TOOK THE ISSUE UP WITH THE ACLU.
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IN 1982 AN ANNUAL SMOKE-IN WAS HELD IN LAFAYETTE PARK AND ON THE MALL. IT WAS NOT A SURPRISE WHEN AN ATTENDEE WAS ASSULTED BY THE POLICE - WHO CLAIMED THE INJURIES WERE SELF-INFLICTED. |
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M.A.N.I.A.C. ORGANIZED A "BEAT YOURSELF UP AND LIE ABOUT IT" PROTEST - THE PROTEST THEME WAS USED THE FOLLOWING YEAR IN OHIO, WHERE A LOCAL CHAPTER OF M.A.N.I.A.C. HAD FORMED.
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HR - THE LAST PUNK POSE - 1982
THE LOST INTERVIEW & MORE ON DCWIZ.COM
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