The Northstate Archive

Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Sawyer Goodson's Goosebump Flyers Revisited! (2014-2018)

Out of all the Basement Of Frustration flyers I got to create, the Goosebump ones have always remained a favorite of mine. These took quite a bit more time and patience to put together than what I was usually making at this time, and they didn’t come out how I wanted.

I’d imagine every graphic designer has something they’d like to go back and redo. Well, I have had some time in between commissions this year to do just that. It was fun getting to reassemble these flyers as well as taking a trip down memory lane with all these bands. I hope y’all enjoy these as much as I do. Shout out to Tim Jacobus for making such fucking amazing illustrations and inspiring me to utilize these book covers for local shows.

- Saywer Goodson

POOR FORM/CASCADIA SHOW 7/30/14: The Poor Form show wasn't originally a Goosebumps flyer, but since I fucked up the name of one of the bands (I called them Pool Worms on the original flyer. My bad) and that a different 2nd touring band played (Cascadia instead of Woolworm), I figured I’d give it some love. Plus, I absolutely hated how that first flyer came out.

CELL BLOCK FINAL SHOW 12/7/18: This show never got a proper flyer and even though it wasn’t a Basement show I felt like it deserved the Goosebumps treatment. It was a special show, since it was both the final show of my band Cell Block as well as being a birthday show for me. For this one I used one of my favorites covers: Vampire Breath.

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Thursday, February 13, 2025

GRUK + BAREFOOT ARMY - Split (2003)

The GRUK and BAREFOOT ARMY (B.F.A.) split is one of my favorites! GRUK being from Chico and B.F.A. from Redding makes this a perfect release for showcasing the 530 region in the early 2000's. The split was released on CD in 2003 and named "The Shittier Split", an ode to the Blatz and Filth "Shit Split" from the 90's. I've never had a real copy but was lucky enough to have scored a burned one back in high school. The B.F.A. side features the later line up of the band after they'd grown from a three piece into a five with the addition of a second guitarist and second vocalist - Buffy. This line up really brought in a Nausea and Crass vibe which really complimented the bands grind / crust sound. But that all said, they do a country western tune on this! The GRUK side features a mix of studio and live tracks and a pretty awesome cover of the Dick's song "Kill From The Heart." All in all a rad split that always makes me feel like a teenager who just found out that punk bands existed in their hometown!

THE SHITTIER SPLIT
1. Pheonix (BFA)
2. Rolls Ryce (GRUK)
3. Kick You In The Face (GRUK)
4. Kill From The Heart (GRUK - Dicks Cover)
5. Mad Cowboy Disease (BFA)
6. Azlan [live] (GRUK)
7. Murder Me [live] (GRUK)
8. That's Not Right [live] (GRUK)
9. Don't Join Up (BFA)