30 Foot Fall, usually styled 30footFALL, emerged from Houston’s punk scene in 1993, combining melodic hooks, rapid rhythms, and irreverent humor. The band’s recordings include Divided We Stand (1995), ACME-143 (1997) on Fearless Records, and Ever Revolving, Never Evolving (1999) on Nitro Records. Associated with vocalist Butch Klotz and bassist Rubio Cisneros, the group carried its Houston beginnings onto the national punk circuit while retaining a strong local audience. Its recurring Christmas shows, long associated with Fitzgerald’s and later presented at Numbers, became a gathering point for successive generations of Houston punk listeners.
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Held artifact from Free Press Summer Fest 2010, an edition the act played. Free Press Summer Fest 2010 lineup poster. Printed copy reads FREE PRESS HOUSTON AND PEGSTAR.NET CONCERTS PRESENT × JUNE 5 – 6, 2010 × ELEANOR TINSLEY PARK, HOUSTON, TX, with The Flaming Lips, Girl Talk, Slim Thug, Stars, Mix Master Mike, Medeski Martin and Wood, Municipal Waste and Ra Ra Riot at the head of the list. Colophon reads ARTWORK BY SHANE HILLMAN. Artwork: Shane Hillman. Free Press Houston Archive holding.
One appearance documented on a Free Press Houston bill. Records are kept to the lineup sources the archive holds; nothing beyond them is stated.
