The Tupperwares

Subject Tupperwares

DimensionsOverall (HWD): 3 1/2 in. (8.89 cm)

Credit LineMoPOP permanent collection

Object number1999.510.3

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Portal Description

This button is decorated with a photograph of The Tupperwares, a short-lived Seattle Punk band, circa 1976. Tomata Du Plenty, born David Harrigan (1948 – 2000) and former leader of the cabaret and comedy troupe Ze Whiz Kidz, Melba Toast, born Tommy Gear (b. unknown), and Rio De Janeiro, born David Gulbranson (b. unknown) formed The Tupperwares in 1975. In 1976, they performed their first show, backed by local Punk band The Telepaths, at the Moore Theatre in Seattle, prior to the premiere of the John Waters movie, “Pink Flamingos.” The band also performed, in 1976, at Polish Hall and the Oddfellows Temple in Seattle. The band dissolved by 1977, and Du Plenty and Gear formed an Electropunk band called The Screamers in Los Angeles. Here, pictured from left to right is Rio De Janeiro, Melba Toast, and Du Plenty.

Physical Description

Button with a black and white photograph of the members of The Tupperwares, from left to right: Rio De Janeiro, Melba Toast, and Tomata Du Plenty.

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