Uploaded October 2018 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Pure Weed's Eric Silverman, Lillia Dawn, Jon Hickam and Dylan Fixmer practice in small-town Paonia, Colorado. Silverman, who sometimes goes by the stage name Nic Lawless, put down roots in this isolated mountain valley. A musician of moderate renown from the East Coast, he has chosen a small community in Western Colorado to make his home. His musical life still thrives. Read our full story about Silverman at hcn.org/articles/people-the-lone-punk-rocker-of-paonia
Video by High Country News Associate Photo Editor Luna Anna Archey.
High Country News is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) independent media organization that covers environmental news and other important issues and stories that define the American West. Through insightful, in-depth journalism, it strives to inform and inspire people to act on behalf of the West's diverse natural and human communities.
Pure Weed's Eric Silverman, Lillia Dawn, Jon Hickam and Dylan Fixmer practice in small-town Paonia, Colorado. Silverman, who sometimes goes by the stage name Nic Lawless, put down roots in this isolated mountain valley. A musician of moderate renown from the East Coast, he has chosen a small community in Western Colorado to make his home. His musical life still thrives. Read our full story about Silverman at hcn.org/articles/people-the-lone-punk-rocker-of-paonia
Video by High Country News Associate Photo Editor Luna Anna Archey.
High Country News is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) independent media organization that covers environmental news and other important issues and stories that define the American West. Through insightful, in-depth journalism, it strives to inform and inspire people to act on behalf of the West's diverse natural and human communities.
