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Important bands in the early Philadelphia punk scene include The Dead Milkmen, a band that played an often sarcastic and humorous variant of hardcore punk. Though formed in Los Angeles, the hardcore punk band Fear had considerable connections to Philadelphia during the band's heyday; Fear's frontman Lee Ving was a Philadelphia native, and he ...
The Masque was founded by Scottish-American rock promoter Brendan Mullen, opening on August 18, 1977. [1] It quickly became the nexus of the Los Angeles punk subculture.It was located in the basement of the Shane Building, with a secondary access point in the building's neighboring pornographic movie theater.
The Smell is an all-ages, alcohol and drug-free, [1] punk rock and experimental music venue in Downtown Los Angeles, California. [2] The Smell, notable for its DIY ethic, is home to many of the area's avant-garde performers and artists. The venue is maintained by Jim Smith, one of the four original organizers of the club, and a number of ...
After planning to open for the Dead Kennedys on selected dates (only one of which, in Philadelphia, actually took place) the group decided to relocate to Los Angeles. The Chinas Comidas singles had received very positive reviews in the L.A.-based Slash punk rock fanzine, and the editor had invited the band to come there and possibly help ...
"Teenage Alcoholics: Punk Rock in East Los Angeles" by Jimmy Alvarado, Razorcake #3, August–September 2001 (updated for website January 2007). (Archived at Punk of the 20th Century Archives) Women in LA Punk, interviews by Alice Bag, AliceBag.com, 2006. "Punk Flyers from 1977 Los Angeles" by Mark Vallen, Art-for-a Change, 2006.
Rambo (stylized on-screen as R.a.m.b.o.) are an American punk rock band based in Philadelphia. The band identified with the anarchist, crust punk, cyclist and thrashcore movements. Known for hectic live performances, the band toured extensively in the United States, Europe, Australia and Southeast Asia, including several sections of the latter ...
Pure Hell is an American punk rock band, established in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1974, [1] during the high point of punk culture in New York City, London and Los Angeles. [2] [3] It has been cited by Bad Brains "as an early influence".
Club 88 was an all-ages [1] live music venue [2] that was a key part of the early Los Angeles punk scene in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Many seminal punk and New Wave groups got their start playing shows there.