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In 1978 in Southern California, the first hardcore punk bands arose, including Middle Class, Black Flag, Vicious Circle, Fear, and the Circle Jerks.Hardcore bands and fans tended to be younger than the art punks of the older LA scene and came mainly from the suburban parts of the Los Angeles area, especially the South Bay and Orange County.
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.
978-0-609-80774-3. Preceded by. Too Much, Too Late. Followed by. Nobody Likes You: Inside the Turbulent Life, Times and Music of Green Day. We Got the Neutron Bomb: The Untold Story of LA Punk is an oral history of the Los Angeles punk scene written by Marc Spitz and Brendan Mullen. [1][2] It was released in 2001 by Three Rivers Press. [3]
The most punk moments we witnessed at No Values. Fans cheer as Turnstile plays at No Values Music Festival in Pomona. (Zoe Cranfill / Los Angeles Times) Those who like to claim punk is dead ...
This trend relegated punk bands to play almost exclusively for free at house-parties, and keeping the majority of the southern westcoast scene underground. The first punk show to take place at The Nest was a benefit for the legendary Los Angeles punk club, The Masque, and took place on February 16, 1978.
United States. Capacity. 250. Opened. July 1977. Closed. March 1990. 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.
Los Angeles' original late 1970s punk scene received less press attention than their counterparts in New York or London, but it included cult bands the Screamers, the Germs, the Weirdos, the Dils, the Bags, 45 Grave (founded by Paul B. Cutler), Nervous Gender, and X.
Emerging from the 1980s Los Angeles punk scene, Bad Religion has since established itself as one of the most influential bands contributing to the modern pop-punk sound. I recently spoke to ...