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SOMA was originally opened in the early 1990s by Len Paul at an old warehouse in downtown San Diego on 555 Union Street, just south of Market Street and was originally a slaughterhouse – hence the name “SOuth of MArket." At that time, the venue was mostly known as a dance club, but eventually made the transition to hosting live music.
Struggle was a San Diego punk band, during their three-year span, the band released a self-titled 7", 12" and a split with hardcore punk band Undertow. Despite being only high school-aged, the band had opportunities to share musical space with other significant bands with similar ideological perspectives such as Born Against , Downcast, Bikini ...
Up until that point, only alternative format FM stations like KROQ 106.7 in Los Angeles, KWOD 106.5 in Sacramento, 91X in San Diego, Live 105 in San Francisco and Channel 92.3 in San Jose, as well as local public and college radio stations such as KDVS 90.3 in Davis played punk music.
The event was organized by promoter Goldenvoice, which began booking legendary West Coast punk shows in the early 1980s before expanding into Palm Springs in 1999 for the massive Coachella festival.
Cheap Sex is an American street punk band formed in December 2002, based in San Diego, California.Besides releasing three albums, the band participated in some compilations, including the Pure Punk Rock DVD, released by Punk Core Records, also featuring Action, the Casualties, Blood or Whiskey, Defiance, the Havoc, Lower Class Brats, the Messengers, the Scarred and the Virus, the last one ...
Ché Café was founded in 1980 by several UCSD students, including Scott Kessler, Ruth Rominger, Kim Higgs, and Joy Every. The name is primarily a nod to the late Argentine revolutionary Che Guevara, but was registered as a backronym for "Cheap Healthy Eats" with the university administration in an attempt to avoid political scrutiny.
The PBS SoCal/KCET series "Artbound" kicks off its 14th season with a look at the rivalry of two venues, Madame Wong's and the Hong Kong Cafe, in the heyday of L.A. punk and new wave.
Holiday concert guide. From left, Billie Eilish, Shakira, SZA and Metallica's James Hetfield. (Photo illustration by Valerie Chiang / For The Times; photographs from Getty Images and Associated Press)