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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.
Razorcake is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that publishes the Razorcake fanzine, a DIY punk rock fanzine published bi-monthly out of Los Angeles, California.It was co-founded by Todd Taylor (former Flipside managing editor) and Sean Carswell (author and Gorsky Press co-founder) in 2001.
The Los Angeles Police Department, using the aggressive nature of punk rock shows and audiences as the excuse to raid the venue, attacked the audience and musicians, beating them severely. Investigating the incident, Monitor's O'Connell interviewed the Rampart Division sergeant and published a critical editorial on the event in Slash magazine ...
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.
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 .
Slash was a punk rock-related fanzine published by Steve Samiof and Melanie Nissen in the United States from 1977 to 1980. The magazine was a large-format tabloid focused on the Los Angeles punk scene. [1] The fanzine also gave birth to Slash Records, an important punk record label.
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Other bands active in the early 1980s Los Angeles punk scene were The Adolescents, T.S.O.L., Social Distortion, Bad Religion, Agent Orange, and The Stains. Footage of the original lineup (1981–1983) can be seen in the film Slog Movie, which is a film documenting the Orange County punk scene.