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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.
Brendan Mullen (October 9, 1949 – October 12, 2009) [1] was a Scottish nightclub owner, music promoter and writer, best known for founding the Los Angeles punk rock club The Masque. Through Mullen's support at various nightclubs in California, the scene gave birth to such bands as the Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Go-Go's, X, The Weirdos and the ...
The all-female hard-rock/alt-rock quartet came out of L.A.’s male-dominated punk rock scene, and singer-guitarist Donita Sparks noted the inevitably male-leaning lineup of the fest, saying the ...
Emerging from the 1980s Los Angeles punk scene, ... Bad Religion and Social Distortion are the last two bands standing of the third wave of 1979-1980 Los Angeles punk rock. We've been pretty ...
The Furys are a veteran Los Angeles rock band that started as icons of the early New Wave and Punk Scene in Orange County and Los Angeles—releasing their recordings independently on Double R Records and Beat Records label, they were mainstays of the early scene, and still active today. The Furys Beat Records Promotional Postcard
An interview series hosted by Isaac Mizrahi, a workplace improv comedy created by Ron Howard and a true-crime deep dive into a notorious murder case from L.A.’s early 1980s punk rock scene with ...
Douglas Scott Kane (October 17, 1967 – May 30, 2024), known professionally as Doug Dagger, was an American vocalist.He was the lead singer for the Los Angeles punk rock band The Generators, which formed in 1997, and was lead singer for Schleprock and other punk bands.