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LOOK! When you steal music, overproduced from Nixon's warrentless wiretaps, don't lord it over Reagan's punkers, and come back to America:

Bob — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:50:57 GMT

Have a bad HSN-QVC SHOPPING EXPERIENCE: Let IMAN go on with kaftans, 30 years after her mafia skank-hubby DAVID BOWIE duped Nixon's W.E.S., to twit ME, for playing guitar so well, Bowie and AC-ZZ duped me and blew off Reagan geeks like Vanilla Ice, when they stole my riffs AND Iran's assets, AND THAT'S THE WAY IT IS, for Ted Poe and any other idiot with his thumb up Reagan's ass.

Why does Iman get into the US, with nukes hot, and her ripoff DAVE riotously tipping off then-revolutionary action?

Excuse ME! But Dave and QEII got Diana dead, in the meantime, or are you too full of BRIT to know what else they drive, into our pathways?

Have a clue, about STICKY FINGERS and GOAT'S HEAD SOUP. Both out in 1971, they have a LOT more rock because Nixon had mikes on.

No brag, JUST FACT: 2315 Dwight Way and former 2518a Durant, now renumbered were punk-rock source locations. My best old ex-friend RAY died with the Ramones, born 1.26, like Eddie Van Halen, his tags all subjected to corporate dupe and spin, from the heat which duped my playing on an old Gibson Melody Maker, to ruin me and cause your Mom to get pregnant, with dubious semen, with distorted DNA, yo!

Call BIG DOG and Jimmy C. in Miami, ask somebody (Big Dog Rose played TE for CAL and knows the biz was duping in Berkeley, and then he was drafted by the Fins, see also Pet Detective, and why the Raiders and Warriors and Bills will LOSE until Mtn.View HS Principal Keith Moody gets a clue and heads out of town, for fronting up illegal funding at Jon Stamos' and my old HS, where the punk-riot escalates).

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Whatever happened to Frightwig?

Dan — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 05:44:56 GMT

Howdy Y'all,
I was listening to internet radio and I heard Redd Kross covering Frightwig's "Crazy World".
Anybody know Frightwig and the members are doing? I believe Rebecca is in a band called Cockfight. Looking forward to any help.
For any of our readers who may not have heard of Frightwig, Kurt Cobain was wearing a Frightwig T-shirt when they did the "Unplugged" MTV gig.

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MEDITATE AND DESTROY- NOW ON DVD!!!

Sarah — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:17:20 GMT

MEDITATE AND DESTROY is a 81 minute documentary about punk rock, spirituality, and inner rebellion through the eyes of bestselling author Noah Levine (Dharma Punx, Against the Stream). This powerful film examines the driving forces that transformed Levine from an addicted rebel into a Buddhist teacher and community leader. Tattoos, motorcycles, and an engaging punk rock soundtrack are featured in this inspirational story of finding new paths- even in our darkest hours.

CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE THE DVD:

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RIP mike tsongas aka mike nomohawk

nux_vomica — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 08:10:30 GMT

mike was a close friend back in the powell days. he has passed from his hep c.

i've known mike 25 years. he really wanted galen and my son devlin to meet...i hope that can happen some day. i'm glad we got to spend time driving around to old stomping grounds like the farm for shits and giggles last year. i'll have to find the pics. we talked about old times for hours.

i wish he had said something about his health going downhill recently. i would love to go to the memorial, but i am in portland. i hope he went well, and with conscious intention for his next step. mike was one of the few people in the scene who had a heart of gold...so many people lost their humanity, their lives...there's not enough left.

you are loved and will be missed, mike. condolences to his son galen and his wife.

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Moving to San Francisco...advice?

Natalie — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:41:01 GMT

Hello all. I am moving to San Francisco in August (attending CCSF) and I am wondering what area would be best to move to. I won't have a car but I WILL have a bike so its gotta be close enough to the city. I am pretty much looking for a place where the sun shines brightest. Any suggestions?

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Mystery set list -- 1981 or 1982 Mab

Cindy — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:19:03 GMT

Going through my old set list collection I found one I can't identify.

Songs listed are:

Theme from Exorcist
Killer
Can’t get away
Somebody help me
Mercenary
Nobody tells us
Sheltered life
White noise
War Hero
Color me Dead
Riot Squad
Eraser head
Ghost Town
Time will tell
Noise Guys
Rally Round the Flag
God Bless America

It’s on the back of a Fab Mab flyer and is probably 1981 or 1982.

Anyone know?

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1981 Dead Kennedys set list. stage schedule up on eBay

Cindy — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:53:11 GMT

just listed a couple pieces o' memerobilia. check 'em out.
Stage schedule from the Dead Kennedys, Flipper, Effigies, Anti-Pasti and Fix show at the Factory in San Francisco on New Year’s Eve 1981.
Set list from the Dead Kennedys September 12, 1981 show at the Elite Club in San Francisco.
eBay name VeryGoodYear

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tHe_UpRiSe!

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 03:22:43 GMT

hey, whats up, 'am new to tribe-net. i am loving it! i need some punk rock friends!
also i just made a tribe for my punk rock radio show "the uprise". if your a fan of the old skool, join!

http://tribes.tribe.net/theuprise

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old school squats

nux_vomica — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:31:12 GMT

i am working on the squat section in my book. any memories you post here may be included. i need to try to write down ALL of the squats we had back then. not just the 'infamous' ones but the little ones and the weird places we'd find to sleep or stay up as it were, the circuits: orphan andy's, happy donuts, church st station, muni, sparkies etc.

i'd like to get clear on how old the body in the elevator shaft was, what happened with the second death out there (wasit terry bash getting his throat cut? when did that happen?)

i'd also like to borrow a couple of stories from other posts, but i will contact you before i do for permission.

PLEASE send me any old pictures you have of those squats or times!!!!

remember this is for sf and east bay during the years of 1977-1978.

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east oakland rental

nux_vomica — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:15:49 GMT

hey so we have a room available, $450/month no deposit, just pay yer damn bills and rent on time! there are three of us in the house, me, my son, and rachael. we're all creative, mellow people, and regard our house as a HOME and NOT a party pad. 420 is ok but IN MODERATION, NO HARD DRUGS PERIOD EVER FUGGIDABOUDIT!!!!! and do NOT eat my kids' food. ever.

* washer and dryer
* cable tv (in the room) and high speed internet (wifi, comcast)
* one wee black cat
* yards
* very safe, nice neighborhood (though outlying areas not so much...we are rather crime-free here)
* very close to 580, by car about 5 minutes to downtown oakland or berkeley
* a healthy jaunt from fruitvale bart
* two living rooms w/tv, computer, etc.
* haha...close to highland! omygoodness! (just figured that one out)

the neighborhood where the central shopping area is and whatnot is nice and closeby...safeway, library, etc. and the 57 macarthur bus runs near the house.

contact me through my tribe profile if you are interested. you are hopefully:

* mature but not uptight
* responsible with your money and can provide your own food
* able to communicate without getting all butthurt or weird
* clean up after yourself, at minimum.

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XXX-MAS PUNK ROCK CABARET - NEED PERFORMERS!

Vaudie Va-Boom! — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:51:20 GMT

<<I apologize in advance for cross-posting... just trying to get the word out!>>

The XXX-Mas Punk Rock Cabaret is going to be held on Saturday, December 20th at the "Your House" warehouse in Downtown Oakland.

If you would like to perform or hear more about it, please contact me!
This is going to be a "naughty" Christmas theme, so start thinking of a fun act now!

The Valentines Day Cabaret we had in Febuary was a big hit, and the place was PACKED, so now its time to get in on the fun again!

-Vaudie Va-Boom!

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The Mutants

brownies — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:53:22 GMT

The drummer of the Mutants - Dave Carothers - is having an art show at Brownies Vintage in Berkeley, CA in Sept:

http://artslant.com/sf/events/show/25103-art-by-dave-carothers—drummer-of-legendary-70s-punk-band-the-mutants

His work will be on display Sept 1-30th

Opening Reception Sept 12th 6-9pm
Dave will be at the opening, free refreshments, free sample bags, & Mutants music playing in the background.

@ Brownies Vintage
2001 Milvia St.
Berkeley, CA 94704

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punk shows ?

Pilsbury — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:21:03 GMT

The last thing I saw was 45 Grave at the Uptown and that rocked tho the bar serves totally watered down alcohol swill.

Are there any places with shows going on that are not " public " ? I don't like going to Gilman.

.:<o>:.

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Edgetone New Music Summit

skooter — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:20:13 GMT

I tried posting this as an event, but, of course, tribe isn't working so here it goes as a topic.

** First night of the summit is tonight ** 07/23/08

For this tribe, check the last night ...SonicIndustrial.

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The 7th Annual Edgetone New Music Summit
http://www.edgetonemusicsummit.org/

July 20 - 26, 2008 - varied times throughout the week

Every year the Edgetone New Music Summit showcases some of the most innovative and pioneering new music that is happening in California and beyond. The Summit’s expanded performance schedule include music and sound from raging free improvisation, electronic manipulation, to harsh noise reflecting an incredible range of genre busting exploration and sonic creativity. In addition, the summit seeks to promote intermedia arts, fostering cross-pollination between music/sound art and experimental flim/ visual arts.

SonicLight - July 23rd, 2008, Wednesday

Q&A Session 7:15 -7:30 pm
Performance Starts @ 8:15 pm
The first night of the summit presents improv music combined with
film, video and light ... featuring No More Twist! (sound and light
lie detector), Kwisp (Volumetric Movies: Dioramic Holo-Cinema system),
Thickness/Mono-Layer (cut-up film and sound Power Trio)

SonicExplore - July 24, 2008, Thursday

Q&A Session 7:15-7:30pm, Performances @ 8:15 pm ... this second night
of the summit presents explorative and extended electro-acoustic
sounds, featuring (the) giants of gender (performing works by Kyle
Farrell, Adam Lahm, Sundar Subramanian, and Zachary Zukowski), Birgit
Ulher Trio w/Gino Robair & Tim Perkis (sponsored by The Goethe
Institute) and Shudder (w/special guest from the Netherlands Jorrit
Dijkstra)

SonicPulse - July 25, 2008, Friday

Q&A Session 7:15 -7:30 pm, Performances @ 8:15 pm .... this third
night of the summit focuses on the pulse of improv jazz and
composition, featuring Different Strokes (string duets with Yehudit &
Beth Snellings), C.O.M.A. (CD Release celebration performance of Big
Words), Noertker's Moxie (performing a new suite of music, "La
Naturecanique," to the film loops of David Beck) and GoGo Fight Master
(Saxophonist Aaron Bennett's Power Quartet)

SonicIndustrial - July 26, 2008, Saturday

Doors @ 7:30 pm Performances @ 8:00 pm ... this fourth and final night
of the summit features avant rock, new punk and experimental
industrial sounds, featuring 15 Degrees Below Zero (Industrial
Strength trio featuring Mark Wilson from Conure), Say Bok Gwai (CD
Release celebration performance of CHINK IN THE ARMOR), Mute Socialite
(featuring Moe! Staiano from Moe!kestra! & Sleepytime Guerilla Museum)
and The Late Severa Wires (from New Mexico featuring Carlos
Santistevan from High Mayhem)

Except where noted, all performances at:

Community Music Center
544 Capp St. @ 21st, San Francisco, CA
$12 Gen $6 Stu at the door
Advance Tickets: $10 general only at brown paper tickets http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/33233

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The Trashman spinning classic SF Hardcore tonight at Pops bar on Mission street

Matthew — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:40:15 GMT

Thats right kids....Been awhile since you got a dose of that real shit whilst swilling down some tecate's? Don't worry - Im breaking out the 45's tonight to go along with the usual- MDC, Verbal Abuse, Condemned 2 Death, Sluglords, Black Athletes, Christ on Parade, Special Forces, Negative Trend, the Dicks, Attitude Adjustment, the DIls, Personality Crisis, offenders, Reagan youth, Bad Posture, Tales of Terror....New music will be limited to Rampaged and Chix Pack and a few other real hardcore bands.....Say Happy Birthday to Jesse (Y.A.A. bro)

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classic punk/77/powerpop startup needs bassist!

alex — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:08:03 GMT

craigslist is getting us no where. isnt there any punks, skins, mods, rudes, or herberts left in this fucking town? we need a skilled bassist like yesterday! must be at least 21 and have no restrictions on touring(within reason). our influences are the clash, the jam, sex pistols,SLF, the professionals, chelsea, the members, etc. weve been in bands for ever, toured recorded, etc. in former projects, and will be wanting to do the same with this band as soon as were ready. must have good gear(that excludes anything made by squier) have solid skills and a desire to chase this thing all the way. you must know this kind of music. if you grew up on fat wreck chords(which is cool), and cant name at least 2 members of the clash and 1 member of the jam, you arent the right person(not meaning to be a jerk, this just isnt the band for someone with the wrong influences) cheers!

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Let's fight

joe @#$%ing judd — Tue, 20 Apr 2004 02:34:34 GMT

So in the hopes of stirring up some shit.

Who do you think is/was the GREATEST (read: totally irrational value judgement) punk rock band of the Bay Area? Not counting any you may have been in.

I'd have to say Fang, unless I said Flipper.

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Who wants to see Fleas and Lice??

Vaudie Va-Boom! — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:43:24 GMT

along with Mouth Sewn Shut, In Haste, Instant Asshole, and Virulence?? eh?

Tomorrow night at the Your House warehouse!!
Be there or be square..

This shit is gonna be sick as fuck!

...feel free to message me if you don't know where it is...

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Pioneers of Punk

cinthea — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:06:46 GMT

July 26
FLIPPER!
Avengers
Mutants
Negative Trend
some Target Videos
July 26 at the Fillmore

listen to them online radio sfpunk77.com
live365.com/sfpunk77

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Old School SF Bay Area Punk Rock Book in the Beginning Stages

nux_vomica — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:05:04 GMT

hey, some of you may know me, julie generic. i have done a zine called weird weather in the past and while going through these tribes i realized i really want to put together a book of the Old Days. i live up in ukiah and jayed (feederz) also does, we are going to collaborate on this project.

here are a few of the things it will cover:

this book will be both a requiem and a revival of ALL old school punk stories and art, focus on SF bay area. the idea is to get writing, interviews, art etc., from people, alive and dead, who made this city a mecca of demented artistry during the years that punk thrived. i expect there will be certain cross-overs too, as 'genre' lines were not so finely drawn back then.

we will not be covering rivet, industrial, or any of those current manifestations of popular underground music because...well, it covers itself and i am not a huge fan (i do listen but not with the same passion and sense of connection).

what you can do to contribute:

* ideas for the title.
* art: got old flyers, pictures, photos? collage? anything that relates to the topic.
* RIP page(s): photos, music, art of people who are gone; or just a memorandum for someone you miss.
* writing: stories from your personal experiences on the street, in the clubs, with the bands, being there and what was going on with you in general.
* who's doing what now: bands, people, pets; interviews?
* ideas for issue themes: the farm, the mabuhay, the on broadway, powell punks, skate scene (jaks of course!), the early deathrock scene, scenes in different cities like chicago, philly, etc.
* contact page: who you are and how to get in touch so you can perhaps connect with old friends who are NOT dead yet.
* any other ideas you might have: brainstorm with me!

the topics will be broken down into chapters like, and RIP chapter, a 'where are they now' chapter, etc. and this needs to be NON FICTION. in our case, truth is stranger than fiction.

i always knew i'd put together a book, and this is it. we will be approaching vic vale first for publishing.

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fun blood

fun blood — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 06:47:09 GMT

uhh so, self promotion is a very dicey thing, unless of course you really love your band and want others to hear them. then maybe it can feel good because it comes from a good place.

http://www.myspace.com/funblood13

april 13, 4pm
thrillhouse records, sf

may 23, 9:30pm
hemlock tavern, sf

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Looking for a few PUNK/HARDCORE bands to play on April 5th & May 3rd...

Vaudie Va-Boom! — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:02:09 GMT

If you're in a band, or know some one in a band who is interested, let me know.

I still need 3 bands for April 5th, and 2 for May 3rd.

The show will be held at an underground venue in Downtown Oakland called "Your House"

Bands split up the money we make at the door, after the house takes 30%, so it will be paid... it just may not be good pay (afterall, we are an undergound venue.)

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streaming radio show sunday 10-noon: respectable street

nux_vomica — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:01:21 GMT

Every Sunday 10:00AM to 12:00PM PST www.awesomeville.us Cut your own hair and do what you like with your dolly. Goth, punk, synthpop, new wave, deathrock, and myriad offspring thereof all rolled up into one booger of love JUST FOR YOU!!!!

if you have worn combat boots in anticipation of spontaneous riot and revolution for the last 30 years, and are getting pissed that it seems to be late to tea, tune in with the kids sunday mornings and remember when there was a pulse to this countries' underground music scene (try not to cry). let's do it for the children.

hey people, my show is tomorrow 10-noon on awesomeville.us and i am doing a lot of old punk and sf bay area bands. i'm pretty stoked about tomorrow's show. if you miss it you can DL it later at

http://www.nux_vomica.podomatic.com/

all that info is also on my tribe profile. i usually have the podcast uploaded within about an hour of the show.

i am always asking people to contact me with suggestions and music, and i definitely encourage tidbits on what bands are doing now.

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SHOW TONIGHT IN DOWNTOWN OAKLAND!!

Vaudie Va-Boom! — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:54:44 GMT

-Warkrime
-Fragile X
-E. Coli
-Self Inflicted

@Your House...

e-mail me for directions.

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Hey, it's free....

Spark_a_liscious — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:28:38 GMT

de Young Friday nights w/ DJs, Jello Biafra spoken word & Live Music (GG Park)
FREE at De Young Museum
Friday, February 15
5:00 pm to 8:45 pm

The de Young Museum hosts a free friday night celebration. Although you still have to pay to get into the museum’s galleries, there’s a variety of free events taking place in the public areas. San Francisco DJ Kristen Rice, a.k.a. “the Operator.” Rice is a pioneer female DJ who began spinning music in Texas in the mid-1980s, introducing trailblazing sounds at house parties and nightclubs. (6-7p) Spoken-word performance by Jello Biafra (pictured), founder of the Dead Kennedys (7p) Live music from Bay Area punk legend (turned neo-folk) Penelope Houston. (7:30p)

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A.P.P.L.E. and Resistant Culture on Feb. 16th!!

Vaudie Va-Boom! — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:03:38 GMT

@"YOUR HOUSE" in Downtown Oakland
-A.P.P.L.E.
-Resistant Culture
-One In The Chamber
-The Makai
-You Die

Come out and support!
Message me for more info...

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Outcast/Outkast radio show KSAN

Kirsten — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 03:59:58 GMT

Hiya- Does anyone have any of the old KSAN Outkasts radio show tapes? A friend is looking for the early VS (vs the band) episode- 4 songs off a demo from around 1978. Thought someone here might have saved a tape!

Also asked on SF/Berkeley, in case you are experiencing deja vu...

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Show at Your House on Saturday...

Vaudie Va-Boom! — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:28:36 GMT

4 Bands...

-One In The Chamber
-2nd Class Citizens
-Corprophogy
-FUKM

Message me for more info...

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Kevin Seconds at Gilman St. Feb 1st

Patrick — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 01:52:53 GMT

Lineup:

Kevin Seconds
Craig Ums (From Love Songs)
Ryan Stark (Spoken Word from Reno)
Eric Core
Jesse Morris
Eric Static and Freddy Parasite

$5
Doors at 7:30/ Bands at 8:00

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Punk Rock Karaoke this week

dalata — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 05:45:53 GMT

It is the BEST time. Seriously. I went last year and I'm almost a PRK-Head (ala deadhead)
http://www.myspace.com/originalpunkrockkaraoke

Here's the song list!
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=15600387&blogID=310685411

Upcoming Shows
Dec 4 2007 8:00P
Blank Club San Jose, California

Dec 5 2007 8:00P
The Uptown Oakland, California

Dec 6 2007 8:00P
Club Minna San Francisco, California

Dec 7 2007 8:00P
Blue Lamp Sacramento, California

Dec 8 2007 8:00P
Casbah San Diego, California

Dec 9 2007 8:00P
Spaceland Los Angeles, California

Dec 10 2007 8:00P
Juke Joint Anaheim, California

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80's bay punk

jah — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:29:47 GMT

on broadway,the farm and ruthies were some of the best times of my life

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NESS AQUINO IS NOT DEAD!

NoMoHawk — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:43:05 GMT

NESS AQUINO IS NOT DEAD!
Category: News

There is an email being circulated by a Ted (Charles) Oliphant that Ness is dead, and that he died 2 weeks ago. We are most happy to inform everyone that Ness is very much alive! Ness has medical issues that need to be taken care of which is the reason for the benefit for Ness being held at the old Mabuhay Gardens Club 443 Broadway St SF, Sat Nov 10 & Sun Nov 11.

I am happy to say that Ness is excited and thankful about the benefit in his time of need.

We would appreciate the help in spreading the word that Ness is not dead, as I am getting so many emails from people mourning the loss of Ness Aquino.

Please help us spread the word that Ness Aquino is ALIVE!

Thank you for your attention.

Tambre

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CHRIST ON PARADE reunion photos and videos from Gilman!

UGZmagazine — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 05:57:29 GMT

Check it out: http://www.dogmalice.com/frameThree/Shows/gilmanjuly27/COPmain.htm

-Jay (UGZ)

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R.I.P. Lance Hahn of J Church

terrorbullted — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 03:50:13 GMT

I found out from my co-hort from KUSF Carolyn Keddy that Lance Hahn of J-Church has passed away Sunday of kidney failure.

I've always been a fan of the band when they were playing around in the 90s and had him on my radio show a few times back then. He was also a seasoned punk rock writer for a few zines including Maximum Rock N Roll.

He had a lot of friends and fans in SF, and I give them all my condolences.

Also, there is now a site dedicated to lance that will have information on his memorial, a link for donations, and a place to post messages and submit photos. it's still bare bones, but they're working on it. both of these addresses will get you there:

www.lancehahn.org

www.welovelancehahn.com

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GS !!!

sir_loc — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 01:33:58 GMT

GS with a former member of DRI !

Check it out.....

www.myspace.com/hardcoregs

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What Ever Happened To....

bambinonymous — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 07:50:11 GMT

I'm so completely out of the loop these past years... but just thought I'd post here and ask...

can anyone can tell me it's true that Alex Macnicol (Green on Red Drummer) is no longer with us?

I recently got an email out of the blue from someone I barely know, that he died a few yrs ago.

Alex put out the 1st full length CD for a band I was in (Mudwimin) some years back on his label: Big Dog Records.

How sad to hear he died.

Unbelievable, actually. He was such a sweet and friendly guy.

::: sigh:::

-Bam

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SVT

Bristol UK — Sat, 05 May 2007 04:38:49 GMT

Anyone have any pics, good stories about SVT, Great band from the early 80's?

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Who was the Japanese punk band that played at cherry blossom festival ?

dalata — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:23:47 GMT

Hi bay area punks -

I'm dying to know who this band is. Here are a couple videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ6wWdEUG1Q#GU5U2spHI_4
http://my.videoegg.com/video/dytIoM

and a pic
http://susiew.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/band_sm.jpg

Any clues? They were awesome.

Susie

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Where are the musicians?

Jen — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 04:15:27 GMT

I'm pretty new in the bay area and I was wondering where do I go if I wanna start a band or join one? Any suggestions would be awesome! Thanks.

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I am trolling G. Dub.

RPMcMurphy — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 20:35:35 GMT

http://images.tribe.net/tribe/upload/photo/e40/eef/e40eef11-2dee-4909-b968-3c2d89203819
In the tradition of Goya.

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No Alternative at Gilman Street

Johnny — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 02:19:12 GMT

Hey kids,

We're playing Gilman Street tomorrow night. We have not played many all ages shows (I almost said old ages shows, man I'm getting old) and hope to do a few more there. If you have any thoughts on other all ages venues, let me know and we'll book shows there. Thanks to Jay for posting the event listing on this tribe.

Johnny

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Film and Party: 80s Punk Classic "Suburbia" with Director Penelope Spheeris 4/15-SF

sfwff — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 05:39:01 GMT

Film and Party: 80s Punk Classic "Suburbia" with Director Penelope Spheeris

The 2007 San Francisco Women's Film Festival concludes with a closing
night party at Minna Gallery, featuring director Penelope Spheeris and a
screening of her 80s punk classic Suburbia. Spheeris has directed more
than 20 films, including Wayne's World, The Crooked E: The Unshredded
Truth About Enron, and several acclaimed documentaries.

SFWFF 2007 pays tribute to Spheeris' achievements in films, which range
from mainstream comedies to independent features and cutting edge
documentaries.

Penelope Spheeris has directed more than 20 films, including Wayne's
World, The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron, and the
critically acclaimed documentaries, The Decline of Western Civilization, The
Decline II: The Metal Years, as well as The Decline Part III, a film she
financed herself, with profits donated to charities for homeless and
abused children. Spheeris is currently at work on a Janis Joplin biopic.

Plus animated shorts, live music, prizes and more!

DISCOUNTED TICKETS INFO:
You can receive $2 off admission, when purchasing
tickets for the following shows in advance online by
entering coupon code: festivalfriends07

Sat. 4/14, 8 pm - DOCUMENTARY AND ACTIVISM FILMS at
the SF Women's Building, 3543 18th St. #8, SF.

Sun. 4/15, 7 pm - CLOSING NIGHT FILMS, TRIBUTE & PARTY
at 111 Minna Gallery, 111 Minna St., SF.

For the complete schedule and full details about the
San Francisco Women's Film Festival 2007, visit the
website at:
www.sfwff.com

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The Floating Corpses looking for drummer Corpse

TheFloatingCorpses — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 20:15:59 GMT

SynthPunk/Sewer Rock band seeks Drummer
we are searching for a drummer that gets garage rock, has swing, and is foot heavy, but that is open to experimental sounds as well as grooving rock n roll.

We are two musicians, that create tension and flow between us by our sound and instrument choices, tube amp surfy goth rock guitar battling and making out with analog synth waveforms, bluesy organ keyboard collaborating with tweaked live played samples of self recorded obscure sources, low groans and high screaches co-exist with poisoned pop punk melodies and crooning cabaret dramatics. We need our third member, the drummer/percussionist, to hold down the beat, and explore with us. We call ourselves The Floating Corpses. We've been playing together for about 5 years, and both of us were in bands before this, one of us in rock n roll bands, the other in noise bands. We have recorded, toured, and get good gigs, have rehearsal space, etc. We work the underground scenes, not the mainstream; we are a serious band that lives for music, this isn't a hobby, but we arn't professionals per se, although we know how to be professional, we prefer to keep our punk ethics and keep having fun, but we are planning on touring the world.

You can find songs of ours on the web, but we have many sets of new songs that need to be fully brought to life with our new drummer. If you want to try out sometime, email us and tell us a bit about yourself. Check out some songs at www.myspace.com/thefreakmafia

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San Francisco punx? Hello?

John — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 21:50:42 GMT

Question: Since I don't have a car and can't easily get to the East Bay (Gilman St., Stork Club, etc.) ... where do the punks hang out on the west side of the Bay Bridge? I've been to places like Thee Parkside, Annie's, Molotovs, Hemlock Tavern on Monday nights, up and down the Mission District, the lower Haight, and more. Unless there's a specific show or event happening, I don't see any punks in this city at all! Where do they hang out? What bars are the best punk bars? Is there a punk coffeeshop somewhere? A punk bookshop? Let me know! I'm bored as fuck...

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Hardcore

Ricky — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:27:22 GMT

Check this site out ! :)
It's awesome.

The power of the Lord !

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The Mabuhay Gardens (The Mab)

thequake_kqak_fm99 — Sun, 24 Oct 2004 23:55:40 GMT

Who remembers shows at 435 Browdway in S.F. from way way way back when.

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Join new tribe: silly religion

Mon, 22 Jan 2007 05:11:33 GMT

So you think religion is crap, punk is cool, rap is crap. life is crap. and you just don't have a free day on your calendar this month to set-up a time to "GIVE A FUCK".

You see the real point is,,,, what's the point....
you have friends

http://tribes.tribe.net/sillyreligion?_click_path=Application%5Btribe%5D.Tribe%5B34169fa9-e3d6-478b-8697-343f4e6760c6%5D

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Dirk Dirksen has passed away

Randy — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 04:41:06 GMT

I just got confirmed news- Dirk passed peacefully away last night.

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Punk mixtapes a new tribe....

sugarsink — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 23:55:43 GMT

http://tribes.tribe.net/politicalpunkmixtape

POLITICAL PUNK MIXTAPE (&CD's)
Spread around the good word and buzzy guitars. Lets make mixes for each other. New shit and old shit. Find that long lost song. Ask for music. Offer Music. Suggest themes. Post your pictures of cool cover art.

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Crime

john — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 11:56:28 GMT

why isn't Crime listed along with all the other bands? Hm? i think soeone should fix that.

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San jose show really siick!

Meño Masacre — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 01:39:55 GMT

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FARMCORE at the Roxie Thur. Nov 30th

pomfritz — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 19:04:51 GMT

Any one Going?

It was one of the most unique and progressive venues, a real "San Francisco"/punk experiences, miss that place sometimes...

http://laughingsquid.com/squidlist/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=8747

Before there was American Hardcore, there was FARMCORE!

Date: Thurs. Nov. 30th Showtimes: 7:00 and 9:00 p.m.

$8.00 admission

Location: The Roxie — Movie House
3117 16th St. San Francisco @ Valencia

Event: FARMCORE — Video documentary of the Punk Rock history of San Francisco’s legendary Farm.

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Fang in People's Park from my vault (not actually Fang)

dalata — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 20:53:48 GMT

I just discovered a couple pics I took at a Fang show in 1984 in People's Park (while we were sitting and drinking and letting the money roll right in). I might get around to scanning them or taking higher quality pics of them if anyone really wants me to. Good times!

http://bayareapunkrock.tribe.net/photos/4b5dfece-568d-404b-895a-df09f36405c2

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Let's Polka!

NoMoHawk — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 22:48:13 GMT

Anyone remember Polkacide? They were great for keeping us from getting too wrapped up in our overly serious Punk Rock Image/Ego

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Ruthie's, NIMBY, Oakland -- Show summary

monty — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 20:21:55 GMT

Ode to the Easy Bay
Or “Decline #6”

Sammy and Johnny sorted out who would headline in West Oakland . Billy Joe and Bono played the Superdome to NFL crowds in New Orleans . What a weekend it was. And which event was more culturally significant – depends on the view.

Whether Sammy or Billy Joe, each could learn something powerful from the other.

Here I am in a mechanical world
Mechanical boys, mechanical girls
They said I’m not like them
They put me in a special place
They said I was a big disgrace
To the human race
My mother was a junkie
My father was a faggot

…

They told me I was a vagrant
They put me behind bars
They said I was a miscreant
They said I was rapist
They called me a murdered
They called me a junkie
They said I did not belong in the
World of Law

-1982

Green Day could learn something of the authenticity and danger and sex from Fang. While Fang could learn something of moving forward and the strength of delicacy from Green Day.

St. Jimmy's coming down across the alleyway
Upon the boulevard, like a zipgun on parade
Light of a silhouette, he's insubordinate
Coming at you on the count of 1, 2, 3, 4

My name is Jimmy and you better not wear it out
Suicide commando that your momma talked about
King of the 40 thieves and I'm here to represent
The needle in the vein of the establishment.

I'm the patron saint of the denial with an angel face
And a taste for suicidal cigarettes and ramen
And a little bag of dope.

I am the son of a bitch and Edgar Allan Poe.
Raised in the city under a halo of lights.
The product of war and fear that we've been victimized.
Are you talking to me?

-2004

The East Bay took center stage in a significant way in both performances at too different parts of the country. Green Day are royalty of rock alongside Irish wimpo Guitar and Political heros while trying to help New Orleans . Fang and friends in Oakland while trying to hold on to, and maintain some of the cultural roots, that are mostly gone from the flats, as Emeryville had turned into Malls and Condos over the past 20 years, and then the factories, steel workers, and the West Oakland of the Sleeping Car Porters Union - and New Method scraped to the ground, slip into history – and the roots of California Punk struggle to survive as more than mere memories like those of near by Shipyards of WWII.

There is no doubt that all things said, Green Day is the better “band” … but there is nothing they’ve done that comes close to the honesty, directness, terror, personal soul-baring depth and humor as the first Fang album.

Ruthie’s Inn and the Telegraph, Silverball, Universal scene really did bridge the gap between the true early S.F. Punk scene of the Dils, Mutants, Pink Section, and that of the Gilman Street kinder-revival of the late 1980s of Rancid, Crimp Shrine, Green Day. And of any of the Bay Area scenes from the Summer of Love, to People’s Park, to the Mab, Gilman Street, Raves and Burning Man, the scene of Ruthie’s Inn was by far the largest hotbed of delinquency, hard drugs, multi-racial multi-gender macho anger. And certainly Ruthie’s was the scene with the most holistic native East Bay population.

Some highlights of the night: Sothira’s craning neck screaming Motorhead-like into the too-high mike. The halfpipe with Joel and Dave keeping the kids in gear and grinding the eight-feet-to-vert lip. The wall of photos of the pit in the early 80s. The creatures with the full face tattoos. The jailbait girls hanging by the oil drums of fire and flames spreading sparks into the sky.

Verbal Abuse had by far the best crowd of the night. And the 40-somethings and 20-somethings together clearing the floor, and Pat Tidd doing his patented backflip off the stage into the arms and onto the muddy-wet concrete floor.

Hate to say it, but the best musical performance and stage presence was indeed All Time Highs, whose Clash-esque back-to-back guitar players cut a swath of sound and of hard and bouncy grunge tango into the manufacturing hall air.

Another stadium show in New Orleans is just another Stadium show. Billy Joe is good. And The Edge and guitars soaring are great. And double drummers is cool and over the top. The fact that Bono has turned the opinions of President Bush, and raised awareness and support for fighting AIDS in Africa is admirable. A cultural force on the world stage. And American Idiot is a wonderful album. A great story – a concept album. And absolutely amazing, not even the Stones did it, that 10-years after Dookie that anybody could pull out such overall quality and relevance a decade later as seen in songs like “Are We The Waiting”, “Extraordinary Girl”, and “Jesus of Suburbia”.

There is a tie-in as Jimmy Thiebaud and a few others straddled the worlds this past Saturday. And each contingent continues to lean on the other.

In Oakland , though the crowd was small – the nervous, tired, yet impossible to stop. The eerie energy was there. Though the mood was pretty depressing at 5a.m. as trash cluttered the floor and aimless leather kids were lit by the smoky lights and the air began to cool from the 20-foot doors in the corrugated metal which let the night in. Then the voice and stature of Sammy took the stage. And Jimmy and with dripping face peeled Flying-V and sweat and leather to a high level.

People there last Saturday included Josh L., Mark A., Mark D., Max F., Wes, Tony, Rachael., Aaron O., Jason L., Sean C., Nina, Maude, Dean, Child, Andrea M., Greg L., Markley, Orlando, and a thousand more.

It was talking to Jocko on Saturday that I remembered for the first time in years that Fang had played a party in my living room with 200 people in 1983. That Joel F. and buddies had gone in the middle of the party, driven around Berkeley, got beer, stolen a bicycle put it in the car trunk, were seen by police on the way back and followed to my house. Police came in, said hi, saw Denz and Rob and Sammy and BTU and spurs and spikes, and god knows what all, but like nice cops let the party continue after they left. And Fang played on. With China White in the back room.

This past Saturday we missed many folks including Trip, Keckley, Curtis, RxOxBx, Sunshine, Victor, Juliet, Matt, Chris Wilson and Douglas , Brad, Ritter, and Turner.

Fang really sounded great. Crisp and hot, and alert, while unfortunately No Alternative were mixed muddy and dead. “Communism and Tooth Decay. U.S. will save the world today.” The smart, smart – fuckin’ try to be that smart you Vallejo, Rodeo, Valley boys – words, guts. Sammy, without being full of himself, had crafted at age 17, these great lyrics that took on these two agendas of the United States culture which are each equally ridiculous yet both taken overly seriously by the nation and it’s cash. And on top of that, the creepy self-deprecating ooey googyness of “Suck and Fuck”, and “Your Cracked”.

As the night came to an end – we strolled back across blocks of massive mid-Century West Oakland pot-holed manufacturing buildings, with the echoing sound of Fang. The sound of rock and almost industrial gothic hard core punk sound mixed with early morning fog, silent streets, concrete, sleeping bags, and razor wire. Around the corner the brand new beige and terra cotta townhouse loft spaces with fancy For Sale real estate signs stood silent too. With fuzzy plants and flowers on balconies. Contrast with the radiator fluid and battered garbage trucks. Bearing witness to the end. And the death of another era. And the death of the old West Oakland . As thousands of homes wait ready to be built next to the old Southern Pacific train station in West Oakland , and the punk of the past becomes no more than the Jazz of the Bee Bop Brooklyn of the 40s. A great, but forgotten vibe with a meaning that no future revival movement will ever really get. Just like no Royal Crown Review and swing fans will never capture the jump jive and mode of the real thing. And yet the music and lyrics of Fang and Sic Pleasure and Code of Honor and others will have a lasting poetry and art that will live beyond the people, the containers, and the steel, the boots, skirts, belts, buildings, or railroad tracks.

Long Live Punk.

- Peter Montgomery. peter_mont AT yahoo .com September 2006

# # #

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Ruthins inn reunion show at NIMBY Space sept 23

toomanyTomcats — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 19:19:34 GMT

That's right kids, the ArtFag Mafia is back with another show not to be missed. Here's the Press Release:

Remembering Ruthie's Inn Spotlights Punk Rock History With Huge Reunion Show
Ruthie's Inn was a small club on San Pablo Avenue in Berkeley, California that was instrumental in not only supporting the East Bay punk scene, but also in helping spawn a thriving thrash/metal scene from 1983 - 1987. Ruthies was a brilliant, if short lived, club whose place is firmly established in the annals of punk and metal history. Wes Robinson, an infamous and visionary promoter, was responsible for providing this venerable niteclub to the second wave of punk bands ranging from The Bad Brains, The Dead Kennedys, Social Distortion, Bad Religion, Flipper, MDC and DOA to Code of Honor, Verbal Abuse, Fang, Anti-Momb, Special Forces, DRI and many others, establishing them firmly into the history of hardcore. Later on, this eventually segued into a weekly ritual that showcased such seminal thrash/metal bands as Metallica, Slayer, and Exodus.

Wes, now in his 70’s, is working on a documentary film called “Remembering Ruthie’s Inn”. A reunion show is slated for September 23rd, 2006 at NIMBY in Oakland and will include many of the legendary bands who supported this club. The reunion will be filmed and will include Interviews for the upcoming documentary, as well as a tattoo art show, photos, a half pipe, a vintage flier gallery, and display boards showcasing Ruthie’s Inn history.

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Where are they now? Or what happened?

E. G. — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 21:49:09 GMT

I recently came across the Punk Globe online "where are they now?" page. Some of those names took me back in time, although I didn't see everyone I wonder about, I don't think... Anyone who can fill me in on other Mab/On Broadway folks? The two Russian guys who worked there, Pav and -- was it Mischa? Cliff, who worked the door at the OB? Mickey Creep? lol John Silva?

And anyone know what happened to Tracey Chick? Or Ben Mann?

And anyone in touch with Bobby Weaver, who might think of passing on a heartfelt, "HEY!" from an old friend?

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Pics from the Chop Tops CD Release party 8/26

DocSimian — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 21:06:56 GMT

http://flickr.com/photos/67618342@N00/sets/72157594253535057/

Photos taken at Johnny V's

Lineup details to follow.

-Toad

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Remembering Ruthie's Inn Show

nina — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 04:11:52 GMT

Fang
No Alternative
Social Unrest featuring Creetin Kaos
Verbal Abuse / Sick Pleasure
All Time Highs
Arno Corps
Stone Vengeance
Proudflesh
Anti-Momb
Fuck Ups w/ Society Dog
Ribzy

Sept 23, 2006…. Doors open at 6 PM
At NIMBY, 26th & Campbell, Oakland

For updates and the flyer go to http://www.myspace.com/ruthiesinn

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Benefit for Berkeley Liberation Radio and Prisoners Literature Project

toomanyTomcats — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 21:54:11 GMT

Benefit for Berkeley Liberation Radio and Prisoners Literature Project
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Wednesday, August 23, 7pm
Lobot Gallery (lobotgallery.com)
1800 Campbell St. @18th in West O
$7-$20 sliding scale donation
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JAPANTHER (Brooklyn, NY)

THIS BIKE IS A PIPE BOMB (Pensacola, FL)

TWO GALLANTS

KIT (George Chen!)

STRIP MALL SEIZURES

UNDERGROUND RAILROAD TO CANDYLAND (Todd C. from FYP and toys that kill)

There will also be beer, food, and cheap books with all the money going
toward BLR and PLP.

PLEASE REPOST EVERYWHERE!

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SF Teenage Punk Rock Hang-Outs

MaryMagnum — Sat, 05 Nov 2005 00:13:05 GMT

Where do punk teens hang-out in the city. My son is fifteen and wants to hang- out.

- Mary Magnum

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Minority Threat '06 Vallejo Punk and Hardcore Fest

Norm — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 17:08:09 GMT

Minority Threat '06
Vallejo Punk and Hardcore Fest
Saturday August 12, 2006
Fetterly Playhouse for the Arts
Suite #10 3467 Sonoma Blvd.Vallejo, CA
$7, All Ages

15% of door will go to National Brain Tumor Foundation and will be donated in memory
of Bruce Webb.

for site info, visit www.braintumor.org/

*Additional donations accepted

5:00pm-12am
Doors open at 5:00 Show starts at 5:30

Danny's House (Vallejo)
Tsubibo (SF)
Delubyo (Vallejo)
V-town Have-nots (Vallejo)
Mud (SF)
Wounds (Vallejo)
Static Thought (Vallejo/East Bay)
Sputterdoll (SF)
Outraged (Watsonville)
La Plebe (SF)
Eskapo (Vallejo)

Directions: From: San Francisco

- Take I80 east
- Exit Sonoma Blvd. (exit will be on the right side after bridge)
- Turn left off of Sonoma onto Redwood St.
- Turn left into Vallejo Plaza Shopping Center (Seafood City)
- Turn right (as you come to the first stop sign)
- Turn left at the next stop sign, see the sign that reads Arts Center
- Then look for the mural

http://www.vallejoarts.org/map.htm

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Punk/indie/metal show this Sunday in San Jose!

Jeremy! — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 18:45:44 GMT

Hey everyone, my band is playing live this weekend. It's kind of a punk rock with keys sort of affair. We're playing with HBA (Hidden By Authority) who you may have seen at Warped Tour, as well as indiepop band The Ian Fays and metal band Axiom. It's going to be a really rocking show for only $5 and is Violence Mars' first live outing.

We're playing at Johnny V's in downtown San Jose on Santa Clara, 8:30 PM is doors, only $5, 4 bands, and you can find out more info or here some of our music at http://www.myspace.com/violencemars

Feedback would be excellent.

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Raw Power @ the Pound

photog — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 15:53:19 GMT

Raw Power (from Italy) will be at the Pound on Monday night. You gotta check these guys out, it will be a great show!

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TONIGHT **** PIRATE CAT RADIO 10th ANNIVERSARY PARTY!!

squish_squish — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 15:44:38 GMT

PIRATE CAT RADIO 10th ANNIVERSARY PARTY!!

w/ THE INSAINTS http://www.alive-totalenergy.com/Insaints.html
THE DEEP EYNDE http://www.deepeynde.com
DOKTOR FRANK (of the Mr. T Experience)
THE GRAVES BROTHERS DELUXE
and BARNEY THE THEREMIN WIZARD.

plus the emcee talents of Karla LaVey.
Giveaways! Prizes provided by Alternative Tentacles, Fat Wreckords, Force of Habit Records, Disaster Records, and Lookout! Records.

Friday April 28, 8pm
@ Annie's Social Club, Folsom & 5th in San Francisco
$10 Donation, 21+
more info: www.piratecatradio.com

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flesheaters

demonica — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 22:14:20 GMT

The Flesheaters are playing at Slims Wednesday night. Original line-up.
http://www.flesheaters.com/

I'm there.

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Fab Mab Reunion

Sun, 02 Apr 2006 07:26:54 GMT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 3/28/06
(You'd Think People Would Know By Now, But) Here We Go Again

We are getting too many reports of people buying $25 tickets to a so-called "Fab Mab Reunion" concert at the Fillmore in San Francisco thinking it is a Dead Kennedys reunion, therefore Biafra will be there.

Jello responds:

Enough people are confused [that] we need to set the record straight. No, it is not a Dead Kennedys reunion. Yes, I am boycotting the whole scam. These are the same greed-mongers who ran to corporate lawyers and sued me for over six years in a dispute sparked by my not wanting "Holiday in Cambodia" sold into a Levi's commercial. They now pimp Dead Kennedys in the same spirit as Mike Love suing Brian Wilson over and over again, then turning around and playing shows as the Beach Boys. They despise everything our band ever stood for.

"Money Uber Alles" is what all these bands used to stand against. Back in Mabuhay days, no one was more up front about not selling out to Bill Graham than Dead Kennedys and Flipper, especially Will Shatter (RIP). Now Bill Graham Presents has been swallowed and the name is being used as a front for Clear Channel, as nasty a corporate predator as Fox News and Wal-Mart.

It breaks my heart that Dead Kennedys now seems to have the worst reputation of any old punk band trying to cash in on their names, even more than the so-called Misfits. We still get complaints from people who bought tickets to shows expecting Dead Kennedys and getting stuck with the world's greatest karaoke band. Others report someone they know getting ripped off thinking they were seeing me the whole time because no one on stage ever mentioned the singer's name. I guess it's sort of like paying to see Black Sabbath and finding out the singer is Donny Osmond.

So I hope people who go know in advance what they are getting into. As Johnny Rotten said at the Sex Pistols' own miserable Bill Graham experience, "Ever get the feeling you're being cheated?"

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Looking to start a band

Adrian — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 23:53:29 GMT

I'm 20 years old, and I was wondering if there are any punks here living in the peninsula, preferably close to Redwood City for convenience, that wanna start a band. I play guitar but am not very good, so inexperienced guitarists, drummers, bassists are welcome.

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Mutants photos from Cafe du Nord

joysstick — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 22:35:22 GMT

I found two web sites with photos from last Saturday's Mutants Show at Cafe du Nord. It's always fun to look for photos of oneself in the crowd as well, don't you think?

Sam Edwards (from Target Video fame)
http://homepage.mac.com/nxedwards/PhotoAlbum14.html
http://homepage.mac.com/nxedwards/PhotoAlbum15.html
http://homepage.mac.com/nxedwards/PhotoAlbum16.html

and

Fredrick Nilsen
http://fredriknilsen.com/mutants_cafedunord/

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Punk of different shade

Thu, 12 Jan 2006 18:50:55 GMT

When punk-rock arrived--as we now know it--back in 1975-77, it was the kick in the ass the music world needed. At a time when the wide-ranging rock scene incorporated everything from Midwestern Metal to Outlaw Country to funk-fusion combos like Weather Report, there was an overall, evident energy drop. When the debut albums appeared from the Ramones, the Dictators, Patti Smith, the Sex Pistols, the Dead Boys, and others, the edge was back. As Spin, VH1, Rolling Stone and the rest of the self-important "Rock History Reports" so boldly declare these days, punk was the wildest, angriest, most vital, most energetic, hottest shit going.

But it was also the whitest.

For many of the young punks coming up, Black music meant disco. Or their older hippie brother's Blues albums. I recall a Rolling Stone article from 1979 on the Ramones where one member seemed particularly proud of the fact that there were no Blues influences in their music. Nothing wrong with that--it was an honest assessment of their classic sound. However, this did have an ugly side. When rock writer Lester Bangs first moved out to New York in the mid-seventies when punk rock was peaking, first thing he did was throw a party, inviting all his friends from the CBGB's scene. Bangs reflexively threw on an Otis Redding album, ostensibly so everybody could dance; right then he heard somebody yell, "Hey, Lester, what are you playing that nigger disco shit for?"

To some people, punk rock might have represented another wave of ethnic cleansing in Rock & Roll. However, that first wave of the New Wave was more integrated than most people might think. Several Black performers had key roles in punk bands during the prime early years (1976-83), particularly in New York, which, as the home of the Black Rock Coalition (a musician's collective), has had a long involved history of Blacks playing Rock & Roll. This is a salute to the brothers and sisters that helped make it happen.

As far as Black punk's relationship to Hip Hop, there's lots of soundbites to give, but they don't necessarily add up to much. Rick Rubin recalls Russell Simmons' initial reaction to Public Enemy being, "Rick, this is like Black punk rock. How can you waste your time on this garbage?'" Perhaps the most famous record ever done in an 80s hardcore style was "Cop Killer" by BODYCOUNT, rapper Ice T's novelty project where he had an all Black band playing hardcore/thrash. Johan Kugelberg, who compiles discographies of insanely obscure punk singles for Ugly Things magazine, has recently come out of the closet as a rap-head by declaring in print that early Electro records and battle tapes have the vitality and spirit of their punk contemporaries. And, of course, there were a few cases of cross-pollination, with projects like Time Zone (Afrikaa Bambataa and Johnny Lydon) and bands like the Clash becoming interested in Hip Hop (a nod returned when zillion sellers with Clash hooks began popping up from commercial Hip Hop).

But the true relationship really comes down to early punk and early Hip Hop both being D.I.Y. movements with independent spirits. When Black Hip Hop artists began exploring (and creating) their underground, culminating in obscure, unbelievably NEW sounding vinyl spinning out of NYC, this was not entirely untread ground. So in addition to the African griots, the signifying toasters, the comedic Jump Blues vocalists, the chitlin circuit standups, the political poets, the fusion Jazz experimenters and the countless other pioneers that can lay legit claim to the roots of Hip Hop, leave a tiny space for the handful of Black punk rockers who dared to refuse to accept that they had to dig the music they were supposed to dig and wear the clothes they were supposed to wear.

(Note: Bands mentioned in descriptions in ALL CAPS have separate entries, either in main listing, in Also Notable section in Other Punk/New Wave Hardcore Bands With Black Members section. Bands in bold type are acts with a significant relationship to Black Punk that do not have a separate entry)

BARRY ADAMSON - Adamson, later of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, played bass in Magazine from 1979-1981. The band, while not too punk, was the product of the undeniable punk pedigree of Howard Devoto of the Buzzcocks. Adamson brought funky influence to the band, and that funkiness continued with his solo work in the 90s, especially The Negro Inside Me [Elektra, 1993], which explored his relationship with Funk, Jazz, Hip Hop and Euro Pop.

STEVE ALDRICH - The perpetually sunglassed Steve fronted the late 70s Grand Rapids, MI punk/New Wave band GWBT (which, believe it or not, stood for the Guys With Big Teeth) and then had a career spinning punk records on college radio (WSRX) which morphed into spinning "alternative" music as a pro-jock on WLAV. I've heard the Aldritch's take on punk described as "possessed of a rare naivette" and also as that of "a big New Wave poseur." I suppose those aren't actually contradictory. GWBT's "Now I'm Really Mad" may be the only punk song to feature a celeste solo. (JA)

RODNEY ANDERSON and PAT BAPTISTE of SEISMIC WAVES – Hailing from the wrong side of the tracks in the Chicago suburb Evanston, Rodney would go on to play drums in one of the best regional hardcore bands, DJ on the crucial punk radio show "Fast and Loud" and eventually become one of the bitterest men in Chicago punk. Seismic Waves' body of work deserve a place in punk history based on their titles alone; you have to acknowledge songs named, "Cable TV Was A Ripoff," "Lipsynch To The Go Gos," and "Fat Girls." Guitarist Pat Baptiste was also African American, making the band 66.7% Black. The "Fast and Loud" radio show (born in 1983) was one of the cornerstones of Chicago punk. Hailing from the campus of Evanston's Northwestern University (where Rodney attended) it played a boldly diverse sampling of local, national and international punk, hardcore, Oi! and speed metal (see ZOETROPE), and the show even spawned one of the great Midwest comps, The Middle Of America. Rodney's post Seismic Waves band, 007, was a surf mod act in which he played guitar, and which featured Eric Williams, another Black rocker. (JA)

Rodney Responds: While it is an honor to be mentioned in this article (and to still be remembered so many years later), I wanted to "refine" a few things: "Cable TV" was the title. "It's a ripoff/just bought a ripoff/sho 'nuff a ripoff" was the chorus. The Seismic songs mentioned were based on real people and real events. Some knew that they were the lyrical focus; most didn't. By the way, I didn't stumble into the job. I was drummer, head writer, and lead singer, though we all sang/yelled. I was kind of a Grant Hart copycat, if anything. Location, location, location... How'd I get to Northwestern, and WNUR, from the wrong side of the tracks? That one's funny. "...one of the bitterest men..."? Your sources don't know me. I'm the opposite. Someone once called me a cynic. I laughed, and said "You're dead wrong. I'm an optimist. Only an optimist can see that much potential and hope (in something) to complain about it..." Another reader adds: ...I did a short tour with Tranquility Bass a few years back and who should be playing guitar, but Rodney. And to further mix it up, Eric Williams was acting as the Merch guy. They were 2 of the nicest and laid back blokes one could hope to meet. Rodney was certainly not even close to the "Bitterest Man in Chicago Punk", in fact making no mention of his pedigree until me and the head hippy in the band got into it over the relative virtures Black Flag, at which point Rodney off handedly threw his weight behind my contention that they were better than the Dead, or something equally stupid. I roomed with him for a couple nights and we chatted a bit about "the old days" in which he had a "been there, done that" attitude, but without the arrogance that sometimes goes with it. He, like many people, seemed to lose interest when the bands started sounding like cookie cutter thrash morons who got so insular that goons would start a punchin when someone who did not fit their narrow viewpoints. I don't think the irony was lost on him that many of these losers were first introduced to the whole scene by his show, but when he would later go to a show dressed less than punk they would always find an excuse to hassle him. After the tour ended I dropped him and his gear off at his folks house in Evanston and it was definitely not the Wrong Side of the Tracks.

BAD BRAINS – Bad Brains are perhaps the most important hardcore punk band ever (many argue that their single, "Pay To Cum" b/w "Stay Close to Me" [Bad Brains Records, 1980] is the first hardcore record) but they are definitely the most interesting one. If a brilliant book is ever written based on the hardcore scene, a piece of literary historical writing that captures the bizarre complexities of American culture the way In Cold Blood did, the Bad Brains' story would be the perfect source material. Quite simply, H.R (Paul Hudson), the band's founder, is a mad genius that only America could produce; he's a magnetic, self-destructive, unfocussed/ultrafocussed, brilliant, schizo, frustrating, talented icon whose powers have resulted in a career/non-career that has no parallels. Before he was 20 he studied medicine in college, flunked out, abused drugs, fathered a child and worked simple jobs. His dismal hopes for a better life left Hudson ripe for suggestion, and when he stumbled upon some dusty self-help manuals he decided to reconfigure his life based on the principles of PMA (Positive Mental Attitude). He used this positivity to realize a dream: he wanted to make music! Hudson lived in Maryland, but our story shifts to nearby Washington, DC. DC is a predominantly African American town, but the punk scene was, not surprisingly, very white. Two neighbors from the Black side of the tracks, Sid McCray and Darryl Jenifer, were open to white music and an interest in Metal led them to '77 punk. Jenifer's interests drifted to progressive Jazz Fusion music, however, and he soon joined Paul Hudson's new band, Mindpower (a PMA name) with Paul's brother Earl Hudson on drums and friend Gary Miller (the future Dr. Know) on guitar. Mindpower was a short lived, unsuccessful musical experiment, but Paul stayed positive, and when McCray urged them to give punk a chance they changed gears and renamed the band Bad Brains. HR (Hudson's punk persona) liked the name because it combined the Black English slang "Bad" with the idea of mind power, not knowing that Daryl took it from a Ramones song. The key axis-moment in DC punk history is the Cramps show at Hall of Nations in 1979. Though it's hard to believe the ultra-serious straight edge and emo scenes would be born from a band as joyous and goofy as the Cramps, the fact is, like the famed Ramones show that inspired every important British punker, this concert was attended by future members of Minor Threat, Rights of Spring and many other significant DC bands. And it was at that show that Bad Brains handed out flyers for their debut show in the Hudson basement. The five member band (Sid was briefly a second vocalist) played furious punk with lyrics that combined PMA optimism with outrage. They developed a unique sound, combining jazz influences, Jenifer's and Dr. Know's invigorating playing, HR's unusual reedy voice, and, in lieu of the stiff metronomic beat that hardcore would be known for, the meaty rhythms of drummer Earl Hudson that swung like a rusty ax. By the end of the year they recorded their demo (7 tracks done in an hour), started incorporating Reggae (Mindpower had gone on a band field trip to a Bob Marley concert before Bad Brains formed), tried to relocate to New York and London (both failures, they never got past customs in Europe) and recorded what would be their first single. As the '80s dawned HR struggled with drugs and spirituality and become more invested in Rastafarianism. From any distance HR, a drug addled college dropout basing his life around absurd self-help books, doesn't seem like someone you'd follow, but his charisma and magnetism made him a true leader and soon the band members spoke in Jamaican accents. Over the next couple of years several managers who recognized Bad Brains' powers tried to get them on the road to superstardom but it wasn't to be. Though their shows were amazing (HR's signature backflips were something unseen on the tiny punk stages he roamed) and though they managed to record some amazing songs, HR's unpredictability always shut doors of opportunity as fast as they opened. The only reason they were able to negotiate the release of their legendary self-titled cassette album for ROIR (1982) is that ROIR's Neil Cooper (who died last year) personally knew Rastafarian prophet Haile Sellassie. The cassette (diehards insist it only sounds right on cassette) would sell over 100,000 copies and became one of the most influential hardcore releases of all time. It led the band to coast to coast touring, and it was in San Francisco and Texas that Bad Brains would feel their first backlash from the punk world. The religious doctrines HR was adhering to were intolerant of homosexuals. This led to conflicts as bands they played with were either gay friendly or gay, culminating in some ugly incidents with the Big Boys that became the talk of the punk grapevine. HR's Rasta ways also had him trying to guide the band to an all Reggae repertoire, which caused quite a bit of oddness, with either punk fans not getting as much punk as they expected or, on occasion, Bad Brains drawing a Black Reggae crowd that was confused by the local, white punk opening acts. After the troubled tour more chaos followed, leading to them losing their practice space, master tapes for upcoming records and equipment. They were given a new lease on life by punk fan Rick Ocasek (the Cars) who helped them record the band's first full length Rock For Light (PVC, 1983). Due to the regular Bad Brains chaos the record had an odd history or being released on a few labels over the years, but the album is perhaps the most cohesive document of their Rasta/punk balance. This led to interest from major labels but HR wanted none of it. He really wanted to change the band's name and stop playing rock altogether, and he (of course) thought major corporations were Babylon/Satan/apocalypse bringers. After sabotaging their chances at success the band was essentially broken up, and HR supported himself financially by selling pot (leading to an arrest and jail sentence). He still played occasionally with his brother, but was not on warm terms with Jenifer or Know. However, in 1985 they somehow mad epeace and re-formed, wrote new material, toured and made a new album. After the drama and odd release history of their previous recordings, now they were working with an almost real label on an almost real record, I Against I (SST, 1986). It featured diverse musical excursions, and solid writing and singing by a fully engaged HR. The well-received album led to the possibility of signing with Island (Bob Marley's label!) but again HR refused and he and his brother left the band to concentrate on their other project. Between 1984 and 1990 HR performed with and released recordings with his "solo" band H.R. (also known as Human Rights). The best of these, Human Rights (SST, 1987) is an odd fusion of Reggae, Funk, pop and Rock that showcases the unusual magic of HR's voice. The band performed with a rotating lineup that often included his brother Earl and DAVE BYERS. I saw them perform once with a chorus of sweet singing women complimenting HR's reedy, off center vocal stylings in a sublime, fantastic way, making it evident what was special about his unique talents. However, at the same show the band performed without keyboardist Billy Fields (later of the Atlanta-based Black rock band Follow For Now and the rap group Arrested Development) who HR had take the fall for a drug bust at the previous show. Unfortunately, that kind of disorder was more what the band would be about than the musical coherence. Human Rights was able to exist with drastically changing lineups until the end of the 80s, but eventually no one would work with him. After a European tour with Human Rights ended with HR stranded overseas he eventually made it back to the states and he and his brother briefly rejoined Bad Brains who had been performing with another singer. Quickness (Caroline, 1989), featured HR as a lyricist (anti-gay stuff included), but had little Reggae, and with the inclusion of the Punk-Metal crossover sound that many hardcore bands were into, it feels like HR is merely a hired hand. The European tour that followed had HR physically attacking a bandmate and jumping off a moving tour bus. When they returned to the states the band broke up. Bad Brains reformed with singer Chuck Mosely (Faith No More) and continued to play. Things were worse for HR whose Reggae band was falling apart. He had sold the rights to the name and the music of Bad Brains to his ex-bandmates for needed cash, and without even that minute income coming in he spent a few years drifting between homelessness, his parents' house, incarceration, and short stints on friends couches for the brief period between his arrival and the time he alienated them. On the other side of the coin, in 1992, a few years after the commercial success of the Black rock band Living Colour, Epic Records took a look at the newly energized Bad Brains and signed them to their first major label contract. It was easy to see why they seemed appealing; the fantastic musicianship of Jenifer and Dr. Know was complimented, though not elevated, by their new lead singer Israel, a young, super-energetic kid with long dreadlocks and a stage presence influenced by pit diving punk. If you'd never heard of HR you'd be mildly impressed. Rise (Epic, 1993) had a perfunctory release but they were dropped when it didn't find a new audience (and lost the old audience who couldn't reconcile the Stones-without-Mick nature of the lineup). In 1994 perhaps the strangest chapter of Bad Brains history was written. Somehow Earl and then HR returned to the fold. Not long after the original Bad Brains lineup was reformed they signed a contract with Maverick/Warner Brothers (Madonna's label) and the real Bad Brains were all of a sudden a major label band. On one hand it could be argued that the amazing thing here is that HR agreed to sign. But the truly bizarre aspect of this arrangement is that Bad Brains (a middle aged, self-destructive, Black rock band with a cult following at best, who never even knew themselves if they played punk or Reggae) was perhaps the stupidest major label signing ever. There is no reasonable argument that would justify investing in Bad Brains' potential as an extremely commercial act. But the legend of Bad Brains was so powerful, and the band meant so much to any kid that grew up in hardcore, that someone at Maverick with a punk pedigree (I assume not Madonna) made the stupid decision with heart, not mind. They quickly released the unfocussed God Of Love (Maverick, 1995), produced by Ocasek, and took off on a tour with (hardcore pedigreed Bad Brains loyalists) Beastie Boys. Inevitably the tour was a disaster; HR beat his manager brutally before a show in Canada, got arrested for possession, and when the tour resumed, jumped off a stage in Kansas and, with the help of a microphone stand, hospitalized two fans he thought were spitting on him. As he dealt with the criminal charges the band was dropped, and apparently lost the rights to even use the name "Bad Brains." When the group straggled back together at the end of the decade they had to be billed as Soul Brains. I heard numerous punk fans mention halfheartedly going to see the shows out of sense of obligation. It was hard for them to be excited about what they knew would be a perfunctory show at worst and a sad, violent, act of self destruction at its most interesting. But this was Bad Brains! How could you not go? The various members of the band, when not on tour, split their time between regular jobs, family and various musical projects that their Bad Brains veteran status affords them (like Dr. Know's recent stint in Black Jack Johnson, a Rap-Rock band with Mos Def, BERNIE WORRELL, and members of Living Colour). But despite the fact that they didn't live up to the stellar expectations that their amazing first recordings and shows promised (an impossibility perhaps), Bad Brains will always stand tall as the true godfathers of hardcore and the punk band with the most formidable (and deserved…and bizarre) legend. (JA)

An e-mail response from a Bad Brain (since it was an e-mail we can't verify if it is genuine, of course): you dont shit about the bad brains son.............pay closer attention ....meditate between the lines.......peep the true mystic and science of the brains and not the petty earth runnings that tend to blind all of yall lemmings, still,even today 03.......open your mind -not your mouth,..knucklehead............d.jenifer [Updated 3/31/03]

On a more positive note, Steve Albini adds: I was struck by how perfect your biography of the Bad Brains was (my all-time favorite hardcore band -- I will never forget the sight of HR making his entrance by doing a backflip and landing precisely on the downbeat and precisely in front of the mic stand at C.O.D. in 1982), and I was impressed that you were willing to listen to- and digest their many lesser works so the rest of us don't have to, despite our curiosity. You did a great job of appreciating the genius of the band (and especially HR) without ignoring their human failings. I was told (by Minor Threat's Lyle Preslar, if it matters) that HR was originally a nickname, the initials for "Hunting Rod," which probably has the meaning we imagine it does. I was told that Darryl Jennifer played bass on a Bob Dylan album in the '80s, and if memory serves, also a Hall and Oates album, but I have no evidence of it. [Updated 3/31/03]

BASEMENT 5 – Basement 5 was an all Black trio from England that combined punk, dub and Metal, with Lemmy like vocals. Their album was cryptically titled Basement 5 1965-1980 (Island, 1980) and they also had a few 45s, 12"s and EPs, including a dub mix of their album and a Christmas single, "Last White Christmas" which railed negative X-mas greetings at Jimmy Carter, Margaret Thatcher, Khomeni and Ian Smith. Their take on a punk dub fusion was much more convincing then PIL's. Leo Williams, the bass player, was later in BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE. (JA)

BEACH BUNNIES - Circa 1979-80 there was a Black two piece (bass and drums) girl band in Pittsburgh called the Beach Bunnies who performed in Playboy bunny outfits.

JEAN BEAUVOIR - Beauvoir's punk cred can't be denied; he played bass (and piano, and synth) for the Plasmatics from 1980-1981 (He's on Beyond the Valley Of 1984, Stiff, 1981) and he wrote the Ramones' closest thing to an '80s-style punk song (exploiting the ever popular Reagan mockery theme in "Bonzo Goes To Bitberg"). Born in Chicago to Haitian parents Beauvier took up bass early, and by his teen years was musical director for Gary "U.S." Bonds. This got him on the Dick Clark oldies circuit, which led to a stint as a singer in the Flamingos ("I Only Have Eyes For You"). Rejecting the clean-cut world of American Bandstand he started hanging on the NYC punk scene and after responding to an ad joined the Plasmatics and donned his trademark blonde Mohawk. The Plasmatics were legitimately more famous for Wendy O. Williams' remarkably hilarious stage antics (chainsaws, shotguns and shaving cream included) than for their songs, so it's amazing how highly regarded he was as a commercial musician when he left the band. He joined Little Steven Van Zandt's Disciples of Soul in 1982 (based more on his Gary "U.S." Bonds pedigree than his Plasmatics gig). In 1984 when Gene Simmons' acting career distracted him from KISS, Beauvoir (who had opened for KISS in the Plasmatics) was brought in to (anonymously) play Gene's bass tracks on the Animalize LP. He also co-wrote that album's "Thrills In The Night" In additon to Animalize, his apparently bestial knowhow was tapped for Animal Boy, the Ramones' 1986 LP that Jean produced and co-wrote. He released a solo album, Drums Along the Mohawk (Columbia/Virgin UK), in 1986, which sold over a million copies worldwide (he had a much bigger audience in Europe). He followed it up with several more solo albums, but more significantly with production and writing work for other bands (more in Sweden than the US). In the late 80s and 90s he led two bands who were somewhat popular (in Europe), Voodoo X (the Voodoo aspect was a play on his Haitian heritage), and the Black rock supergroup Crown of Thorns (with Tony Thompson of Chic and Power Station and Micki Free, the pink guitar slinging Prince impersonator of post Jody Watley Shalamar). In recent years he's gone from Mohawk to bald, written for NSYNC, performed with Bruce Springsteen, released a solo acoustic LP, and is working on a beer campaign. Perhaps not the punkest career, but he's kept it interesting. Check out www.jeanbeauvoir.com if you dare. (JA)

BLACK DEATH – Though embraced as more of a Metal band than a punk act (their self titled 1983 LP was on the Ohio Metal label Auburn Records), Sikki Spacek and his leather-clad, all African American bandmates definitely played a Hardcore inspired brand of Thrash. The punkest thing about them was that these kids from the wrong side of the tracks (a/k/a/ East Cleveland) rode the bus to their own gigs…with guitars and a full drum kit! (JA)

BUDDY BOWSER - Sax player who guested with the Dolls and Johnny Thunders. [New Entry 11/12/05]

CHERYL BOYZE of NASTY FACTS/PANDEMONIUM – Boyze and her band were high school students from Brooklyn circa '79-'80, who played melodic punk and released one amazing collector scum coveted single, "Drive My Car" on Jimboco. Boyze (a/k/a Boyce) was older then the others but they asked her to be in the band (originally called Pandemonium) because she looked cool. She played bass, sang and is credited with writing the songs. They played Max's, CBGB's and even shared a bill with BAD BRAINS at a cowboy bar. Bandmate Brad Craig, as well as other members, are still active musicians but are out of touch with Boyze. Hear MP3s of their single and unreleased stuff at Brad's fretman.com site. (JA)

SHAWN BROWN of DAG NASTY: Brown, who is currently involved with Jesus Eater, performed his first show with DC melodic hardcore band Dag Nasty at the WUST Hall in DC in the early 80s. Brown recorded the band's demo, but was out of the band when they recorded their debut. He was also in Swiz. [New Entry 11/12/05]

BUS BOYS - Time (and a still-nascent, would-be 80's revival) has totally passed this band by, and those who still remember think of them as that bar band that appeared in Eddie Murphy's 48 Hours. I'm still kinda peeved that "Make The Music Go Bang," Don Waller's excellent chronicle of the pre-MTV New Wave scene in L.A., doesn't include any Bus Boys trivia. As Damon Locks from the Eternals exclaimed when he overheard me describing them as a New Wave band: "NEW WAVE??!?? Naw, naw, man, the Bus Boys were mainstream arena rock like Huey Lewis & the News! Where did you get 'New Wave' from?" Well, maybe you had to have been there, but the Bus Boys came from the Los Angeles punk/New Wave scene of the late seventies and early eighties. During the era that they were almost famous, with two moderately-selling albums on Arista that charted in Billboard, it was basically the New Wave crowd that provided a support base. The arena-rock crowd was too busy listening to REO Speedwagon to give a toss about a mostly-Black rock band who dressed like waiters and specialized in throwing stereotypes back into their listeners' faces (Lyric: "...I'll bet you never heard music like this by spades!!!") On their first album, Minimum Wage Rock & Roll, every other song deals with racial issues, turning negative stereotypes (old-school "yassuh, boss" Ebonics, etc.) into a vicious tool of satire. The monkeyshines were toned down on their second LP, 1982's American Worker, and then...nothing. In 1988, with Black rock finally getting another shot on the radar through Living Colour, the Bus Boys reappeared on a label called Voss (related to the soft-drink company?) with the horrid Money Don't Make No Man, which had them chasing the sound of Prince but not quite catching up. (JP)

NIKKI BUZZ of SUN - With his massive afro peeking out in a goofy publicity shot Nikki Buzz, lead singer of Sun, breaks the color line on the Live At CBGB's LP (Atlantic, 1976). Listening too their track the buzzsaw guitars definitely indicate "punk" but a closer listen reveals that they're just playing 60s Blues Rock at double time. The first dead giveaway is that Nikki's vocals are straight out of the Filmore stylewise, not so much sounding like Soul vocals, but sounding like a Black take on the white 60s version of Soul vocals. The real clue that these guys didn't know what punk was about (and why they didn't make it in the scene) is that their tune, "Romance," is five minutes long! Though some discographies indicate Nikki was involved in the funk band Sun from Dayton I think that's a mistake, though he did hail from nearby Louisville, KY. As far as credible post-CBGB's history, lucky for us he kept that ridiculous name throughout his career. In the early 80s Nikki fronted Vendetta who put an album on Epic in 1982, and then at some point (with the help of Curtis Knight…see PURE HELL) he ended up in Europe. The Nikki Buzz Band popped up at Blues fests and clubs around the continent for years, and the latest Buzz sighting has him fronting The Jackson re-5-al Band, a J5 tribute act in Holland. (JA)

BUZZ & THE FLYERS – This was a Black-led rockabilly band on the late '70s NY punk scene; Buzz later changed his name to Dig Wayne and sang with the band JoBoxers in 1983. He's gone into the stage and screen sides of performing in recent years. He appeared in the original London cast of the Louis Jordan musical, 5 Guys Named Moe, and showed up in a few crappy movies, including Judge Dread. (JP)

Brian Young adds: Buzz and the Flyers were a KILLER band - hugely influential on the Uk rockabilly scene as their records were just so good..Syl Sylvain produced their first EP and released it on his Sing Sing label..so much for all us rockabillies (of which I am one!) being racist!..after all wasn't Little Richard one of the first punks!..sadly the Jo Boxers were 80s studio pop....ulp! [Updated 11/12/05]

DAVE BYERS of ENZYMES - Byers played guitar for the Washington, D.C. '80s hardcore band Enzymes, who became the punk-funk band The Psychotics. He was also in the shortlived 1981 band Peer Pressure (see TONI YOUNG), who to my knowledge didn't release any recordings but do show up a few times in the great 1988 photo book, Banned In DC. In '85 Byers was the guitarist for an early incarnation of HR's band Human Rights (also known as HR), and later played in Press Mob, a band with an ambitious take on hardcore. The first punk show he attended was the legendary Cramps show at D.C.'s Hall of Nations (see BAD BRAINS) (JA)

*Definitions of punk, hardcore and New Wave are landmines and someone's going to be unhappy whatever we say. It is an accepted belief amongst many that "New Wave" was just a term used by the record industry so they could sell punk to the masses, and while there may be something to that, it's undeniable that the safety pin/hate aesthetic of Malcolm McLaren's proteges the Sex Pistols is a different animal than his danceable acts like Bow Wow Wow. "Punk" was first used to reference the garage bands that banged out raw rock across America in the Beatles' wake. The Ramones revived the "Nuggets" aesthetic of these bands, but with a faster, more aggressive, more "fuck you" edge, and bands on both sides of the Atlantic followed suit. If every band sounded just like the Pistols and the Ramones it would be simple to label things, but in New York, LA and London popular-with-the-punk-crowd acts like Television, X and Elvis Costello confuse the issues. As the more diverse acts in the underground became defined as New Wave, the term expanded until it really became defined by what it's not. At some point in the late 70s and early 80s the label New Wave could be hung on any "new" rock music; anything that wasn't REO Speedwagon, Kansas, AC/DC or Allman Brothers might fall into this category, including but not limited to art rock, No Wave, electronic music, British pop, underground dance music, 2-Tone Ska, etc. etc. etc. New Wave can be said to be an afterbirth of punk, though in retrospect, the quirky art rock of Eno and the electronic experiments of Kraftwerk in the early '70s seem to lay the groundwork. A more limited definition, one which looks at New Wave as a marketing of the oddness of the underground to the masses, can be said to start as soon as Malcolm McLaren's Sex Pistols experiment blows itself up and he and much of the "punk" world use their energy in less abrasive projects. I'd say the New Wave era ends in '82-83 when bands like Duran Duran and Culture Club take the keyboard friendly, eclectic elements of McLaren’s New wave archetypes and become the mainstream, getting Beatles-big and making the wave not so new and certainly not outsider-ish. Hardcore, which is definitely not exactly the same thing as punk, is far easier to define. It refers to the almost always aggressive, fast, violent American regional punk that developed in the wake of the self-destruction/mainstream co-opting of punk's original '77-'79 onslaught. Hardcore's glory years were approximately from '80 to '86 or so, but throughout the '80s, '90s and '00s there have always been hundreds (sometimes thousands) of bands around the world playing exact reproductions of '77 style punk and early '80s style hardcore, though the groundwork and innovations pretty much stopped early on. So that’s what I got to say on the subject, let the hate mail commence....
CRAIG CALVERT of THE FIX - This Lansing, Michigan based hardcore band released a couple of singles on Touch & Go in 1980 and 1982 ("Vengence" b/w "In This Town" which now sells for a thousand dollars or so, and the less coveted JAN'S ROOMS EP) and toured the US and Canada a few times. The guitarist Craig grew up in a rough Chicago neighborhood, so his parents sent him to white Catholic school to keep him out of trouble. Little did they know his exposure to the white kids would lead to a brief but important punk rock career (the Fix were one of the first Midwest h/c bands). Steve from the Fix recalls, "He never even mentioned race, and dug mostly white rock, from Black Flag to Rush (but) he could play a mean version of "Heatwave." When he answered my ad for a guitarist in March, 1980, he just dropped that he was Black, from almost a marketing perspective. It felt like an afterthought." In Michigan his post-Fix career had him collaborating with Janis/Aretha styled vocalist Jan James in the Blues-a-billy band Flying Tigers. Craig returned to Chicago with Jan and spent the 90s and the new century sporting various degrees of poofy hair on the bar circuit under the names Jewel Fetish, and the Jan James band . Their longtime collaboration has spawned several albums in the US and the Netherlands. Career highlights include European tours, commanding the stage at the Taste of Chicago festival and recording in Memphis with Jim Dickinson. (JA)

Steve Albini adds: The Fix was probably the first hardcore group I ever heard, thanks to Jon Babbin, who was friends with them and later would manage the Effigies. In his hair-metal incarnation in Jewel Fetish, Craig went by the nom-de-hair "Roxy Bombay," a name so perfect in its evocative idiocy that it still gets shouted as a heckle whenever a band oversteps the limits of tackyness. [Updated 3/31/03]

KENNY "MADDOG" CARTER - Chicago punk scenester who became a bouncer at Exit. He was in the mid '80s band Johnny Chainsaw and the Troops of Tomorrow. (RA)

CHARLEY CHARLES - As drummer for Ian Dury and the Blockheads it's hard to call Charles a punk rocker. While the band was definitely part of the movement their music was perky, funky and sometimes borderline disco, making the role of the backbeat very unpunk indeed. Charles was with the band from the late '70s through 1981. He died from cancer in 1990. (JA) [Added 5/17/04]

CHARLU - Played bass in the French punk/Reggae band Nuclear Device (formed '83, several records in the mid 80s). Later was in the French punk band Ludwig Von 88. (raf) [Added 5/17/04]

NENEH CHERRY - Don Cherry's stepdaughter (her real father was an African percussionist) dropped out of school in 1980 at age 14, moved to London, and was briefly in the Slits, the Cherries, the Nails and Rip Rig + Panic. Her rap-singing solo career in the late 80s yielded the hit pop song "Bufallo Stance." [New Entry 11/12/05]

MICHAEL CORNELIUS of JFA - Cornelius was the original bass player for the skatepunk band that was as much or more devoted to skating as it was to playing. He was with them from 1981-84 and again from 1986-88, and one of the reasons that he initially split with the band was skate-centric; he didn't tell them about a secret skate spot so they considered him a traitor. All is forgiven these days and he's friendly with the still active band, though his leisure time is devoted now not to skateboards or bass playing but to the cold and dangerous activities of snowboarding, heli-boarding and mountain biking. He even got married on the slopes. He was later in a wonderful DIY punk trio called the Jr Chemists. They had one release on Subterranean. (JA)

Cornelius responds: I read what you wrote about me in the article. Kinda nice to be remembered. I DO still skateboard! Still riding empty pools; they just happen to be paid for with my tax dollars rather than illegal. Thank goodness for skateparks. I also manage the site www.SkateRock.com - Like a method air into the mosh pit since 1999 baby! (JA)

CULT HEROES - Hiawatha Bailey is the Iggy-esque frontman (short on Iggy stage moves, but stronger than Iggy vocally) for Michigan's Cult Heroes. Formed in '78, the Detroit-style punk band opened for all the bigshots when they came through Ann Arbor, and lived up to their name by recording one of the better Midwest pre-hardcore punk records. Both songs on their 1979 single "Berlin Wall" b/w "The Prince And The Showgirl" are great. The band has miraculously been kept alive by Hiawatha through various incarnations for over 20 years, and has released new material as recently as '96. Apparently part of Hiawatha's shtick is that he makes the somewhat dubious claim of having roadied for the Stooges, but if that still works, more power to him! (JA)

Cheetah Chrome adds: Hiawatha Bailey DID roadie for the Stooges, nothing dubious about it. I have been in the same room with him and both Ashton brothers telling war stories. [Updated 3/31/03]

Morgan Wright adds: Hiawatha Bailey roadied for the Stooges, MC5 and Uprising in the 60s and early 70s and many other Ann Arbor bands. What's so hard to believe about that? He roadied for the MC5 in the 60's and Unprising and other house bands of the White Panthers. Hi was a member of the White Panthers even though he was black, and the fact that some of their members (Hiawatha, the drummer for Uprising, etc.) were black is the reason they changed their name to the Rainbow People's Party in the early 70's before they broke up. Hiawatha was a roadie back then, and never started singing until around 1974 maybe. The reason I know it is because I lived with Hi for about a year in Ann Arbor in 1973, I heard all the stories that he and others told. [Updated 5/17/04]

Steve Hesske adds: Hiawatha is true black and blue old school punk. I had several pleasant hangs w/ him and Scott Morgan in Ann Arbor in the late '80s and early '90s and you couldn't meet a nicer guy. Hi was a Zelig-like figure during the whole brief, incandescent Stooges-MC5-Motor City Burning stuff. He brings the noise. Check out the Powertrane (one of Morgan's many post-Sonics Rendezvous Bands) record "Ann Arbor Revival Meeting" recorded live in the Blind Pig in Ann Arbor in 2002 where "guest star" Hiawatha joins the band and sings four Stooges songs "1969", "No Fun" "I wanna be Your Dog" and "Down on the Street" fronting a band led by Morgan and Deniz Tek (Radio Birdman) and then ask yrself if it gets any better. [Updated 11/12/05]

VAGINAL DAVIS – From the mean streets of Watts came one of the Godfathers/Mothers of homocore punk, the statuesque, crossdressing Vaginal Creme Davis whose cred is cemented by her presence in LA punk's early days and her huge body…of zinework (starting in the 70s, and peaking with her most notorious zine, the late 80s to early 90s title Fertile La Toyah Jackson). Her earliest records were as a member of the a cappella punk performance act The Afro Sisters (Geza X and Kim Fowley produced a half dozen or so LPs and singles between the late 70s and the mid 80s, including Indigo, Sassafras & Molasses [Amoeba, 1978] and Shoulder Pads, Maxi Pads [Amoeba, 1983]). She's been in a series of punk-spirited bands since, including PME, Gore Gore Girls, black fag (whose album was released on Dischord) and !Cholita! The Female Menudo (Davis is of Hispanic, as well as African American, heritage). PME (Pedro, Muriel and Esther) is a collaboration with homosexual Christian singer/songwriter Glen Meadmore, whom Davis and RUPAUL CHARLES worked with on Meadmore's solo album in 1987. Though she's remained underground, her work has always attracted attention from the punk/indie/hipster bigwigs in the know, and her recordings have been produced by Steve Albini, Alice Bag, Beck, Kim Gordon and Arthur Kane amongst others. In addition to music and zines, Dr. Davis (she is rumored to be a Ph.D.) has been a queen of all trades, acting in underground films, doing comedy, writing advice columns, DJing, lecturing, dominitrixing and the list could continue for pages. Race is often a theme of Davis's work (she named herself after Black heroine Angela Davis) as the personas she takes in her work have included a gay-bashing gangster rapper and "a Black Muslim for Christ." At this writing Davis is the opening act for comedian Margaret Cho. (JA)

DEEN AND THE WEENIES - This New Wave band that appears in the movie Mondo New York has a Black bass player.

DEEP 6 - Southern California punk band circa 81 had a black drummer. They have a very collectable single called "Ghost Ride. (Scott S) [New Entry 11/12/05]

DEMOB - This street punk group based out of Gloucester England had a guitarist Terry Elcock and a drummer John Melfah who were both black. Demob released two 7"s and existed from 1978 to 1982. John went onto become a famous boxer in the UK while Terry had formed goth group Kiss The Blade. In recent years Demob reformed with a new drummer and have toured the US, Japan,and Europe, as well as releasing a retrospective CD on Glendale California label Grand Theft Audio (who also reissued Whipping Boy) called "Contractual Obligations" and a CD of new recordings on UK label Amber Records called "If It Aint Punk It Dont Rock". (Brian GTA) [New Entry 11/12/05]

BUBBA DUPREE of VOID – In his processed pompadour Dupree delivered distinct, wild guitar leads for D.C.'s premiere early 80s Metal-Core band, before the concept of Metal-Core really existed. They didn't look punk, and their chaotic, anything-could-happen style of music was far from textbook hardcore, but unlike Chicago's ZOETROPE, whose Metal edge and Rock Star ambitions kept them out of the punk venues, Void was definitely accepted in the D.C. scene. They recorded some great tracks for Dischord, and had one of the great hardcore logos. Dupree currently resides on the West Coast and his reputation as a brilliant guitarist found him touring in Moby's band and playing with Soundgarden. Recently he has been working with "super" group Spys4Darwin, which features members of Queensrÿche, Sponge and Alice In Chains. (JA)

KIP DUVALL of NEON CHRIST – William "Kip" Duvall played guitar and wrote the music for Neon Christ, an Atlanta hardcore band that was active circa '83-'86 and released one record, the Parental Suppression 10 song EP (Social Crisis, 1984). Pushead praised the 7" in Thrasher magazine as "Rapid-fire, pistol-packed bolts of hauling mayhem, expressing a headlong franticness of Georgia thrash -- sheer turbulence of speed and intensity in the tradition of D.R.I., that creates a sonic desolation. Neon Christ bring forth a full steamahead whirlwind of boisterous onslaughts, making this EP a must for all radical thrusters." They recorded some additional material which was released posthumously. Duvall followed up Neon Christ with No Walls, a Hendrix inspired prog-thrash-soul band that released a locally popular CD on Third Eye Records. He also briefly joined the LA band Bl'ast (spelled with an aposthrophe), and it credited with writing one song under the name of "Dr. Twang" on their album "It's In My Blood." In the 90s Duvall became a fixture on the Atlanta club circuit with his well-dressed Funk glamrock band Madfly, who released an album on Joan Jett's Mercury distributed Blackheart Records in 1998. His biggest success, though, came in co-writing the hit single "I Know" (#1 for two weeks in March 1995) for former Arrested Development vocalist Dionne Farris. William's latest project "Comes With The Fall" is a hard rock band. For more information www.comeswiththefall.com. (JA, Noel Ivey, Claudia Jardine)

Jason Stone adds: I was checking out my vinyl last night, and noticed something that needs to be corrected. Kip Duvall is not Dr.Twang. Dr.Twang is listed on song two along with Neider and Dinsmore. Kip Duvall IS given credit on song 3 with Clifford Dinsmore (vox). [Updated 11/12/05]

ELECTRODES - This French punk/ska band released a single in 1983 which has appeared on a Killed By Death comp. The Black member (readers, please help us with his name) later became a studio musician and also played with Gogol Premier et Sa Horde. (raf)

FISHBONE - By the time they recorded in 1985 they were clearly riding the tail end of second wave Ska (see 2-TONE), but when this all Black LA combo started in 1979 they must have been so inept that even if they were attempting ska they sounded punk as hell. (JA)

P.T. Sturrock adds: First of all their impetus was in 1978 not 1979 (Angelo Moore did join in 1979) and they were all teenagers! Their primary influences were Funk Rock/Acid Rock (Hendrix, Maggot Brain, etc.) Heavy Soul and later Punk and Reggae. In fact they came about a Ska sound without having actually listened to Ska. (Trumpeteer/Vocalist Walt Kibby hipped them to Ska around late '79 - early '80). Without going into all the gory details it was Fishbone, and to a much lesser extent the Untouchables, who created the heavy rock Ska Funk sound that bands like No Doubt and 311 latched onto and made millions off of. The word inept is the antithesis of Fishbone's ability. (Gee I wonder why the Brothas in Fishbone did not reap the benefits of that so-called third wave? Couldn't have been because they are a Black Rock group huh?) Like them or not their musicianship, creativity and talent are irrefutable. [Updated 5/17/04]

DWAIN FLOWERS of THE CLITBOYS - This Midwest hardcore band had a Black drummer named Dwain Flowers who was a hell of a finesse drummer. He joined the band shortly after the "We Don't Play The Game" e.p. was recorded, but they put his pic on the cover. The cover was such miserable 10 generation xerox that it's impossible to tell if he's human much less Black. He was a fixture in the Milwaukee scene for many years, but grew up in Cabrini Green (a Chicago housing project) and was sent to Catholic School and met kids into punk that way (sort of the same deal as Craig of the Fix). When I knew him he was 1 of 3 drummers in the tribal Detroit punk band FUCKFACE (sort of heavy MC5/Iggy stuff with major tribal drums, amazing live) which included Eric from Die Kruezen and Paul of the Crusties. They used fuller kits, while he usually only had a couple toms and kick snare and he routinely blew them both off the stage nightly. He is one of my all time fave drummers who relied on an amazing sense of finesse which was always more powerful than the caveman pounding of his band mates. Last I heard he had moved to Atlanta and was in some kind of local outfit of Black punks that were sort of mining the Living Colour/24-7 Spyz/Fishbone thing, to little avail as far as I know. (RL) [Updated 3/31/03, replacing the original CLITBOYS entry.]

ADAM FRANKLIN - Played in English band Shake Appeal (fromed '83-'84) - a Stooges song title and a Stooges-inspired group. Though they only recorded one single, Adam later went on to lead one of the seminal British bands of the early 90s: Swervedriver. A phenomenally gifted songwriter with true lyrical vision. (Danny Ingram)

JAMES GOSS & THE GEEKS - The Geeks were a bunch of high schoolers from San Quentin, CA who formed in 72 inspired by Zappa, Beefheart & free jazz. In '78 they put out a record called "Its Not About Notes" that reflects their influences. Brad Harmon, the black drummer (one of the Geeks' two drummers) apparently played a lot of other instruments and after the Geeks wound up touring with a lot of reggae bands - like the Mighty Diamonds, Mutabaruka, etc. - during the '80s. Now he is staffer for Congresswoman Barabara Lee, the only congressperson to vote against the US intervention in Afganistan. (The other drummer Radley Hirsh is a sound engineer who put in the sound system at legendary punk venue Gilman and did sound there for years) A couple years after their debut the Geeks did a 7" called "Poland" b/w "the Spark" with their (Black) friend, poet James Goss. It sounds like some cross between Sheer Smegma and Archie Shepp with intelligent political lyrics (non-preachy, dept). The band mixed the 7" in the studio of disco diva Sylvester's collaborator James "Tip" Wirrick. Radley recalls walking around San Francisco with Tip who would point to houses and say "That's 'You Make me Feel Real.' There's 'Living Proof.' That's 'Sell My Soul.'" Tip was pointing out real estate he had bought with money made from Sylvester records and he had named them after the records! Former Geeks went on to Polkacide. Jim Goss is now a prison shrink.

Goss adds: If Roctober does Indians of Punk, please include me in, as I'm a member of the Amonosoquath Cherokee Nation (yes, there are Black Indians & love to represent my nation). [Updated 3/31/03]

ROCKY GEORGE - George was the second guitarist of LA skate punks, Suicidal Tendencies (though the band was around in '83, Rocky didn't join for a couple of years, so technically he shouldn't make this list). Rocky's in the latest incarnation of Fishbone. Funny story, I actually got to hang out some with Angelo Moore and Rocky after a gig in Georgia and I was talking to Rocky about his Suicidal Tendencies days. Angelo looked at Rocky and said, "I thought you were Mexican when you were in Suicidal. Now you're in Fishbone and you look black. Well, anyway, Rocky is black and an important pioneer in the LA punk/metal scene. (Damon Eubanks) [New Entry 11/12/05]

COLBERT HAMILTON - Not exactly punk but well worth mentioning (he did sing back up on a Thunders record), Hamilton came from the UK rockabilly/psychobilly background and released a handful of great records over the years often under Colbert Hamilton and the Hellrazors banner..great singer..he also does an Elvis tribute show as 'Black Elvis'...but do checkout his earlier recordings..they'll flip yer wighat! (Brian Young/Belfast) [New Entry 11/12/05]

HARVEY - The San Francisco band released a 4 song 12" ep in 1983 called "A-Live." It is is not punk but punkish glam metal, kinda like Sweet meets Joan Jett with Eddie Van Halen leads. They remind me of the Bus Boys if they were harder and didn't have the new wave schtick. The band is a power trio of three brothers. The leader Doni Harvey plays in Caribbean bands in the Bay Area. Prior to Harvey he played on a number of UK prog records and live as a part of Gong. These guys were probably a great club band. See www.doniharvey.com for more. (SS) [Added 3/31/03]

DONI HARVEY ADDS: Thanks for the shout out. Nice to be remembered. First of all I want to say that the three family brothers in HARVEY are, Regi Harvey (drums/vocals), Doni Harvey (guitar/vocals) and Chris Harvey (bass/vocals). HARVEY released an LP on our independent label Yevrah Moons Records in 1986 called "Survivor Population 3", which delved deeper into the heavy metal sound you mentioned in your article. HARVEY opened for many punk, hard rock, and metal bands, with the high point being our opening up for Living Color in San Francisco in 1989. Our influences range from Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, Bad Brains and also from other local San Francisco Bay Area black punk bands such as Jane Doe, the A T's, and Mingo Lewis's band The Tong. The black punk bands were a serious force in our area during the late 70's and early 80's. Since HARVEY I have played guitar for Clarence Clemons and the Red Bank Rocker recorded a on a couple hip hop CD's and I am currently promoting my solo blues career and have two solo CD's out, see my website at www.doniharvey.com . I still play bass and sing for the Caribbean Allstars, a reggae/calypso band based in San Francisco. [Updated 5/17/04]

REGI HARVEY ADDS: First of all I thought I should also say thanks for the shout out about our band, HARVEY. Secondly a little correction is in order for the sake of those sibling thangs. Brother Doni wasn't actually the leader of the band although he did make sure we were tight. One leader of a trio with three brothers? I don't think so! Truthfully speaking, we all had jobs to do. Chris was harmony and band police so we didn't kill each other at those times it was needed (not a lot) but it was a balancing act. Doni was rehearsal man and scrutinizer, and I, Regi (the eldest) did almost all of the booking and shmoozing for the band, in particular those shows Doni mentioned. I also finance a good portion of "HARVEY A-LIVE and all of "Survivor Pop3 .I'm currently managing a blues club in San Francisco: see- SkipsTavern.com .I also have three cd's 2 for my blues band Regi Harvey's Thunder Blue and 1 for my metallic blues band Regi Harvey's Eample. We gave them a good run for the money back in the day and am looking forward reuniting with my brothers for more "HARVEY" magic. Thanks again for the mention - Regi Harvey (contact: RegiHarvey@SkipsTavern.com) [Updated 11/12/05]

THE HASKELS - Milwaukee's greatest punk band, The Haskells, after numerous configurations, settled on a 2/3 Black lineup, with dynamic frontman Presley as the lone Caucasian, joined by Bobby and Vodie. This is the lineup on the classic "Taking The City By Storm" EP [Milwaukee Hits, 1980].

THE HEAT - This NYC band released a rock and roll/power pop/New Wave single on Hot Stuff Records in 1979. It is a TRI-racial band. Dwyatt Dayan (vocals) and Tally Taliaferrow (guitar) are both Black, Geoff Li (bass) is of Chinese descent and Jeff Formosa is Italian. Tally T was a member of the legendary NYC pre-punk band The Planets. Jeff Formosa was later in the Dots. [Added 5/17/04]

HOMO PICNIC - Early 80s Philadelphia band. Their stickers said "Rich Black Kidz playing heavy metal." They were originally from the Dutch Antilles.(Tony Slug/Amsterdam) [New Entry 11/12/05]

THE HOT SPIT DANCERS - Black singer Vince Voodoo fronted this great Stockton CA hardcore band in 83-84. Released one demo. Other members were in the Authories (Soundtrack for Trouble 7", KBD #1). Big Nor Cal fave. (SS)

IDENTITY CRISIS - They were from Chicago, circa 1980. They were sort of a Post Punk/New Wave Punk band, but their song "Born to be a Bozo" (from the 1980 s/t EP on Cirkle) was a kind of punk joke ditty and hasbeen comped. Mainly they are known as the first appearance by a high school aged Kim Thayill of Soundgarden and John Pavitt, the brother of Sup Pop founder Bruce Pavitt. Had a Black drummer, Joe Zake.

THE INFLUENCE - A late 70s all Black punk act.

JAYNE DOE - Bay Area band headed by vocalist Flynn Flam. Good 4 man band. Good looking, big strong guys. Sort of an agitated Bus Boys. Flynn would rant and rave in tails and sunglasses. Drummer Joe Barbosa aka "Billy Freedom" was the hard hitting driver. He moved to Japan after they broke up . There was Kenny Jackson guitar, Dan Hart Bass, and later Eric McCann on bass. First time I met Flynn was classic : a girl on each arm, and dressed like a 1930's gangster- I'm in my road warrior drag. We spoke as if we were OG's and we ran our own territories. His was Berk.and mine SF. One of the women with him started to walk away, but he just turned gently touched her arm and asked where she was going. She stopped and fell back in line on his arm no questions asked. Our bands did quite a few gigs together. lots of respect. (Regi Harvey - see HARVEY) [New Entry 11/12/05]

ALAN JONES of END RESULT- Chicago's End Result was a multi racial experimental No Wave band born out of the early 80s hardcore scene. They managed to limp all the way to the end of the 80s with a rotating cast (at one point they advertised they were seeking a "singer with a hatred of music") built around guitarist Jones. Perhaps their greatest legacy is that they paved the way for No Wave/artfuck bands presenting themselves to an all-ages, hardcore/punk audience, something that defined the Chicago underground of the 90s (Milk of Burgundy, Skingraft, etc.). Their odd songs (a straightforward tune about amputation wasn't atypical) were released on Articles Of Faith's Wasteland label, and on several important Midwestern hardcore/punk comps, resulting in fans of boundary-pushing gravitating towards them, including Steve Albini and Sonic Youth. No child of privilege, Jones lived in a mission for a while, and turned lemons into an odd tasting lemonade by briefly making the mission's basement a site for punk shows. (JA)

Steve Albini adds: End Result was truly a band apart. Ahead of its time and unique in more ways than I can count. Alan tuned his guitar like a cello, which gave his already-free mind a new voice to play with. End Result had no drummer to keep the beat, because (in Alan's immortal words) "we think our audience can count." Alan speaks with a delightful soft tone, and has such an easy smile that it seems unlikely that he would be responsible for such explosively jarring music. During the brief time I ran Ruthless Records, I was able to release an album by End Result, and that might be my proudest achievement from that period. [Updated 3/31/03]

BARRY JONES of THE IDOLS – In the late 70s the New York Dolls-esque Idols began their longstanding sporadic tenure on the NY punk scene. Cred heavy Ex-Dolls Jerry Nolan and Arthur Kane were joined by the unknown Jones, who no doubt was valued by them for his Johnny Thunders guitar style. The Idols recorded on their own (a 45 on Ork in 1979), but their main claim to fame was their status as the back up band to doomed legends. When Sid Vicious did his famous short stint at Max's Kansas City, Jones was on guitar (they accurately had a Black actor play him in the film Sid and Nancy). And on numerous occasions the Idols served as Johnny Thunders backup band in NY and on tour, including an '86 show that has been released on CD and video. Imitation being the sincerest form of flattery, Jones' copping of Thunders style endeared the damaged guitar god to his follower. Rather than shunning him, Thunders took Barry under his wing and taught Jones the secret Ninja tricks of the Johnny Thunders Guitar Style. His role as the official Thunders protégé brings him to the forefront of the Junkie Business cult every now and then, as he backed Johnny up without the Idols often, and in the 90s he appeared on a few international Thunders tribute albums. The Idols kept a low profile, gigging every now and then (when a rent check was due?) but Jones has never fully faded from sight; as long as the Dean Martin of Heroin still has worldwide devotees, there will always be some demand for the Black Johnny Thunders. (JA)

BUSTA "CHERRY" JONES – Though it would be absurd to call bassist Michael "Busta" Jones, a punk or New Waver, his credentials are undeniable. The journeyman was a significant contributor to Eno's Here Come The Warm Jets, he was a legit recording/touring member of the Talking Heads in their expanded funky stage around 1980, he had his own punk/funk band, The Escalators, he was briefly a member of Gang Of Four, and he wrote a song for the Ramones ("Chasing The Night," on Too Tough to Die). Always exploring the dynamics between Black and white music and musicians, the Memphis native's early band was a Black rock act with Willie Mitchell's son called, appropriately, Black Rock. Jones then got his first taste of punk's anarchy, if not its musical form, in the late '60s-early '70s unit Moloch. That post-hippie, ultra-wild, theatrical Blues-Rock band played with the Stooges and MC5 and matched them in chaos (Jones isn't on the Moloch LP, however). After Moloch he went the more trad route, becoming Albert King's guitarist. In 1973 he went to England where he became a member of the Sharks with Chris Spedding (and was in Spedding's subsequent solo act) and played on the debut solo album by art rock/New Wave pioneer Brian Eno (Here Come The Warm Jets, Island 1973). In 1975 he returned to his roots, playing in the all Black, near-Metal Memphis based power trio, White Lightnin' with Donald and Woody Kinsey, later of Kinsey Report. Wrapped in an elaborate cover by the same artist who painted the Bitches Brew sleeve, it's surprising their interesting self-titled album (Island, 1975) didn't find an audience. It was around 1980, with his reputation gleaming, that things exploded for him. He became an integral member of the expanded TALKING HEADS (the funkier big band on the Remain In Light album [Sire, 1980] and tour featured Funkadelic's BERNIE WORRELL on keys, Labelle's NONA HENDRYX on vocals and Busta sharing doubled-up bass duties with Tina Weymouth). He also appears on the David Byrne/Eno My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (Sire, 1980) and Robert Fripp's Under Heavy Manners / God Save The Queen (EG-Polydor, 1980) and began releasing funky solo records around this time. On the more rock tip, his punkest band, The Escalators, a collaboration with Talking Head Jerry Harrison, recorded and released their obscure self titled album (Unison, 1980). He had a cup of coffee with Gang Of Four in '81 when they were between bassists. In 1984 he collaborated with Joey Ramone on Too Tough to Die (Sire, 1984) and did additional recording, some unreleased, with Joey. Over the subsequent years the list of musicians he worked with is expansive and bizarrely diverse (it includes Dan-I, Stevie Wonder, Bill Laswell, and the Modern Folk Quartet). One of his later projects was the Agitators, a Memphis unit featuring many ex-Moloch members. Jones died in 1995. (JA)

IVAN JULIAN - Julian began his Rock 'n' Roll career as a teenager in the Foundations ("Build Me Up Buttercup"). A more musically mature Julian (he'd just spent the better part of a year touring around Eastern Europe in a band called Parnni Valyek) emerged in the NY punk scene as a strongly contributing member of Richard Hell & the Voidoids. In tandem with Robert Quine, their twin-guitar attack reflected the influence of the New York avant-garde scene, as well as Julian's exposure to global music. Listen to the jazzy tempo of "Blank Generation" for their fucked-up take on punk-rock, with Julian playing no small role. His writing and producing skills were sought out and he's worked with the Clash (on Sandinista) , Shriekback and Matthew Sweet. Recently he's devoted his time to scoring TV, films and advertisements with his Gatlian Music company, founded with fellow downtown scenester Christine Gatti. His love of film scoring can be traced to his work on the excellent Sandra Bernhard film, Without You I'm Nothing. In 2001 Wayne Kramer's CD project Beyond Cyberpunk featured a new Voidoids track with Julian playing. (JP, JA)

JUVENILE JUSTICE - Ron Charles played bass for the early '80s SF teenage hardcore band that appeared on the MRR comp Not So Quiet On The Western Front doing an excellent anti-cop song. Ron wore a sleeveless Motorhead shirt and backward baseball cap in the band photo, which would have been heinous in '89 but ruled in '82.

KRASH ON POLAND - This Amsterdam band was doing more of a hectic guitar/punk thing, musically. They weren't around for too long, ca. 1978, and morphed into equally shortlived ska outfit, the DIXO WANKERS, when ska became hip. (Tony Slug/Amsterdam) [New Entry 11/12/05]

KREMLIN CORPS - This Philly band released a generic thrash EP "Moscow's Revenge" in 1984. One of the players - I think the guitarist - is Black. (SS) [Added 3/31/03]

LEFTY - When D.C. produced Iron Cross, who many hail as the first American skinhead band, trouble was bound to follow. With D.C.'s Black majority population, Nazi-inspired skinhead racism wasn't going to be business a usual, and one of the ways this manifested itself was surprising. Amazingly, the leader of the early 80s D.C. Skins was not an Aryan, but Kendall Hall, a hulking Black woman, better known as Lefty. Adorned with swastikas, Lefty and her violent followers disrupted shows, stole Doc Martins off kids' feet, brawled with bikers, stomped Jews, gay bashed and most shockingly, supported Reagan. Iron Cross, denouncing their skinhead past, had an anti-Lefty song, "Wolf Pack," on their Hated and Proud ep. (JA)

Danny Ingram adds: Your entry on "Lefty" is a tad inaccurate. She was, quite honestly, a laughing stock among people in the DC music scene. A very minor menace to the punks in DC - more of a nuisance or an embarrassment. That she was notorious for organizing attacks in DC's gay communities is without question...but at concerts she was invariably outnumbered and she only ever started incidents when she had a numerical advantage. I spoke with her recently - she works for UPS now - and she has actually tried to down-play her involvement with violence - claiming that she was much like Marlon Brandon in Apocalypse Now - a figure head that presided over minions run amok (though she didn't phrase it quite so eloquently). I once confronted her on M street when I saw one of her "crew" wearing an Nazi armband - I told her and the 3 or 4 young Aryan youth that constituted her posse, that I was Jewish. I was, in fact, wearing a star of david teeshirt at the time. I asked her if she had anything to say about it - and she said nope. No problems with her.

NY Gwen adds: I was searching the internet for a book that was written in the early 80's. The couple who were writing it took lots of pix of us in NYC, the skins the punks and all the other kids at CB's who were regulars at the Hardcore matinee's. then i stumbled across your web site. The funny thing is not but 6 days ago i was talking to someone and we started talking about Lefty. I am a NY Jew and that never seemed to bother Lefty in anyway shape or form. I dont know how she acted in DC, But in NY she was certainly on her best behaviour. O.K., so a black "Nazi" Skin is an obsurd concept. But back in those days we were all a bit mixed up. The subject of "Fag bashing", "Nigger bashing" and various other clever "Skin head" past times was close to tabu when we would hang out. One thing for sure was that Lefty took a liking to me and me to her. She was feared by alot of people but as far as being only a "Nazi" that was only a part of Lefty. Lefty, if you are reading this, Hello from NY Gwen (that's me). Hope your doing well. Remember the days?! [Updated 11/12/05]

DON LETTS - The London punk scenester was a DJ who helped bring Reggae rhythms to punk, was the Slits' manager, from '85-'89 was a member of Big Audio Dynamite (Mick Jones' Post Clash project, which also featured former BASEMENT 5 bassist Leo Williams), and is punk's official filmmaker (having made The Punk Rock Movie and The Clash documentary "Westway to the World." [New Entry 11/12/05]

LOST CAUSE - They put out 2 albums and the bassist was probably one of the few Black skinheads at the time when there was such a dominance of the racist skinhead SHOCK boys... K.C. was a class act. (Ted D.)

LULU ZULU AND THE WHITE GUYS - This Amsterdam band is hard to classify, proto punk maybe in the sense that there was no point of reference yet to describe their musical style. They were around from 1976 to 1987 at the latest playing dub oriented reggae with loud guitars and free-form expression noise. They all hung out in this squat house called DDT, so I think their line-ups were changing on a weekly basis. There really was no opportunity for such bands to perform elsewhere back then. (Tony Slug/Amsterdam) [New Entry 11/12/05]

CARLA MADDOG of THE CONTROLERS – Drummer (skate boarder and U.S. Postal worker) Carla Maddog (Carla Du Plantier) joined the LA based Controllers in early 1978, less than a year after the band's inception. Though they already had a single out, it wasn't until Carla joined that the band began to get real attention, thanks to her skills, magnetism and powers of promotion. Their EP (Suburban Suicide, Siamese 1978) and tracks on the legendary 1979 L.A. punk comp Tooth and Nail, as well as a Bomp magazine interview (that Carla made happen) helped build a large, hungry audience for the band by the time they self-destructed in 1979. Though Karla didn't sing it, one of their best songs, "Do The Uganda," featured the lyrics, "I wanna be Black and look like Idi Amin." After the Controllers, Karla played in Sexsick, with Kira Roesller (Black Flag), then traveled to England in a futile attempt to fill the empty drummer's chair in Siouxsie and the Banshees. She squatted, bartended, stole cars, started a band (Precious Few), went to jail, and got sent back to America, but she returned as soon as possible, and spent the rest of the 80s in England. Malcolm McLaren took a shine to Maddog and helped name and promote her new band, Jimmy The Hoover. A stint opening for Bow Wow Wow led to a recording a contract, and their single "Tantalise" (Innervison, 1984) reached #18 on the British charts, and the band appeared on Top Of The Pops twice (the Cure and Mary Jane Girls were on the same shows as JTH). After their second single flopped, the band was dropped and struggled for the next few years with windows of opportunity closing around them. In 1989 Carla returned to the States. In the early 90s she joined ex-Controller Kid Spike and Billy Bones of their punk contemporaries The Skulls (The Controllers were the first punk band to play the Masque club, and the Bones became the house band) to form the hybrid Skull Control. They played old Controllers and Skulls songs, and eventually built up a new body of tunes and a following, but other then a small indie CD (Radio Danger, Iloki) they weren't able to generate any label interest, and the band ended in 1997. In the late 90s she's also drummed with Legal Weapon, Leaving Trains (with whom she did her first US tour), and El Rey. A complete Controllers discography CD was released in the late 90s. Karla apparently is battling MS these days and some of the old time punks are organizing benefits for her. Maddog trivia: It was mostly her kit that Don Bolles borrowed and played on the Germs lp. (JA)

SAM McAFEE of IMPACT UNIT - Though this Boston hardcore band never released anything during their tenure, the demos they recorded in '82 (My Friend-The Pit featuring the timeless love tune "I'd Eat Your Shit") were released in '89 in Germany. They were then issued in the States after Impact Unit lead singer Dicky Barrett gained fame as a Mighty Mighty Bosstone. McAffee kept active in the Boston scene throughout the 80s and 90s playing bass in Feeding Frenzy, Chloe and Six Server and playing drums in Sea Biscuit. (JA)

SAM MCAFEE ADDS: Howdy!, Just a slight correction: I played bass in public anyway for impact unit & six sever, i played guitar for feeding frenzy & chloe,and I fronted chloe. but it is nice to know somebody remembers or cares? - sam. [Updated 11/12/05]

TERRY MORGAN - After studying Systematic Musicology and African American Studies in college, Morgan turned that know how into promoting, producing and releasing punk rock in the Pacific Northwest. Modern Records released some amazing punk records starting around 1979 (including the single by the legendary Vancouver punk band Dishrags) and Modern Productions (eventually Modern Enterprises) had a hand in lots of bigshot New Wave acts. Morgan stayed in music as talent buyer for the Bumbershoot Festival, manager for The Posies, The Young Fresh Fellows and others, and tour manager for King Sunny Ade. Recently he's been doing production on Cirque Du Soleil. A musician himself, Morgan was not a punk but rather a member of Seattle's respected Inner City Jazz Quartet. (JA)

NEON LEON- Neon Leon was a NYC punk scenester in the early days, and if you see Max's Kansas City flyers from the heyday you'll often see him gigging a night or two before or after some legendary band. He also shows up in Rock Scene magazine, as most NYCenesters eventually did, thanks to the photos taken by Paul Zone (of the Fast) and Jayne County's advice columns. As far as I know he didn't record, but he can be seen playing with Johnny Thunders on a volume of the Japanese video series Under Underground. Zone recalled, "His act sucked, you can ask anyone (anyone who would remember). But he was a great guy. We really liked him. He was a coke dealer with a blonde white stripper girlfriend. He goes way back on the scene, before punk, like 1974." Syl Sylvain (NY Dolls) recalled, plausibly, that he had a girlfriend (the stripper?) who he taught to play bass for his own band, and (less plausibly) that he'd been a porn star in Sweden as of ten years ago. He may be confusing the fact that Leon appears as a guitarist with the Stilettos (the band Debby Harry and Chris Stein of Blondie emerged from) in the 1978 porno movie Punk Rock (a/k/a Teenage Runaways). However, the band only plays in a club, Leon has no "action" scenes. (JA, JP) [Read an interview with Neon Leon in Roctober #40.]

Leon adds: Well I don't know you guys and it's apparent you don't know or have any of your facts staight.I'm the original Neon Leon, Max's blah, blah, blah. Paul & Micki Zone, I remember doing gigs with them from Prospect Park in Brooklyn to Max's. Since I "sucked" so band that's why the Rolling Stones brought my group to the UK in '76 where we spent the better part of a year recording, playing, etc. Spider my drummer (PureHell,this is before them) he was more in to the druggy side...Smack and that shit, wasn't a dealer either, not a porn star either. Dated a lot of them in the 70's Sharon Mitchell,Ming Toy,etc. Dating them doesn't make you a porn star. Next what a load of crap about never recording. Remember Dr.Pepper concerts in Central Park. Who do you think that was on all those comercial ads for K-Rock fm. The song was called "R&R is Alive" on Big Deal Records, me and Honi O'Rourke own label sponsored by James Karnback(Ladies & Gentlemen the Rolling Stone,film) Jeff Stein (award winning video producer and film maker, The Who(The Kids are Allright) Billy Idol, Bruce Springsteen. Plus you forget to mention all the work I've been doing in Europe for Warner Bros.and Music for nations. S/t LP Neon Leon "Artificial Stimulation"(Tandan/Warner) The list goes on. Are you interested in more info...truth as opposed to fiction. I'm very alive and well half my year I spend in Hawaii with my wonderful girlfriend, and the remainder of the year I play music on the continent from Sweden to Italy. Life is good. So c'mon feed me some questions I love to hear from old associates and friend or anyone who just wants to "shoot the shit." Just finished the new Neon Leon cd..."New York City/Babylon,Produced by Tommy Newton (Victiory,Helloween,UFO,Guano Apes etc.). Contact....E-mail Supasoca1@hotmail.com........ Rock n Roll is still Alive, NeonLeon
PS..Greetings to Sandro the Swede [Updated 5/17/04]

SANDRO JOHNSTON adds: My name is Sandro, i'm from Stockholm, the capitol of Sweden. I'm a model rock singer photographer, writer song writer video maker D.J., movie back ground artist. I met Neon Leon, back home in Stockholm, in 1987 and party with him a few times at the rock club Ritz, in Stockholm, andat Scrap Bar, in New York. I saw a couple of his shows in Stockholm, like 15 years ago. I remember this female vocalist singer Lisa who looks like Donna Summer, she was cool. I know hi lives in Denmark, because I met him in Stockholm, at the street in 1999. (Sandrojohnston@hotmail.com).

THE NIGGERS - Seemingly three bands in three different cities (New York/Boston/Detroit) used this ungenteel name. The most prominent band appears to have been the Detroit Niggers, who had a story printed in Creem magazine in 1978 (as part of a larger piece on the Detroit punk scene) and a brief news blurb in Bomp. Both articles had pictures of the band with processed Chuck Berry hairdos and flaunted bare chests. Their songs included "Crazy White Bitch," "Dirty Dogs" and the anthem, "Niggers," and of the band name, members Reno and J.C. Richards explained, "Should we call ourselves The Honkies?" One New York punk legend of our acquaintance suggests that the N.Y. Niggers were "friends" with the late Nancy Spungen, Sid Vicious' doomed girlfriend. They self-released a ridiculously obscure single, "Just Like Dresden" b/w "Headliner" in 1978 as the "N.Y. Niggers." Though there's no picture sleeve, the rough punk sound of the record is Detroit influenced enough to possibly suggest it was the same band transplanted out East. (JP)

NO EMPATHY - Chicago-area band (1983-1987) had an African-American guitarist named Craig White. After he left No Empathy, he played with the art/hardcore band Repulse Kava who released one 7" e.p. and 7" single on Peter Margasak's Buttrag Records and a posthumous LP on Ajax. He later went on to be in Seam.

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show listings

john — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 08:03:14 GMT

im new to the area, where can i find a comprehensive list of local punk shows?

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day before thanksgiving!!

shaynamouse27 — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 22:59:45 GMT

hey there, if youre looking for something to do because you have no work on thanksgiving..come out wednesday night to the eagle tavern in SF and check out the Blonde Mexicans!

http://myspace.com/blondemexicans

show starts at nine, we're on 2nd.

also playing are :
the hut dwellers and ride the blinds

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lord jim vodka

linda — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 05:56:38 GMT

any one remember him or know where he is??

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Clit 45/Last Target (ex-Thug Murder....from Japan) Sat 10/15

Dan — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 23:14:48 GMT

This Saturday 10/15/05 @ 924 Gilman St.

Clit 45 (L.A.) http://www.byorecords.com/bandpage.php?band=clit45
Last Target (Japan) http://www.byorecords.com/bandpage.php?band=lasttarget
The Human Host (MD) http://myspace.com/humanhost
Free Radical
The Sun Jul http://myspace.com/thesunjul

a/a
$7 + $2 membership card (if you don't have one)
8pm
No alcohol/drugs/violence allowed in or around the club

I just saw Last Target in Pomona last weekend and they were pretty fucking good. Please feel free to post this on other boards you think may have interest in it.

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Any one know Eric (Bobo) Smith

Michael — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 00:14:16 GMT

I heard he is singing for a new band, and I haven't seen him in like 18 years. Anyone know what band, and if possible when they are playing next? Thanks!!

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DO Any of you people even go to shows?

Doug — Sat, 21 May 2005 08:36:41 GMT

answer

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Burnt Ramen Show Tonight!

Doug — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 23:11:13 GMT

Burnt Ramen, Richmond Deadfall, Scurvy Dogs, I Object (N.Y.), Chuck Norris (Vancouver) Suburban Death Camp a/a $6 7pm *** @

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Theo Jak

Randy — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 01:50:29 GMT

has a web site

http://www.illuminatastigmata.com

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MDC

NoMoHawk — Wed, 23 Feb 2005 00:15:58 GMT

The original MDC, Ron Posner, Mikey Donaldson, Alschvitz and Dave Dictor have several dates in the Bay area:

March 31, Oakland @ The Barn 9026 San Leandro Bvd.

April 2, San Francisco The Parkside 1600 17th St.

April 3, Richmond @ Burnt Ramen

April 4, San Francisco, The Cherry Bar

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John St. Patricks (Sunday the 12th)

Doug — Tue, 07 Jun 2005 23:04:59 GMT

John Patricks, 1823 Park Street, Alameda Laudaum, Sean (Seattle), Centurys Of War (Austin), Paxane, Skinned Aline, dj Irondawg 21+ 6pm, 4pm BBQ

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GILMAN SHOW """"This Friday""""

Doug — Tue, 07 Jun 2005 23:01:43 GMT

924 Gilman Street Born/Dead (record release), Deathtoll, Hostile Takeover, Ceremony, Black Market Bombs (all ages $5 8pm)

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THIS WEEK FROM ORGAN

SeanOrgan — Sun, 29 May 2005 15:13:36 GMT

THIS WEEK'S REVIEWS AND FEATURES FROM ORGAN

An on-line version of ORGAN goes live every Thursday afternoon at http://www.organart.com

ISSUE 120 of ORGAN features....

Album of the week
ALEXANDER HACKE
Plus
STEVELESS / SYD HOWELLS
MERETTO
THE LEN PRICE 3
BRIAN SETZER
SENTENCED

Demo of the week
MAJOR McCA
Plus
SIXTY MILE SMILE
THE VOLUNTEERS
PSYCHO 78
THE SHOOK

Single of the week
THE VITAMINS
Plus
MENDEED
NEW ORDER

TURBONEGRO live in London and Leeds

THE FUTURE KINGS OF ENGLAND
LEISUR::HIVE
The BUKANDSKIT Fest 2005 takes place in Reading.....
YOUNG HEART ATTACK
AMPLIFIER
The Scum Fest punk chaos five day festival
SchMOVIE
The anti G-8 clown army

SEAN O (London. UK) / Marcia X (Oakland, California)

http://www.organart.com - the online home of ORGAN magazine and ORG Records

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Lucky Stiffs date correction May 7th

devianthellion — Fri, 29 Apr 2005 07:20:38 GMT

Line up:

The Lucky Stiffs
The Hooks
The Copper Tones

I need a 4th band...

Please contact Aprill:
lostandfoundsaloon@yahoo.com
415.252.9345

www.thelostandfoundsaloon.com

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Need band for The Lucky Stiffs bill May 6th

devianthellion — Fri, 29 Apr 2005 07:17:32 GMT

Line up:

The Lucky Stiffs
The Hooks
The Copper Tones

I need a 4th band...

Please contact Aprill:
lostandfoundsaloon@yahoo.com
415.252.9345

www.thelostandfoundsaloon.com

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Rough Cut -Film Festival and DemoTapes, 2005

Melinda/ — Thu, 21 Apr 2005 00:10:09 GMT

Rough Cut -Film Festival and DemoTapes, 2005
The film festival of trailers, new, and unfinished films.
And DemoTapes
In San Francisco in July (plans are July 30th at ATA)

The first film festival where the audience gets to help the film makers finish up their work. This is a new idea in film festivals and market research The audience finally gets to have a chance for all those "Well, if I was making this film..." to be heard and possible used in a helpful way; and the film makers get to hear the general publics opinion of their work, while there is still time to make changes. Big budget Hollywood films can do market research, but besides opinions of friends and family, low to zero budget independent film makers rarely get this feedback.

We will be starting this year to have a DJ spinning songs off demo tapes of beginning musicians and collecting comments from the audience
___________________________________________________________________________________________
How to submit a film for next festival:
Send a VHS copy
or
CD of band demo tapes
Melinda Adams
131 Hugo # 3
San Francisco, CA 94122
July 4th

More info at lilycat.com

Have a wonderful and creative day!

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Why is there no tribe for 924 Gilman?

gdh — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 07:13:49 GMT

And yeah, I know...start one myself and all, but I am not really involved in running it and I don't go to the meetings or anything. It would be cool to see updates on what shows are coming through, etc. as well as a cool place to post pics from shows. Perhaps there is someone out there that has their finger on the pulse of the 924 Gilman scene who would be willing to start a tribe. I will gladly be your first member!

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Punk Rock film: Jericho's Echo

Sarah — Mon, 14 Mar 2005 01:26:57 GMT

hey all--

come on out for a St. Patty's celebration this Thurs. to see a SNEAK PREVIEW of Liz Nord's awesome film on punk rockers in Israel:

Location: 16th Street Victoria Theatre
2961 16th Street,
San Francisco, CA 94103,CA

When: Thursday, March 17, 8:00pm

Phone: (415) 863-7576

World Premiere Sneak Preview of
Jericho's Echo: Punk Rock in the Holy Land!

Rebellious Israeli youth take up the arms of punk rock, loud guitars, and mohawks in the most politically charged area of the world. Through interviews, verite scenes and live musical footage, we see how these well-spoken and outspoken kids deal with the politics of their explosive and ancient region.

Q & A with filmmaker Liz Nord following the screening.

This event may sell out!
$10. Tickets available now at www.victoriatheatre.org/calendar.htm
More info on the film at: www.jerichosecho.com

Note on online ticket buying: tickets can be purchased on the Victoria Theatre's CALENDAR page. They are not available on the Box Office page.

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TROUBLE MAKER take on London - here's what we're doing about it

SeanOrgan — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 02:08:06 GMT

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HERE'S THE RECENT KERRANG REVIEW

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Old School Education

MaryMagnum — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 00:06:17 GMT

A fifteen year old boy wants for his birthday an old school punk rock cd. Something to impress his friends parents with. I have itunes. This is the play list I put together already. The Damned, X-Ray Specs, Wipers, Stiff Little Fingers, Gun Club, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Avengers, Bad Brains, The Adicts, Circle Jerks, Stranglers, The Germs, Black Flag, Vandals, New York Dolls. Iggy, Rezillos, Dead Kennedy's, The Authorities, Sex Pistols, The Queers, Jim Caroll Band, Bad Religion, and Flipper. Any more ideas? I'm keeping his natural leanigs in mind.

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OT

Mark — Wed, 02 Mar 2005 16:11:36 GMT

can I just say that SNFU rocks ass? there, I said it.

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THE LAST-CHORDZ

Emmy — Wed, 23 Feb 2005 07:13:59 GMT

REPRESENTIN' THE SOUTH BAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ...and central coast....a little bit.. check us out at www.geocities.com/lastchordz cuz you should be able to download songs and then u can talk some shit or sumthin. anyone wanna play santa cruz or can any one help us out getting some gigs in the bay area? will fuckin play anywhere.

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400 BLOWS/The MASS pix from last night...

Mon, 21 Feb 2005 21:52:22 GMT

...at the Hemlock Tavern.

go here:

THE MASS page-
http://homepage.mac.com/benito67/PhotoAlbum12.html

400 BLOWS page-
http://homepage.mac.com/benito67/PhotoALbum13.html

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GWAR

Jezza — Fri, 28 Jan 2005 17:09:14 GMT

I have to interview GWAR for their upcoming show in Santa Cruz.. and am looking for suggestions for creative questions to ask them.. any advice?

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"The Evens"

Melinda/ — Tue, 15 Feb 2005 15:10:58 GMT

"The Evens"
(Ian MacKaye & Amy Farnai from Discord Records- it should go great)

Tues 15th
CA, Palo Alto
Terman Middle School $5. All Ages. Info: http://www.virtuous.com
Wed 16th
CA, Sacramento
Mother India's Restaurant. $5. All Ages. Info: www.truelovesacto.com/calendar.html
Thurs 17th
CA, Berkeley
Berkeley High School Little Theater (Benefit for Arts Program) $5. All Ages.Tickets Available at Modlang Records
Fri 18th
CA, San Francisco
Swedish-American Hall $5. All Ages. Tickets: http://www.ticketweb.com

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Punks Protect Kids

mapkook — Fri, 21 Jan 2005 06:49:27 GMT

Folks,

Some very dedicated local punk/metal musicians are hosting a benefit for Protect.org.

March 19th : the BarFeeders, Old Grandad, & Fracas @ El Rio in San Francisco, CA
The Bar Feeders, Old Grandad, & Fracas are at it again raising money for PROTECT !!! Come out to the swanky digs at the El Rio and show your support March 19th !!

@
El Rio
3158 Mission St, off Cesar Chavez (Army) St
San Francisco, CA 94110
phone: 415-282-3325

More info : punksprotectkids@hotmail.com

check the Event link here :
http://www.punksprotectkids.org/
... plus read all about why they are doing this here !!

and who the money goes to here :
http://www.protect.org.

This is a really important issue to me personally, and I would thank everyone in advance who can show up and lend your support! This is an organization that wants to be known for child advocacy and protection as the NRA is to gun ownership rights and gun control opposition. Why is the NRA so successfull ? "It's ALL they do."
They eat, drink, breathe, sleep, and die guns. But more
importantly they VOTE THEIR CONCIENCE on this issue
each and every time they go to the ballot box to vote. If
the candidate is anti-gun they vote them out or against them.
Until we have a group of folks as dedicated to KIDS,
as the NRA is to GUNS, then horrible crimes against the
most vulnerable in our socitey will continue unabated
and CPS will continue to lose kids in Florida.
Everyone says they are "for kids" or "child advocacy issues"
but are they really ? What do the actually do ?
Who do they vote for ? Do they check to see that all
the candidate they vote for are serious, dedicated child advocates ?
What do those people do to change the system as it exists ? Protect.org is going to help us ALL be better child advocates.

be well

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Shows.

Pilsbury — Fri, 14 Jan 2005 15:57:35 GMT

King Cake Party at HELLARITY house ( 57th and Genoa, Oakland) this Friday night 9ish pm with punk rock( drunken disOrderly approved ) Purple house has a party on Sat too, call 510-BAD-SMUT for details * burp *

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American Pig

MaryMagnum — Mon, 10 Jan 2005 23:36:30 GMT

Know this local band ? Where are they ? When's their next gig ? What are they up to ?

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Happy New Year

MaryMagnum — Fri, 31 Dec 2004 20:17:45 GMT

you cocksucking assholes !!!!

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New SFBay JamList tribe !

frisco — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 05:06:13 GMT

In the SF Bay area ?
You wanna Join / Start a band ? Your band is looking for a new member ?

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SFBayJamList.tribe.net

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punk rock karaoke @ Cafe du Nord -- 12.16

pengrin — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 16:46:46 GMT

check it out.. @ Cafe du Nord -- Thursday 12.16

http://sanfrancisco.tribe.net/thread/6133be2b-a102-426f-b490-98277e446f8d?tribeid=ef2b4824-57de-44bb-a8f1-26f13da1c010&backtrack=true&r=10535

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