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The Angry Samoans is an American punk rock band from the first wave of American punk, formed in August 1978 in Los Angeles, California, by early 1970s rock writer "Metal" Mike Saunders, his sibling lead guitarist Bonze Blayk [1] and Gregg Turner (another rock writer, for Creem from the late 1970s through the mid-1980s), along with original ...
Sep 13, 2012 · Gregg Turner is known to most as a founding member of the Angry Samoans, a Los Angeles hardcore band that began in 1978. He is also known, perhaps, to a different slice of the population as a record reviewer for Creem Magazine (1976-1998) where he was noted for his inspired hatchet jobs on the likes of Bon Jovi, The Who and even Iggy Pop.
May 14, 2019 · Gregg Turner might be the world's hippest math prof. He's one of the founders of the Angry Samoans, the smart-ass '80s SoCal punk outfit with one foot in hardcore and the other in...
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Aug 23, 2021 · The band was helmed by Gregg Turner, a writer for legendary rock magazine Creem and, much later, a math professor. His collection Hallucinations From Hell: Confessions of an Angry Samoan features stories that are much like his songs: short, sharp and obsessed with the decay of American culture.
Jun 1, 2023 · The Gregg Turner Group is a band founded by the legendary Gregg Turner of the Angry Samoans. His musical pedigree heralds back to L.A.’s punk-rock progenitors of which he was a co-founding member of.
Jan 8, 2013 · While Gregg Turner remains best known for founding late-Seventies L.A. hardcore punks the Angry Samoans, many fans of a certain vintage were also delighted by his wicked writing for Creem...
Gregg Turner joins us on the show to talk about his interesting life, which includes being an original member of LA's notorious punk band, Angry Samoans, several years as a writer for Creem Magazine, a PHD in mathematics, and several really good solo records.
