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Aug 1, 2020 · Jack Sparrow. #46 Black Panther Party stages a protest against racism in San Francisco, 1970. #47 A Native American man on crutches takes a picture during a takeover of Alcatraz Island by a group of Native Americans, San Francisco, June 1970. #48 Roller derby at Madison Square Garden in 1971.
Dec 19, 1999 · 19. VAN MORRISON. His Marin County years -- from "And His Band and Street Choir" (1970) through "Inarticulate Speech of the Heart" (1983) -- form the heart of his peerless body of work. And one of ...
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It’s interesting to note that Ferlinghetti employed V. Vale, an early member of raucous ‘60s power trio Blue Cheer, at City Lights in the ‘70s. When he brainstormed publishing a fanzine chronicling the nascent worldwide punk scene, Ferlinghetti and Ginsberg put up the initial seed money. Search And Destroybecame crucial documentation of the late ‘7...
In 1965, Flamin’ Groovieswere the 5,968,213th batch of British Invasion-inspired American teenagers hoisting electric guitars. Which likely makes them America’s longest-running garage band. They became equall...
Formed by keyboardist/drummer/singer Damon Edgein 1975 and eventually featuring Helios Creed’s corrosive guitar, Chromewere what would’ve happened if Iggy And The StoogesOD’d on LSD and science-fiction pulp novels while recording Raw Power. Their first three self-released LPs, especially Alien Soundtracksand Half Machine Lip Moves, crackle with cha...
In 1975, College Of Marin film students Alejandro Escovedoand Jeff Olenerworked on a no-budget film about a burnt-out rock singer and a talentless rock band. They played the band themselves on stolen equipment. This became one of the earliest SF punk outfits, the Nuns, centered around Escovedo’s chain-drive guitar, the dueling lead vocals of Olener...
The Nuns may have been first. But the distinction of releasing San Francisco’s first punk single goes to Crime, centered around singer/guitarists Johnny Strikeand Frankie Fixand bassist Ron “The Ripper” Greco, the Flamin’ Groovies’ original drummer. “Hot Wire My Heart”was solid New York Dolls-esque raunch, charming in its lo-fi glory, despite the d...
The Avengerscomplete San Francisco’s original holy punk trinity, alongside the Nuns and Crime. They had a look more akin to a homemade version of British punk style and a sound resembling the Sex Pistols playing at Ramonesvelocity. They also wrote potent anthems such as “We Are The One”and “The American In Me,”delivered by singer Penelope Houston’s...
“There was a singer named Don Vinylwho was in the Offs,” ex-Gun Club/Cramps/Nick Caveguitarist Kid Congo Powers recently recalledto Alternative Press of punk’s LGBTQIA+ roots. “But before the Offs, he was in a band called Grand Mal. They were totally hardcorepunk, and he was totally in-your-face gay punk. [Laughs.] He was great! He was out there sh...
Negative Trendevolved from Grand Mal, after Rozz Rezabekdisplaced Vinyl onstage at the Mabuhay Gardens—the CBGBof SF—late in 1977 and wouldn’t let him back on. Two months later, Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLarenbattled with Winterland’s Bill Graham, demanding that Negative Trend be added to what turned out to be his band’s final performance. NT b...
The Dils’ militantly leftist power rock—as inspired by the Whoas the New York Dolls—was born in brothers Chip(guitar) and Tony Kinman’s (bass) homeland of Carlsbad, California. They initially established themselves in Los Angeles in 1977, releasing their “I Hate The Rich”and “Class War”45s on local labels and playing The Whiskyand Masque.They even ...
Enter SF punk’s best-known band. Dead Kennedyscame relatively late into the game, after guitarist East Bay Rayadvertised for musicians in local classified ads paper The Recycler. One month later, DKs made their debut at The Mabuhay, opening for Negative Trend and the Offs. They became America’s definitive political punk band. Ray’s echoey surf-punk...
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Wed 26 Oct 2016 15.32 EDT. Patrick Cowley was one of disco’s most mysterious figures. His life was cut short in 1982, when he died of Aids at age 32. He was a key presence in the gay San...
Oct 22, 2019 · Dead Kennedys were not the only San Francisco punk rock band around in 1978, but they are the one most remembered today. Dead Kennedys played their first concert at the Mabuhay Gardens in July 1978. By that time, the Mab had already been the hub for San Francisco’s nascent punk rock movement for over a year.
Box Set. The alterna-rock five-piece Box Set casts jaunty layers of rootsy Americana to make a post-jangle pop sound. Coming together in 1991, frontman guitarist Jim Brunberg and acoustic guitarist Jeff Pehrson met at an open mic night in San Francisco. Their musical connection was instant, and quickly Brunberg and Pehrson quit their day jobs ...
Apr 25, 2018 · In this photo the Blue Angels bunched up for a final pass over Highway 101, as they landed at Moffett Field after a practice run around the San Francisco bay area in the 1970s. CHP shut the ...
