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Los Angeles had a very strong glam rock scene in the early 1970s, mostly centered on the club Rodney Bingenheimer's English Disco, run by Rodney Bingenheimer, who later, as a disc jockey for KROQ's Rodney on the ROQ, did much to promote LA punk bands. Many figures from this earlier scene would play notable roles in the later punk scene.
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- X. X could have only happened in Los Angeles. Billy Zoom’s loud/fast rockabilly guitar work and DJ Bonebreak’s orchestral drumming drove Doe and then-wife Exene Cervenka’s Charles Bukowski-on-biker-crank lyrics.
- Black Flag. If inchoate anger and unfocussed rebellion have a soundtrack, it’s Black Flag. Primarily the brainchild of songwriter/guitarist Greg Ginn and bassist/theoretician Chuck Dukowski, these Hermosa Beach intellectual bruisers welded the heaviest metal to avant-jazz’s noisy atonality.
- The Go-Go’s. If darker impulses drove L.A. punk, at least on the surface the five-woman Go-Go’s were the musical embodiment of the year-long sunshine that made their hometown famous.
- FEAR. Blue-collar avant-punk ruffians FEAR might have the oddest story of any of these bands. Shades of blues and jazz wove into a high-energy metal assault, alongside a gonzo stage act that elevated audience baiting into a frenzied wrestling match.
Feb 7, 2020 · Photos: Inside the angst and ecstasy of LA’s 1980s punk scene. Written by Kevin Salk Feb. 07, 2020. Today I’m a 54-year-old guy working at the investment banking company Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. But back in the day, I was a teenage punk.
Jul 1, 2016 · We're going to take a look back at the LA punk scene with three people who helped define it - John Doe and Exene Cervenka, co-founders of the band X and Dave Alvin, who co-founded The...
Mar 27, 2016 · By Catie L'Heureux. 18 Photos. Punk style might be most closely associated with New York and the Ramones, or London and Vivienne Westwood, but there was a flourishing scene in Los Angeles in the ‘70s as well, and Slash magazine faithfully documented every moment.
Dec 9, 2021 · Recently discovered photos of the LA Punk Scene from 1977-80 to be released in a new punk photo art book. By Staff Contributor December 9, 2021. HARD + FAST, a book by SLASH fanzine photographer Melanie Nissen is an incredible record of the who’s-who of early L.A. Punk.
