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Cities like Sacramento, Lake Tahoe and neighboring Reno, Nevada followed San Francisco and Los Angeles, creating their own underground hardcore scenes. Local promoter Stuart Katz brought punk rock to Sacramento in the early 1980s starting off with shows in auditoriums at McKinley Park.
- Tim Stegall
- 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.
Jul 3, 2024 · Find out which punk rock bands and artists started in California, from Red Hot Chili Peppers to P!nk. Browse photos, facts and links to discover more about the California music scene.
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Jun 15, 2022 · Learn how the Middle Class, T.S.O.L., Social Distortion and other O.C. punk bands rebelled against the conservative suburban culture and invented hardcore and pop-punk. Explore the origins, influences and legacy of the Orange County punk scene.
- Tim Stegall
Since the mid-1970s, California has had thriving regional punk rock movements. It primarily consists of bands from the Los Angeles, Orange County, Ventura County, San Diego, San Fernando Valley, San Francisco, Fresno, Bakersfield, Alameda County, Sacramento, Lake Tahoe, Oakland and Berkeley areas.
May 22, 2023 · Punk In The Park returns to Oak Canyon Park in Orange County, California bigger and better than ever November 4 and November 5, with a lineup led by SoCal punk legends PENNYWISE, DESCENDENTS,...
Jan 16, 2017 · Learn about the history and evolution of punk rock in SoCal, from the first wave of Black Flag and The Minutemen to the skate punk and garage rock of the 2000s. Discover some of the most influential albums and compilations of the scene, featuring bands like X, The Gun Club, and The Growlers.
