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The California punk scene is a regional punk rock music scene that started in the late 1970’s and still exists today. It primarily consists of (but is not limited to) bands from the Los Angeles and San Francisco areas. Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area City 1,290. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...

History

First Wave

In the late 1970’s, following the exposure of punk bands like the Ramones, the Sex Pistols, and The Clash, a number of Los Angeles area teenagers started their own punk bands. Between the late 70’s and early 80’s, bands like Agent Orange, The Adolescents, Bad Religion, Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Descendents, The Dickies, Fear, The Germs, Social Distortion, Suicidal Tendencies, TSOL, The Vandals, and X were all formed. Image File history File links SocialDVandalsMentors. ... Image File history File links SocialDVandalsMentors. ... The Ramones were an American rock band often considered to be the first punk rock group. ... The Sex Pistols were an iconic and highly influential English punk band, formed in London in 1975. ... The Clash were an English rock band active from 1976 to 1986. ... Agent Orange is a punk rock band from Fullerton, California. ... The Adolescents are a punk band formed in 1980 in Fullerton, California. ... Bad is a hardcore punk/punk rock band that was originally formed in Southern California in 1980 by Jay Bentley (bass), Greg Graffin (vocals), Brett Gurewitz (guitars) and Jay Ziskrout (drums). ... Black Flag was a hardcore punk band formed in 1976 in southern California, largely as the brainchild of Greg Ginn, the guitarist, primary songwriter and sole continuous member through multiple personnel changes. ... Circle Jerks are a punk rock band formed circa 1979 in Hermosa Beach, California. ... Descendents are a punk rock band from Lomita, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. ... The picture cover of the Dickies 1979 Banana Splits (Tra La La Song) UK single The Dickies were amongst the first punk rock bands to emerge from Los Angeles, the first Californian punk band to appear on network television and the first Californian punk band to be signed to a... Fear is a punk band from Los Angeles, California that formed in 1977 and still performs. ... The Germs were a punk rock band from Los Angeles in the late 1970s. ... Social Distortion (often known as Social D or SxDx) is a punk band that originally formed in 1978 by frontman Mike Ness. ... Suicidal Tendencies are a hardcore punk band formed in 1982 in Venice, California. ... TSOL is a punk band from California. ... The Vandals are an American punk rock band formed in 1980 in Huntington Beach, California and currently recording for Kung Fu Records. ... X on the cover of their 1997 collection Beyond and Back: The X Anthology. ...

While all these bands came from the Los Angeles area, the popular San Francisco punk bands Dead Kennedys, and Flipper where also formed during this time. The Dead Kennedys (often known by their initials DK, as in decay) are a hardcore punk band from San Francisco, California. ... Flipper is an influential punk/noise band from San Francisco, California, formed in 1979, continuing on in often erratic fashion until the mid-1990s, then reuniting in 2005. ...

Many of the bands lyrics focused heavily on liberal idealogy, and was seen as a reaction to Reagan-era politics. A lot of them also featured more of a hardcore punk sound, as opposed to the pop punk style of the Ramones. Famous people with the family name Reagan include: Ronald Reagan, 40th President of The United States Nancy Reagan, the wife of Ronald Reagan and influential First Lady Ron Reagan, President Reagans son and liberal journalist Michael Reagan, President Reagans son and conservative talk show host John Henninger Reagan... Hardcore punk is a subgenre of punk rock which originated in the United States of America in the late 1970s. ... Pop punk is used for two separate subgenres of punk rock music: the kind typically found on Lookout! Records, which stray very little from the three-chord formula that The Ramones pioneered, as well as a newer subgenre of melodic, more emotional punk, which includes by bands like NOFX and...

This early scene was chronicled in the Penelope Spheeris documentary, The Decline of Western Civilization, which exposed many people to these bands for the first time. One of the bands, The Dickies, even got a major label contract, signing with A&M Records (some claim however that this was becasuse one of the members uncles worked for the label [1]). Penelope Spheeris (born December 2, 1945) is an American director, producer, and screenwriter. ... The Decline of Western Civilization is a rockumentary film directed by Penelope Spheeris about the Los Angeles punk rock scene in 1979 and 1980. ... A&M Records is a record label formed in 1962 by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss. ...

Second Wave

By the end of the 1980’s Black Flag, Dead Kennedys, Descendents, Flipper, and The Germs had all broken up, and a new scene was developing in the San Francisco area. This new scene would produce bands like Crimpshrine, Green Day, Jawbreaker, The Lookouts, The Mr. T Experience, NOFX, No Use for a Name, Rancid, and $wingin' Utter$. Seminal Berkeley, California Punk rock band, featuring Jeff Ott, later lead singer of Fifteen, Paul Curran, and Aaron Cometbus, the author of the zine Cometbus Song writer and drummer for many bands, most notably Pinhead Gunpowder. ... Green Day is an American musical group consisting of three core members: Billie Joe Armstrong (guitar, lead vocals), Mike Dirnt (bass) and TrÃ© Cool (drums), who are usually extremely high and drunk. ... Jawbreaker was a San Francisco punk rock band. ... The Lookouts were a punk rock band that existed from 1985 to 1990 on Iron Peak, a remote rural mountain community outside of Laytonville, California. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... NOFX is a Skate punk band from the Bay Area, California, United States, formed in 1983. ... No Use for a Name (Abbreviated NUFAN) is a Punk rock band from San Jose, CA, USA, formed in 1987 by Tony Sly and Rory Koff. ... Rancid is a punk rock band, formed in 1991 in Berkeley, California, by Matt Freeman and Tim Armstrong (former members of Operation Ivy). ... Swingin Utters is an American punk rock band that has been around since the late 1980s/early 1990s. ...

Some Los Angeles area groups like Guttermouth, Lagwagon The Offspring, and Pennywise also started to gain a following during this era. Guttermouth is a U.S. punk rock band from Huntington Beach, California. ... Lagwagon is a punk rock band originally based in the small town Goleta located just outside Santa Barbara, California. ... The Offspring is a popular American band from Orange County, California that originally formed in 1984. ... For the Stephen King creature, see It (monster). ...

Unlike the last wave of bands who had harder music and that lyrics focused much on politics, many of the San Francisco bands (with a few exceptions like NOFX) had more Ramones influenced music, that include a more pop punk sound, and lyrics that focused on things like girls, drugs, and having fun.

Many of these bands also appeared on Lookout! Records, a label started by Lookouts frontman Larry Livermore. They also helped make successful one of the countries most famous rock clubs, 924 Gilman Street, which held much of the same role that CBGB’s did to the New York City punk scene. Lookout! Records is an independent record label based in Berkeley, California. ... Larry Livermore (born 1947) is an American musician, record producer and music journalist. ... The 924 Gilman Street project, aka the Alternative Music Foundation, is the Berkeley, California street address, and the official business name of the all-ages, non-profit, collectively organized music club usually referred to by its fans simply as Gilman. ... The outside front facade of CBGB CBGB (Country, Blue Grass, and Blues) was a legendary music club located at 315 Bowery at Bleecker Street in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States. ... Nickname: Big Apple, City that never Sleeps, Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Manhattan Queens Brooklyn Staten Island Settled 1613 Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area - City 1,214. ...

Mainstream Success

In 1989 Social Distortion signed with Epic Records becoming the first band from the scene, since The Dickies in the late 70's, to get a major label deal. Their album, simply titled, Social Distortion became a minor hit with three singles “Let It Be Me”, Ball and Chain and a cover of Johnny Cash’s Ring of Fire all charting on the Modern Rock Tracks top 25. Green Day Dookie album cover. ... Green Day Dookie album cover. ... Epic Records is an American record label, and subsidiary of Sony BMG. // Epic was launched originally as a jazz and classical music label in 1953 by CBS. Its bright-yellow, black and blue logo became a familiar trademark for many jazz and classical releases. ... Social Distortion is an album released by the band of the same name. ... The Ball And Chain is a more common name for the song Make This Love Right, written and produced by New Jersey house music producer Romanthony. ... Johnny Cash (born J.R. Cash, February 26, 1932 â€“ September 12, 2003) was an influential American country and rock and roll singer and songwriter. ... Ring of Fire can refer to: The Pacific Ring of Fire, a region ringing the Pacific Ocean that is prone to earthquakes and volcanic activity Ring of Fire (song), a song by June Carter and Merle Kilgore which was performed by Johnny Cash and later covered by other bands such... Modern Rock Tracks is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. ...

In 1993, following the success of Social Distortion, and other punk-influenced bands like Nirvana, Green Day signed a deal with Reprise Records and released their first major label album Dookie in 1994. Dookie became a huge success, peaking at #2 on the billboard top 200 album chart. Shortly after the success of Dookie, The Offspring’s album Smash achieved similar results. However Smash unlike Dookie, was released by Independent punk label Epitaph Records, becoming the bestselling indipendent album of all time, and paving the way for other indipendent punk bands to achieve success. [ (Devanagari , Pali: NibbÄna à¤¨à¤¿à¤¬à¥à¤¬à¤¾à¤¨ -- Chinese: æ¶…æ§ƒ; Pinyin: niÃ¨ pÃ¡n), literally extinction and/or extinguishing (ie, of the passions) is a mode of being that is free from mind-contaminants (Kilesa) such as lust, anger or craving. ... Green Day is an American musical group consisting of three core members: Billie Joe Armstrong (guitar, lead vocals), Mike Dirnt (bass) and TrÃ© Cool (drums), who are usually extremely high and drunk. ... Reprise Records is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group, operated through Warner Bros. ... Dookie, released in February 1994, is the third album by the punk rock band Green Day, and it was their first album on Reprise. ... Billboard can refer to: Billboard magazine Billboard (advertising) Billboard antenna In 3D computer graphics, to billboard is to rotate an object so that it faces the viewer. ... Smash is The Offsprings third album, released on April 19, 1994. ... Epitaph Records is a Hollywood, California based record label owned by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz. ...

Soon thereafter, Green Day, and The Offspring, were joined by Bad Religion, NOFX, and Rancid, whose albums Stranger Than Fiction, Punk in Drublic, and ...And Out Come the Wolves, were all certified Gold or Platinum (with the first two being released on Epitaph). Stranger Than Fiction (1994) was Bad Religions last album with Brett Gurewitz (until their reunion on The Process of Belief), and the first on the Atlantic Records. ... Punk in Drublic is a music album by punk rock band NOFX. The album was released in 1994 through Epitaph Records. ... ...And Out Come the Wolves is an album by the punk rock band Rancid, released in August of 1995 (see 1995 in music). ...

The success of these bands, also led to success for Los Angeles area ska punk bands like No Doubt, Sublime and Reel Big Fish. Ska punk is a musical fusion of ska with punk rock. ... No Doubt is an American third wave ska band formed in 1986. ... For the band, see Sublime (band), or their third album Sublime (album). ... Reel Big Fish is an American third wave ska band, best known for the 1997 hit Sell Out. ...

Third Wave

Influenced by the success of previous California punk bands, many bands formed in the early or mid 1990’s, started getting noticed. San Diego’s blink-182 earned a platinum album for 1999’s Enema of the State, and helped bring exposure or recognition to other California bands like AFI, Enemy You, The Matches, Something Corporate, Sugarcult, and blink-182 spin-off band +44. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1734x1191, 1313 KB) License File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Blink-182 Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1734x1191, 1313 KB) License File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Blink-182 Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used... Flag Seal Nickname: Americas Finest City Location Location of San Diego within San Diego County Coordinates , Government County San Diego Mayor City Attorney City Council District One District Two District Three District Four District Five District Six District Seven District Eight Jerry Sanders (R) Michael Aguirre Scott Peters Kevin... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... Enema of the State, blink-182s seminal third studio album, was released June 1, 1999, on MCA Records and features the hits Whats My Age Again?, Adams Song and All the Small Things, which would later appear on the greatest hits. ... AFI is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below: AFI (band) (A Fire Inside), an American band The Armed Forces of India The American Film Institute The Australian Film Institute The Australian Foresight Institute, part of the Swinburne University of Technology The American Football Israel association The... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Matches are a pop-punk band signed with Epitaph Records. ... Something Corporate is a rock band hailing from Orange County, California. ... Sugarcult is an American pop punk band of Santa Barbara, California formed in 1998. ... +44 (pronounced Plus Forty Four and also known as (+44) or (Plus-44) is a band formed by blink-182 members Mark Hoppus (bass and vocals) and Travis Barker (drum set and keyboards). ...

Like the previous wave of bands, most of these bands played music in a more pop punk style than their predecessors. Because of the more poppy sound, these bands, particularly the ones that appear on major labels, are sometimes derogatorily referred to as Mallpunk bands.

Labels

While a few bands like Green Day, The Offspring, and AFI appear on major labels, many of the bands are signed to local independent punk labels. Many of these labels where started by local musicians as a way to sell their own bands records, but grew into labels with a large roster of bands. Some of these labels include:

Adeline Records is a record label co-owned by Billie Joe Armstrong, lead singer of Green Day, his wife Adrienne Nesser (Armstrong), bandmate Jason White, and Jim Theibaud, professional skateboarder. ... Billie Joe Armstrong (born February 17, 1972, in Oakland, California) is the main songwriter, lead vocalist, and guitarist for the multiplatinum-selling rock band Green Day. ... Alternative Tentacles is an independent record label based in San Francisco, California and was established in 1979. ... Eric Reed Boucher (born June 17, 1958), better known by the stage name Jello Biafra, is an American punk rock musician and political activist best known as the former lead singer and song writer of the Dead Kennedys. ... Raymond Pepperell, better known as East Bay Ray, is the lead guitarist for the well known West Coast punk band Dead Kennedys. ... Epitaph Records is a Hollywood, California based record label owned by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz. ... Brett Gurewitz (aka: Mr. ... Fat Wreck Chords is a San Francisco, California based independent record label, focused on punk rock, which was started by Fat Mike the lead singer and bassist of the punk rock band NOFX and his wife Erin, in 1990. ... Michael John Burkett, more commonly known as Fat Mike, is the lead singer and bassist of the popular punk band NOFX, as well as bass player for Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. ... Hellcat Records is a record label based in Los Angeles, California. ... Timothy Lockwood Armstrong (born November 25, 1966) is an American musician best known for his work with punk rock bands Rancid, Operation Ivy, and Transplants, as well as his record label Hellcat Records. ... Lookout! Records is an independent record label based in Berkeley, California. ... Official logo of Nitro Records. ... Bryan Keith Dexter Holland (born December 29, 1965[1]) is a singer and rhythm guitarist for the punk band, The Offspring. ...

External links

Categories: Musical movements | Punk rock | California culture Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... The anarchy symbol commonly used by anarcho-punks Anarcho-punk (sometimes known as peace-punk) is a subgenre of the punk rock movement consisting of groups and bands promoting specifically anarchist ideas. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Art Punk is a term given to punk bands with an artistic, experimental, or progressive edge. ... Seattles Mill a h-Uile Rud play tuneful hardcore punk sung entirely in Scots Gaelic Celtic punk, also known as Paddybeat and Celtcore, is a genre of music typically associated with Irish punks or punks from the Irish diaspora, though other Celtic nationalities, such as Scottish, Manx and Welsh... Cowpunk or Country Punk is a subgenre of punk rock that began in southern California in the 1980s, especially Los Angeles. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... It has been suggested that Electro rock be merged into this article or section. ... Deathcountry is a country music genre, best described as traditional country music with a morbid anarchist Punk rock and Psychobilly attitude. ... Death Pop is a loosely defined sub-genre of gothic rock, characterized by an emphasis on melody over spookiness and shock value. ... 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No Wave was a short-lived but influential offshoot of punk rock centered in New York City during the late 1970s and early 1980s. ... Lightning Bolt Live at the Southgate House 2005. ... Oi! is a sub-genre of punk rock originating in the United Kingdom that sought to align punk with a working-class street-level following. ... Pop punk is used for two separate subgenres of punk rock music: the kind typically found on Lookout! Records, which stray very little from the three-chord formula that The Ramones pioneered, as well as a newer subgenre of melodic, more emotional punk, which includes by bands like NOFX and... Post punk generally refers to the particularly fertile and creative period following the initial punk rock explosion. During the first wave of punk, roughly spanning 1976-1983, bands such as The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Ramones and The Damned began to challenge the current styles and conventions of rock... Protopunk is a term used to describe a number of performers who were important precursors of punk rock, or who have been cited by early punk rockers as influential. ... Psychobilly is a genre of music generally described as a mix between the punk rock of the 1970s and the American rockabilly of the 1950s. ... Punk blues is a Post-punk interpretation of Blues and Swamp rock. ... Punk Pathetique is a sub-variant of Punk Rock termed by Garry Bushell. ... Queercore is a cultural and social movement which arose during the early-to-mid 1980s. ... Reggae rock is an amalgamation of reggae and rock music, many bands of the like also employing hardcore, punk rock, ska and metal elements. ... Riot Grrrl (or Riot Grrl) is a feminist musical movement that reached its height in the 1990s but continues to exert significant influence over alternative musical culture. ... Scum Punk is a subgenre of punk which is identified by lyrics focusing on bizarre sexual acts, bodily functions and drug use. ... Ska punk is a musical fusion of ska with punk rock. ... Third wave ska is a musical genre derived from the fusion of Jamaican ska with various American and British styles of music, such as 2 Tone, rock music, punk rock, hardcore and jazz. ... Skate punk (also known as skatepunk, skate-punk, skate-thrash, or skate-core) was originally a derivative of hardcore punk, so named because of its popularity among skateboarders, and the fact that many members of skate punk bands were themselves skaters. ... Streetpunk, street punk (also known as reality punk) is both a subgenre of punk rock and a word that describes punk rockers who are working class and/or from the inner city. ... 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