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The California punk scene is a regional punk music scene that started in the late 1970s and still exists today. It primarily consists of (but is not limited to) bands from the Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Francisco areas. Punk Rock is an anti-establishment music movement that began about 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified by The Ramones,the Misfits, 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

Pre-1976

Los Angeles had a very strong glam rock scene in the early 1970s and, as was the case in New York and London, many figures from the glam rock scene would play notable roles in the later punk scene. The LA glam rock scene was centered around a club called the English Disco, run by Rodney Bingenheimer, who later, as a a disk jockey for KROQ, did much to promote LA punk bands. David Bowie as Glam superstar Ziggy Stardust on the cover of his 1973 Album Aladdin Sane. ... NY redirects here. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Rodney Bingenheimer (pronounced ), born December 15 1948, in Mountain View, California, is a renowned Hollywood identity and radio disc jockey on the well-known Los Angeles rock station, KROQ. Often referred to as The Mayor of Sunset Strip he has been a fixture in rock and roll circles since the... For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ... KROQ is a commercial rock and roll music radio station in Los Angeles, California, broadcasting on 106. ...

In the mid-1970s, a wave of protopunk hard rock bands emerged, most notably The Runaways. 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. ... Hard rock is a variation of rock and roll music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage and psychedelic rock. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

1976–1980

Starting in 1976, following the exposure of punk bands like the Ramones, the Sex Pistols, and The Clash, a number of punk bands began to form in the San Francisco and Los Angeles areas. Among these bands were The Weirdos, The Dils, The Screamers, The Dickies, X, The Plugz, The Zeros, and The Bags in Los Angeles, and The Avengers, The Nuns, Crime, Negative Trend, and the Dead Kennedys in San Francisco. California punk of this period was musically very eclectic, and the punk scene of the time included a number of bands who's sound strongly crossed over to new wave, synthpunk, rockabilly, chicano rock, and hard rock, as well as bands that played pure punk. Screamers gig poster with Gary Panter image, 1978 This work is copyrighted. ... Screamers gig poster with Gary Panter image, 1978 This work is copyrighted. ... Gary Panter (born 1950 in Oklahoma), known to many as the father of punk comics, is a fine artist and a luminary of the post-underground, new wave comics movement that began with the end of Arcade: The Comics Revue and the initiation of RAW. Overview As an early participant... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... The Sex Pistols were an iconic and highly influential English punk rock band, formed in London in 1975. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Weirdos were a punk rock band from Los Angeles, California. ... The Dils were an American punk rock band of the late 1970s, originally from Carlsbad, California, and fronted by brothers Chip Kinman and Tony Kinman. ... The Screamers were a punk rock group active in the Los Angeles, California area in the late 1970s. ... The Dickies are a punk rock group formed in Los Angeles, California in 1977. ... X is a noted punk rock band, formed in Los Angeles in 1977. ... The Plugz were a punk rock band from Los Angeles, California that formed in 1978. ... The Zeros, aka the Mexican Ramones, who hailed from Chula Vista, California, beginning in 1976. ... The Bags were one of the first generation of punk rock bands to emerge out of Los Angeles. ... The Avengers were a California based punk band in the first wave of punk. ... The Nuns are an indie/punk band from the North-West of England. ... Negative Trend was an early San Francisco punk rock band, active from 1977â€“1979. ... The Dead Kennedys (often known by their initials DK, as in decay) are a punk band from San Francisco, California. ... New Wave is a term that has been used to describe many developments in music, but is most commonly associated with a movement in Western popular music in the late 1970s and early 1980s inspired by the punk rock movement. ... Defining characteristics of synthpunk (also known as synth-punk) bands include being founded at the same time (late 1970s) and place (California) as many US punk bands, performing with those same punk bands, in those same punk clubs, with records released on those same punk labels, preferring electronic instruments such... Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music to emerge during the 1950s. ... Los Lobos Chicano rock or Latin rock is rock music performed by Mexican American groups or music with themes derived from Chicano culture. ... Hard rock is a variation of rock and roll music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage and psychedelic rock. ...

Around 1978–1979 in Southern California, the first hardcore punk bands arose, including Middle Class, Black Flag, and the Circle Jerks. Hardcore bands and fans tended to be younger than punks of the older LA scene and came mainly from the suburban parts of the Los Angeles area, especially the South Bay and Orange County. This resulted in a rivalry between the older "Hollywood" scene and the hardcore "suburban", "surf punk", or "beach punk" scene. Those in the "Hollywood" scene often disliked what they saw as the musical narrowness of hardcore and the violence associated with "suburban" punks (the Orange County punk scene had a particular reputation for violence), while the "suburban" punks looked down on what they perceived as the lack of intensity of older "Hollywood" bands (the Germs being a notable exception) and the fashion consciousness of "Hollywood" punks. The Penelope Spheeris documentary The Decline of Western Civilization, shot in 1979 and 1980, documents the period when the older LA punk scene was giving way to hardcore and features performances by bands from both scenes.^[1] For the urban complex straddling the United States-Mexico border, see Bajalta California. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Middle Class were one of the first Hardcore bands in history. ... 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. ... The Circle Jerks are a hardcore punk band formed circa 1979 in Hermosa Beach, California. ... The South Bay and surrounding regions in Southern California The South Bay is a region in the southwest peninsula of Los Angeles County, California, United States. ... Cities in Orange County Orange County is a county in Southern California, United States. ... 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. ...

By 1981, hardcore had largely displaced the older Hollywood scene and become the dominant expression of punk in both Northern and Southern California. By this time, many of the older punk bands had broken up or become relatively inactive. A few, such as The Go-Go's, The Dickies, and X, went on to mainstream success (in some cases abandoning punk entirely), while a few others, such as The Dead Kennedys, embraced hardcore.

1981–1986

In the early 1980s in California, hardcore was the dominant form of punk. Many considered Black Flag to be the definitive hardcore band of the time. Other notable hardcore bands active in that period included the Circle Jerks, The Adolescents, Bad Religion, Fear, and TSOL in Southern California, and The Dead Kennedys, and Crucifix in the San Francisco Bay Area. Image File history File links SocialDVandalsMentors. ... Image File history File links SocialDVandalsMentors. ... Social Distortion (sometimes referred to as simply Social D) are an influential punk rock band formed in 1978 by frontman Mike Ness. ... The Vandals are an American punk rock band formed in 1980 in Huntington Beach, California and currently recording for Kung Fu Records. ... 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. ... The Circle Jerks are a hardcore punk band formed circa 1979 in Hermosa Beach, California. ... The Adolescents are a punk music group formed in 1980 in Fullerton, California. ... Bad Religion is an American 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). ... Fear is a punk band from Los Angeles, California that formed in 1977 and still performs. ... TSOL is a hardcore punk band which was formed during 1979 in Long Beach, California. ... The Dead Kennedys (often known by their initials DK, as in decay) are a punk band from San Francisco, California. ... Crucifix were a hardcore punk band in the 1980s from Berkeley, California. ... USGS satellite photo of the San Francisco Bay Area. ...

Though hardcore became dominant during this period, punk also began to diversify. Agent Orange had a noticeable surf rock influence, while The Angry Samoans were strongly influenced by 1960s garage rock. The Descendents and The Vandals developed a sound later known as pop punk. Flipper never embraced hardcore at all, instead having a highly unique, slow, distorted, bass-heavy sound that some credit as having influenced later grunge music. Social Distortion became popular by playing a more traditional style of punk rock influenced by the Sex Pistols. Agent Orange is a punk band from Fullerton, California. ... In the early 1960s, one of the most popular forms of rock and roll was surf rock. ... The Angry Samoans are an early-ish Los Angeles punk band, formed by rock critics Metal Mike Saunders and Gregg Turner. ... Garage rock is a raw form of rock and roll that enjoyed its original period of wide success in the United States and Canada, from 1963 to 1967. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Vandals are an American punk rock band formed in 1980 in Huntington Beach, California and currently recording for Kung Fu Records. ... 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... 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. ... The electric bass guitar (or electric bass) is a bass string instrument played with the fingers by plucking, slapping, or using a pick. ... Grunge (sometimes referred to as the Seattle Sound) is a subgenre of alternative rock that was created in the mid-1980s by bands from the American state of Washington, particularly in the Seattle area. ... Social Distortion (sometimes referred to as simply Social D) are an influential punk rock band formed in 1978 by frontman Mike Ness. ... The Sex Pistols were an iconic and highly influential English punk rock band, formed in London in 1975. ...

Heavy metal music was also a strong influence on many of the hardcore punk bands of the time, with some bands, such as Suicidal Tendencies, Black Flag, and TSOL strongly crossing over to heavy metal later in their careers. The genres of crossover thrash, thrashcore and metalcore grew out of this fusion. Heavy metal (sometimes referred to simply as metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. ... Suicidal Tendencies are a hardcore punk band formed in 1982 in Venice, California. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

The hardcore scene, particularly in Los Angeles and Orange County, gained a reputation for violence because several violent punk gangs had formed in Southern California, and because white power skinheads latched onto the punk scene in both Northern and Southern California. Reputed violence at punk concerts was featured in episodes of the popular television shows CHiPs and Quincy, M.E., in which Los Angeles hardcore punks were depicted as being involved in murder and mayhem.^[2] In the early 1980s, punk concerts increasingly became sites of violent battles between police and concertgoers, particularly in Los Angeles, but also in San Francisco. Henry Rollins argued that in his experience, the police caused far more problems than they solved at punk performances. At one point, Black Flag was under heavy surveillance by police convinced that the band was the cover for a drug ring. A gang is a group of individuals who share a common identity and, in current usage, engage in illegal activities. ... A Nazi skinhead from Germany Nazi skinheads are a far right subculture that developed in the United Kingdom around the late 1970s. ... CHiPs was an American television series produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios that aired on NBC from September 15, 1977 to July 17, 1983. ... Quincy, M.E. (or simply Quincy) is the name of a United States television series that aired from October 3, 1976, to May 11, 1983, on NBC (and can be seen in the UK on ITV3 and intermittently on the ITV Network, as well as in syndication on MeTV in... Henry Rollins (born February 13, 1961 as Henry Lawrence Garfield[1]) is a singer and songwriter, spoken word artist, book author (prose and poetry), radio and TV personality, occasional movie actor, comedian, and voice-over artist. ...

Many punk lyrics during this period focused heavily on anarchist, leftist, or progressive politics, and was seen as a reaction to Ronald Reagan-era politics. Anarchism is a political philosophy or group of philosophies and attitudes which reject any form of compulsory government[1] (cf. ... In politics, left-wing, political left, leftism, or simply the left, are terms which refer (with no particular precision) to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of socialism, social democracy, or liberalism (especially in the American sense of the word), or with opposition... This article is about Progressivism. ... Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 â€“ June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981 â€“ 1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967 â€“ 1975). ...

1987–1995

By the end of the 1980’s Black Flag, Dead Kennedys, Descendents, and Flipper, 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, Good Riddance, Jawbreaker, The Lookouts, The Mr. T Experience, NOFX, No Use for a Name, Rancid, Samiam, and $wingin' Utter$. Crimpshrine was a punk rock band from Berkeley, California, United States, formed by seminal punk rock zine Cometbus founder, Aaron Cometbus and Jeff Ott. ... This article is about the band Green Day. ... Good Riddance (or GR) is a punk rock band hailing from Santa Cruz, California. ... 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 are a punk rock band that formed in Berkeley, California in 1983. ... No Use for a Name (sometimes abbreviated NUFAN) is a punk rock band from San Jose, California, United States, formed in 1987 by Tony Sly, Steve Papoutsis and Rory Koff. ... Rancid is a punk band, formed in 1991 in Albany, California, by Matt Freeman and Tim Armstrong. ... Samiam is a band from El Sobrante, CA formed in 1988 after the breakup of the Gilman club mainstay Isocracy. ... 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, Jughead's Revenge, Lagwagon, The Offspring, and Pennywise, also started to gain a following during this era. This was also true for some bands in other areas of the state such as Sacramento's The Groovie Ghoulies. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, San Diego was home to a burgeoning post-hardcore scene centered around bands like Pitchfork, Rocket From the Crypt, Drive Like Jehu, and Unwritten Law. Several of these bands played important roles in the so-called math rock movement. Guttermouth is an American punk rock band formed in 1989 in Huntington Beach, California and currently recording for Volcom Entertainment. ... Headline text JUGHEADS REVENGE <img src=http://img80. ... -1... The Offspring (sometimes referred to as simply Offspring) is a popular American band from Orange County, California which formed in 1984. ... For the Stephen King creature, see It (monster). ... Sacramento is a Spanish- and Portuguese-language word meaning sacrament; it is a common toponym in parts of the world where those tongues were or are spoken. ... The Groovie Ghoulies are a pop-punk band from Sacramento, California in the 1990s and 2000s. ... 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... Post-hardcore; this specific genre was created by others as a sourse to relaese the emotion that builds inside, making the music intimate and touching to listeners. ... Pitchfork was a post-hardcore/indie band, formed in 1987 in San Diego, California by Rick Froberg (vocals), John Reis (guitar), Don Ankrom (bass) and Joey Piro (drums). ... Rocket From the Crypt was an American rock & roll/punk rock band led by John Reis, formed in 1990 in San Diego, California and disbanded in 2005. ... Drive Like Jehu were an American post-punk/post-hardcore band led by Rick Froberg and John Reis, formed in 1990 in San Diego, California and disbanded in 1995. ... Unwritten Law is an American rock band formed in 1990 in Poway, California (a suburb of San Diego) and currently recording for Abydos Records. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

During this time the punk off-shoot queercore gained an audience in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Notable bands such as Pansy Division and Tribe 8, saw themselves getting signed to queercore specific labels such as Outpunk. Queercore is a cultural and social movement that began in the mid 1980s as an offshoot of punk. ... Pansy Division is a punk band that was a founding example of the queercore genre. ... Tribe 8 is an all-women outspoken dyke punk band from San Francisco, USA. Considered one of the first queercore groups, they take their name from the practice of tribadism. ... Outpunk - the record label - enjoys the distinction of being the first record label entirely devoted to queer punk bands. ...

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 relationships, 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. 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. ...

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 four singles "Let It Be Me", "Ball and Chain", "Story of My Life" 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, owned and operated by 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. ... For other uses, see Ball and Chain (disambiguation). ... Story of My Life was a 1990 hit single Social Distortion and appeared on their self-titled eponymous album. ... It has been suggested that Johnny Cash family be merged into this article or section. ... Ring of Fire is a country music song popularized by Johnny Cash and co-written by June Carter and Merle Kilgore. ... 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 independent album of all time, and paving the way for other independent punk bands to achieve success. Nirvana was an American rock band that formed in Aberdeen, Washington. ... This article is about the band Green Day. ... Reprise Records is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group, operated through Warner Bros. ... Singles from Dookie Released: 1994 Released: 1994 Released: 1994 Released: 1995 Released: 1995 Dookie is the third studio album by American punk rock band Green Day, released on February 1, 1994 on Reprise Records. ... 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. ... Singles from Smash Released: 1994 Released: 1994 Released: 1995 For the electronic music album, see Smash (Jackson and His Computer Band album). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

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 last two being released on Epitaph). Stranger Than Fiction is the eighth full-length studio album by Bad Religion, released in 1994 (see 1994 in music). ... 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). ... Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has sold a certain number of copies. ...

The success of these bands, also led to success for Los Angeles area ska punk bands like No Doubt, Sublime and Reel Big Fish. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... No Doubt is a third wave ska band from Anaheim, California, United States. ... Sublime was an American band that originated in Long Beach, California. ... Reel Big Fish is an American ska punk band, best known for the 1997 hit Sell Out. ...

Art

The proliferation of punk concerts and albums in California generated a like proliferation of flyer and album cover art. Some of the artists involved in producing art for the early punk scene later went on to greater notability. Mark Vallen, a painter and graphic artist, was associated with the early LA punk scene; his work was featured on a number of fanzine and album covers. Gary Panter was also closely associated with the early LA punk scene and produced The Screamers distinctive logo. Raymond Pettibon (brother of Greg Ginn of Black Flag) was similarly associated with the LA hardcore scene, especially Black Flag and The Minutemen, producing Black Flag's distinctive "four bars" logo. Winston Smith, a San Francisco collage artist, was associated with the Dead Kennedys. A 1990 hand-drawn flyer advertising a Goa trance party from Israel. ... An album cover is a cover used to package commercial audio recordings such as the printed cardboard covers that were typically used to package 12 gramophone records from the 1960s through to the 1980s when the 12 record was the major format for distribution of popular music. ... An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. ... Painting by Rembrandt self-portrait Detail from Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez, in which the painter portrayed himself at work For the computer graphics program, see Corel Painter. ... Graphic design is the applied art of arranging image and text to communicate a message. ... A fanzine (see also: zine) is a nonprofessional publication produced by fans of a particular subject for the pleasure of others who share their interest. ... Gary Panter (born 1950 in Oklahoma), known to many as the father of punk comics, is a fine artist and a luminary of the post-underground, new wave comics movement that began with the end of Arcade: The Comics Revue and the initiation of RAW. Overview As an early participant... Raymond Pettibon at Bergamot Stations Track 16 Gallery, February 2006 Raymond Pettibon (born Raymond Ginn on June 16, 1957) is an artist and sometime musician and lyricist, known for his comic-like drawings with disturbing, ironic or ambiguous captions. ... Gregory Regis Ginn (born June 8, 1954) is a guitarist, songwriter and singer. ... The Minutemen were a punk rock band from San Pedro, California comprising singer/guitarist D. Boon, bassist Mike Watt and drummer George Hurley. ... Winston Smith (born 1952) is an artist and anarchist who primarily uses the medium of collage. ... A collage composed of magazine articles and pictures Collage (From the French: , to stick) is regarded as a work of visual arts made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole. ...

Notable venues

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. ... Barrington Hall was a student housing cooperative in Berkeley, California. ... The Casbah as seen from outside. ... The Che Cafe is a worker co-operative and social center located on the University of California, San Diego campus in La Jolla, California, USA. // History Founded in 1980 by UCSD students, the Che originally began its life as a vegetarian cafe. ... What began as a deaf persons club on Valencia Street in San Francisco in the 1930s, the Deaf Club became a notable music venue located in the same building and remained open for an 18 month period. ... The Fillmore (also known as the Fillmore Auditorium or, for several years, The Elite Club), is a historic music venue in San Francisco, California made famous by Bill Graham (1931â€“1991). ... Located at the corner of Army (currently Cesar Chavez) and Potrero in San Francisco, California, The Farm was a community center by day, punk rock showcase by night, infamous for staging seminal 1980s punk rock bands such as Frightwig, Discharge, The Descendents, The Mentors, 7 Seconds, and many more. ... The Mabuhay Gardens (aka The Fab Mab) was a San Francisco nightclub located at 443 Broadway, on the Broadway strip of North Beach, an area best known for its strip clubs. ... Esther Wong was born in 1917 in Shanghai, China, and emigrated to the U.S. in 1949. ... The Masque was a small punk rock club in central Hollywood which existed off and on from 1977 to 1979. ... Jim Smith with BARR and Hawnay Troof. ... The Starwood Club was a popular club in Los Angeles, California during the 1970s and 1980s. ... This San Francisco-based studio archived hardcore punk bands such as Black Flag, Flipper, and the Crucifucks in the early 1980s. ... The Whisky A Go-Go is a nightclub in West Hollywood, California, at 8901 Sunset Boulevard on the Sunset Strip. ...

Notable 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 were 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 best known as the lead vocalist, main lyricist, and guitarist for the 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) is more widely known by the stage name Jello Biafra. ... Asian Mans Logo resembling the South Korean flag Asian Man Records is a small, DIY record label run by Mike Park out of his parents garage in Monte Sereno, California. ... Dangerhouse Records was a punk music production company in Los Angeles, California. ... The Screamers were a punk rock group active in the Los Angeles, California area in the late 1970s. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Brett Gurewitz (born May 12, 1962) Los Angeles,CA. Also known as 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 Burkett, more commonly known as Fat Mike, is the lead singer and bassist of the popular band NOFX, as well as bass player for Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. ... Frontier Records is an independent record label, started in 1980 by Lisa Fancher[1]. Frontier first found success with the release of the Circle Jerks album Group Sex. ... Geykido Comet Records (or GC Records for short) began as a small and humble bedroom operation in 1998 seeing the first release in January 1999: Intro5pect 7-inch EP Education. Since then Geykido Comet Records has released an entire catalog of CDs, vinyl and books not to mention the run... Hellcat Records is a record label based in Los Angeles, California. ... Tim Armstrong is an American musician and songwriter 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. ... Album cover of 1985 Mystic Sampler#2 Mystic Records is a record label and music promotion company based in Oceanside, California. ... New Alliance Records was the label founded by The Minutemens D. Boon and Mike Watt after the example of Black Flags SST Records. ... The Minutemen were a punk rock band from San Pedro, California comprising singer/guitarist D. Boon, singer/bassist Mike Watt and drummer George Hurley. ... Official logo of Nitro Records. ... Bryan Keith Dexter Holland (born December 29, 1965)[1] is the singer and rhythm guitarist for the Californian punk rock band The Offspring and the owner of the independent record label Nitro Records. ... Gregory David Kriesel (short Greg K.) (born January 20, 1965) is a bass guitarist for the punk band, The Offspring. ... Posh Boy Records was a Hollywood, California based record label owned by Robbie Fields, a sometime high school substitute teacher who took an interest in the emerging punk rock scene in Orange County, California during the early 1980s. ... Punk Core Records was founded in 1989 by Dave Punkcore. ... Slash Records is a record label. ... SST Records is a Lawndale, California based independent record label formed in 1978 in Long Beach, California by Black Flag founder/guitarist Greg Ginn. ... 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. ... Gregory Regis Ginn (born June 8, 1954) is a guitarist, songwriter and singer. ... Subterranean Records is a record label based in San Francisco California. ...

Fanzines

Flipside was a punk rock fanzine published in Los Angeles, California from 1977 - 2001. ... Maximum Rocknroll Issue #1 Maximum Rocknroll (also known as MRR) is a widely distributed, monthly punkzine based in San Francisco, USA. It features interviews, columns, and reviews from international contributors. ... slash is the hottest man alive and the best guitarist that ever lived,,.... BOW DOWN TO THE KING! ... FIFTH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE Razorcake is the magazine arm of a non-profit organization based in Los Angeles, CA (with its sister underground book publisher Gorsky Press as Razorcake/Gorsky Press, Inc. ...

See also

In the United States, California is commonly associated with the film, music, and arts industries; there are numerous world-famous Californian musicians. ...

References

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Categories: Musical movements | Punk rock | California culture Sounds was a British music magazine, published weekly from October 10, 1970 â€“ April 6, 1991. ... 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 article does not cite any references or sources. ... Australian musicians played and recorded some of the earliest punk rock. ... // Bands Back Lavatory (Namur) Cell 609 (1978 - ...) Chainsaw (1977 - Brussels) Classy Punk (1978 - ...) Contingent (1979 - ...) Crapule De Luxe (1981 - ...) DD Mac Off (...) De Brassers (...) De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig (...) Definitivos (...) Elton Motello (...) Fame (Brussels) Hubble Bubble (Brussels) Neo (...) Onion Dolls (...) P.I.G.Z. (...) Pinchers (...) Plastic Bertand (Brussels) Plastichke (...) Raxola (...) Revenge... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... List of British punk bands Contents: Top - 0â€“9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z The 4-Skins 999 Action Pact The Adicts Angelic Upstarts Anti-Nowhere League Anti-Pasti... 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... French punk is punk-rock from France. ... Punk rock and punk subculture have created a popular scene in Germany since punk music became popular in the 1970s. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Punk (music). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Malaysian music is influenced by neighboring Indonesian and Thai forms, as well as Portuguese, Filipino and Chinese styles (Munan, 175). ... Scandinavian hardcore often refers to a a style of hardcore punk that originated in the 1980s that is somewhat associated with D-beat. ... Although Uruguayan punk rock seems to be born in the recent years - between the 80s and 90s decades - when talking about Uruguayan rock and roll lots of earlier bands must be placed in history. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... 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. ... Afro-punk (sometimes spelled Afropunk or AfroPunk) is a term referring to African American and black people experiences of punk culture. ... 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. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... 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... Christian punk is a form of Christian alternative music and a subgenre of punk rock with some degree of Christian lyrical content. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Deathrock (also spelled death rock) is a term used to identify a subgenre of punk rock or goth, which incorporated elements of horror and first emerged most prominently in the West Coast of the United States during the late 1970s and early 1980s. ... Emo is a genre of rock music. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... CeÃ²l GÃ idhlig Mar Sgian Nad Amhaich compilation 7 single with Oi Polloi, Mill a h-Uile Rud, Atomgevitter and Nad Aislingean Gaelic Punk is a subgenre of punk rock consisting of groups and bands singing in Scottish Gaelic as an effort to preserve and spread knowledge of the... Glam punk is glam rock and punk rock music. ... Gothabilly is a portmanteau expression which refers to the fusion of rockabilly music and the Goth culture. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Post-hardcore; this specific genre was created by others as a sourse to relaese the emotion that builds inside, making the music intimate and touching to listeners. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Punk rock has many connections to jazz, especially Free Jazz. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Two Punk Front members (1978). ... The New Wave was a movement in American, Australian and British popular music, in the late 1970s and early 1980s, growing out of the New York City musical scene centered around the club CBGB. The term itself is a source of much confusion. ... No Wave was a short-lived but influential music and art scene that thrived briefly in New York City during the late 1970s and early 1980s alongside the punk scene there. ... Lightning Bolt Live at the Southgate House 2005. ... Oi! is a working class street-level subgenre of punk rock that originated in the United Kingdom in the 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... 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... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Allmusic. ... Punk Pathetique is a sub-variant of Punk Rock termed by Garry Bushell. ... Queercore is a cultural and social movement that began in the mid 1980s as an offshoot of punk. ... Riot grrrl (or riot grrl) is an indie-punk feminist movement that reached its height in the 1990s but continues to exert influence over alternative cultures. ... Scum Punk is a subgenre of punk with loose ties to the hardcore and punkabilly subgenres which is identified by lyrics focusing on bizarre sexual acts, bodily functions and drug use. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Skate punk (also known as skatepunk, skate-punk, skate-thrash, surf punk, 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. ... Taqwacore is a genre of punk music dealing with Islam and its culture, originally conceived in Michael Muhammad Knights novel, The Taqwacores. ... 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. ... The DIY ethic (do it yourself ethic) refers to the ethic of being self-reliance as opposed relying on professional to do it. ... Early punk rock musicians (1970s-1980) // 999 Acme Sewage Company Abrasive Wheels The Adicts The Adverts Alternative TV Amazorblades Angelic Upstarts Anti-Nowhere League Anti-Pasti The Angry Samoans The Au Pairs The Automatics The Avengers Bad Brains Bad Religion The Bags Big Balls and the Great White Idiot Big... This is a list of bands that are considered part of the second wave of punk rock, beginning in the 1980s. ... 100 Demons 150 Watts 27 Devils Joking 28 Days 7 Seconds 88 Fingers Louie 999 Akurat ALL Alternative TV Amebix The Analogs Angelic Upstarts The Angry Samoans Anti-Cimex Anti-Flag Anti-Nowhere League Antischism Anti-Scrunti Faction Antisect The APF Brigade Apocalypse Hoboken The Apostles Armed and Hammered The... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... List of punk movies, i. ... Punk fashion is the styles of clothing, hairstyles, cosmetics, jewelry, and body modifications of the punk subculture. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... The cover of the God Save the Queen single designed by Jamie Reid. ... The Punk dance term is to describe various forms of dance behavior popular among young fans of loud, hardcore music: rock, heavy metal, nu metal, punk rock and the likes. ... A cover of the punk zine Maximum RocknRoll. ... A punk zine (or punkzine) is a fanzine devoted to punk rock music, bands, or the DIY punk philosophy. ... RAC logo with a skull superimposed over a hammer and sickle. ... For the drawing or cutting tool, see Straightedge. ...

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