The Weirdos were a punk rock band from Los Angeles, California. The band was fronted by John Denney with his brother Dix on guitar, bassist Dave Trout, drummer Nickey "Beat" Alexander and another guitarist Cliff Roman. They were originally an art-rock band formed in 1976, and were featured in a news article featuring punk rock groups in Time magazine and so it stuck. They had a very strong D.I.Y. ethic. They dressed in anything they could get their hands on; bags, straps, chains, etc. David Horvitz is noted as having calling the band's fashion "Changes quicker than a cheetah." 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. ... Los Angeles, L.A., and LA redirect here. ... Drummer in L.A. Guns 1988 - ? The Weirdos The Cramps October 1991 - December 1993 ... See also: DIY Network, a cable TV network. ...

They broke up in 1981, but reunited at various times, including to record the 1990 album Condor. A 2004 reunion includes in the band's lineup Circle Jerks bassist Zander Schloss and The Skulls drummer Sean Antillon. For the masturbatory practice see mutual masturbation. ... Zander Schloss in Straight to Hell Originally from St. ... The Skulls were a Los Angeles punk band formed in 1977, and later reformed in 2000. ...

An interesting sidenote is that Cliff Roman became an eighth grade Algebra teacher at Holmes Middle School in Northridge, CA. He has a reputation for unpredicability.

Discography

Albums

• Who? What? When? Where? Why?, 1979
• Action Design, 1980
• Condor, 1990

Singles

• Destroy All Music, 1977
• We've Got The Neutron Bomb, 1978
• Adulthood, 1979