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Exene Cervenka and John Doe of X
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The Mau Maus (sometimes written Mau-Mau's) perform at The Masque in Hollywood circa '79. That's frontman Rick Wilder, who was also in the Berlin Brats.
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Levi Dexter (of Levin & The Rockats), photographed for an article in "Slash". He was a key player in LA's burgeoning rockabilly revival scene.
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Ad for White Flag's second album, "Third Strike", released in 1984.
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The Go-Go's, photographed in 1982.
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Ad for the "Yes L.A." compilation, released in 1979 on Dangerhouse Records. Pressed to clear wax, the single-sided LP was LA's response to NYC's "No New York" comp. Note the humorous line in this ad: "Not produced by Brian Eno".
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The Zeros, from Chula Vista, CA, were regulars in the L.A. punk scene and released a couple singles on BOMP! Records
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LA / San Fran power-poppers The Nerves, whose song, "Hangin' on the Telephone", was famously covered by Blondie and whose members would go on to form The Beat and The Plimsouls.
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Oingo Boingo frontman Danny Elfman illustrates several song titles from the group's 1982 record, "Nothing to Fear".
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A Sept. '79 ad for the Hong Kong Cafe, located in LA's Chinatown district near rival venue Madame Wong's. As evidenced by this ad in "Slash", the Hong Kong Cafe hosted plenty of punk shows.
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LA punk band Rhino 39, who released a single on Dangerhouse Records in 1979.
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One of the earlier entries in the L.A. hardcore scene, Youth Brigade were formed by brothers Mark, Adam, and Shawn Stern, who also founded Better Youth Organization (BYO) Records. Not to be confused with the D.C. hardcore band on the same name.
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Huntington Beach's TSOL, otherwise known as True Sounds of Liberty.
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Downey, CA's The Blasters, who helped get the whole roots-rock / cow-punk thing started. That's Dave Alvin in the foreground.
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Ad for Angry Samoans' "Back from Samoa".
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A Jan. 1983 review of Angry Samoans' second LP, "Back from Samoa", which ran in punk zine "Ripper".
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LA punk legends the Dils on the cover of "Search and Destroy" fanzine, 1978.
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An ad for Black Flag's second single, "Jealous Again".
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The cover of radio station KROQ's "The Rag" zine, 1982.
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An ad for the debut 1979 album from The Plugz, who, along with The Zeros, were among the earliest Latino punk bands in LA.
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"Slash" magazine review of a Simpletones' seven inch. The Simpletones were from Rosemead, CA, and this release was one of the earliest for Hollywood's Posh Boy Records.
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Independent Project Records (IPR) released some of the coolest-looking record jackets, such as this letter-pressed jacket for Savage Republic's debut LP, "Tragic Figures" (1982). Savage Republic and IPR were founded by Bruce Licher.
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An ad for the debut 45 from Santa Ana punks Middle Class, who are considered one of the earliest examples of SoCal hardcore.
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The Minutemen: drummer George Hurley, guitarist/vocalist D. Boon, and bassist Mike Watt.
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An illustration of NYC no-waver James Chance (aka James White) adorns the cover of this 1979 issue of "Slash", which was LA's premier punk magazine in the late '70s before eventually morphing into Slash Records. The zine always had bitchin' covers.
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Sherry Rubber and Patrik Mata of synth-goth group Kommunity FK.
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An ad for Bad Religion's debut full-length, "How Could Hell Be Any Worse?", the second release by Epitaph Records.
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The rather striking cover for Bad Religion's debut LP, "How Could Hell Be Any Worse?".
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San Jose, CA zine "Ripper" reviews one of SoCal punks Social Distortion's early 45s, released in 1982.
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A 1979 ad for KROQ. The LA-based FM station rebranded itself in 1976 and was a champion of the punk and new wave scenes.
