“Punk is being yourself without worrying about the consequences of being yourself, and being true, and that’s what we’re doing, that’s what we do in this music.” Tony Martin, Yanga An LA Weekly article led me to the psychedelic punk/cumbia sound of Thee Commons. David Pechaco, the lead singer and one of the guitar players,…
Category: Los Angeles
John Gaudry, Headline Records – LA
“I think you have different types of levels of sensibility, you know, and what you can absorb in pain…and there’s some people, you know, they just need a little thing and it’s going to be fine…but you have some people that need a lot of pain, just to put their feelings and depression and all…
Adrian Tenney – Badlands, Los Angeles
“I did definitely feel like for the most part very taken care of by that [punk] community, mostly when touring. I was really blown away by the hospitality of the people in that community. Giving you food, giving you a place to sleep, always doing their best to make sure you get paid. It’s a…
Daryl Gussin – Razorcake, Los Angeles
“…DIY punk can’t be fully captured, understood, or expressed by men. Diversity will only make us a better punk publication. Please help us out: razorcake.org/contact“ Razorcake.org Daryl is the Managing Editor of Razorcake, the non-profit fanzine that is now in its 15th year. It’s kinda amazing to see how a passion project by a few core…
Elliot Lefko – Goldenvoice, Los Angeles
“…they didn’t really care, they’d sleep on the floor, they would play for whatever money, their tickets were cheap, and the music was really good.” Elliot Lefko, describing the punk bands he first started working with. Elliot Lefko has booked some legendary bands. He booked the first Toronto shows for Nirvana, SNFU, and the Nil’s to…
Sri & Jayson from Doctors & Engineers, Los Angeles
“I will do this in whatever way I want, in whatever percentage that I want, of like, you know whatever you think is South Asian versus whatever you think is American, because on any given day we are floating in those percentages between our worlds.” Sri, Doctors & Engineers Like all good quasi millennials – I…
Art Tavana
“LA is more punk than New York…I think that LA’s punk rock is more…it’s a stronger brand of any genre of punk rock – even the United Kingdom.” Art Tavana, Music Journalist Green Day’s 1039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours, is one of the first commercially available recordings of the iconic California pop-punk band originally released by…
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