As the drummer for the Nerves and Breakaways and lead singer of the Beat, Paul Collins helped create the genre of power pop. His songs have been covered by virtually every band with a guitar, from Audacity to Green Day to White Fence to the Muffs to the Exploding Hearts to … me. He will play Friday at Blue Star—win tickets here! This interview by Dan Collins and Kristina Benson.

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Silverlake’s formidable Territory Records and BBQ will be hosting a backyard record swap and sale this Saturday and among the other rare-to-legendary must-have vinyl rippers, they’ll be releasing a selection of records purchased from the estate of Bomp!’s legendary Greg Shaw! Shaw’s Bomp! magazine is a huge inspiration to L.A. RECORD, and if it was [...]

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