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CLOROX GIRLS: GENOCIDE 7″

October 12th, 2011 · No Comments

Playing in various incarnations for nearly a decade, Clorox Girls refuse to slow down or grow up, keeping simple memorable punk tunes coming through in a playful, unassuming fashion.

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THE MIDDLE CLASS: WE’RE GOING TO GET BEAT UP AGAIN

June 20th, 2011 · 6 Comments

Middle Class is Mike Atta, Jeff Atta, Matt Simon and Mike Patton (no, not that Mike Patton). Depending on who you ask, you might be told they are the first ever hardcore band, or you might get kicked in the gut with a pre-scuffed Urban Outfitters combat boot. They’re returning to the Echo to play a badass L.A. RECORD show with Kid Congo, the Urinals and Grant Hart this Friday. This interview by Jonny Bell.

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DEATH: TELL CLIVE DAVIS TO GO TO HELL

February 25th, 2011 · 2 Comments

Looking back, you might say that brothers Bobby, Dannis and David Hackney started as a ‘proto-punk’ band, but really this is pure punk rock made years before anyone else even touched the genre. Death seem absolutely sagelike in their prescience. Bobby and Dannis speak now from a snowed-in recording studio in Vermont about Death’s upcoming visit to L.A., David Bowie, and the day disco came to town. This interview by Kristina Benson.

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BOMBÓN: CALL US BACK, QUENTIN!

December 10th, 2010 · No Comments

Bombón plays ’60s surf-inspired garage punk, and recorded their debut LP, Las Chicas del Bombón, on 1/2-inch tape at Cali Mucho in San Pedro. They just returned from their first tour of the South with Pine Hill Haints and Rise Up Howling Werewolf. They speak now from the Liquid Kitty in matching sailor dresses. They are patiently waiting for their phone call from Quentin Tarantino. This interview by Lainna Fader.

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Sept. 8: Human Resources presents a rare program of punk and experimental sound and music, curated by Trulee Grace Hall

September 7th, 2010 · No Comments

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DAVID SERBY: OVER THERE IN THE BACK OF THE BAR

June 17th, 2009 · No Comments

David Serby was a punk kid in Orange County and then an insurance adjuster in L.A. and took a long time and a lot of lumps to become the country singer he is now. He performs monthly at dark bars with old photos on the walls and he has just released his third album Honky Tonk And Vine. This interview by Chris Ziegler.

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CONTEST: WIN TWO TICKETS TO TARGET VIDEO AT CINEFAMILY!

April 27th, 2009 · No Comments

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdCRcrgX080] The Screamers live at Target Video L.A. RECORD is proud to partner with Cinefamily to present this unprecedented opening of the vaults of San Francisco’s Target Video, who filmed a giant chunk of the West Coast’s original punk bands (including the still-infamous Cramps at Napa State Hospital and Crime at San Quentin!) and whose [...]

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