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Thanks for visiting the musty archives of L.A. punk

rock

Most of the

files on this page are large because

we wanted to present the

original documents whenever

possible. That means REALLY long

downloads for

those of you on 28-56k service. We apologize, but we

felt it was better to put the real stuff out than to try to

repost them as

HTML documents and ruin the

authenticity.

We have a small amount of video footage of great

L.A. & S.F. punk

bands that we'll post

occasionally in the "Welcome To The Masque

Section" (see below).

e thought it was about time to let the world

see and hear what the scene was really like. There's no way to

explain what it was like to be at the Masque in 1977, but

these videos

might give you some idea.

1979 NY Rocker article
on the Bags.
Courtesy of Oliver C. and
Andy Schwartz

The first 2 Years of Punk in Los
Angeles. A family tree reprinted
from Slash Magazine. Part 1 only,
for now.

A handmade X button from Alice's
jewelry box. Bands made their own
promotional material by hand back in
the early punk scene. Click on the
button for more thoughts on X.

A postcard from the
edge...
Terry Graham writes to
Alice from the middle of
a Gun Club European
tour.

Craig Lee...in his own
words. An interview
regarding the L.A.
Punk scene.

We were given permission by the
very cool Danny Vinik at
www.brink.com to post a direct
link to a video of my old
Canterbury roommate,
Sheila,onstage in 1979 with the
Screamers. Check it out by
clicking on the thumbnail above.

1977 tips on "How to
Look Punk" featuring
Bobby Pyn of The Germs

Selections from Alice's Mom's
collection of Weirdos ephemera.

Check out pages from one of the earliest
West Coast based Punk fanzines,
Generation X.

Flipside punk
calendar. Click on
cover to see each
month's local band.

Venus and
the
Razorblades

A Craig Lee article from 1981
about the rise of heroin abuse in
the L.A. music scene. This is
about the time I got out of the
scene and went back to school.
Courtesy of Oliver C.

The very twisted Cholita!
musical family tree.

The original
Dangerhouse
recording contract for
the Bags.