Yay Grizz! What. Great topicM

When you said “silverballer” I’m pretty sure you didn’t mean me, but I lived through it, peripherally at any rate. I wasn’t a true punk at Huntington Beach High School in 1979, but in retrospect I wish I had been. There’s a reason that slam dancing in SoCal was called the “HB Strut”. The Circle Jerks were HB’s own, and the Cuckcoos Nest was Punk nirvana (immortalized in the Vandals “Pat Brown” and other songs). Shit got busy in Orange County!

Growing up in SoCal in the late 70’s early 80’s was a trip. Punk and New Wave became everything, and yet KMET and KLOS Classic Rock still ruled the airwaves. Thank god my crew and I had KROQ and soon after, KNAC. It was a daily ritual. Rodney Bingenheimer was the punk champion and a true visionary, but he wasn’t even the most popular personality on KROQ. And he wasn’t the best either.

Punk music brought honesty back to rock and roll. Ironic, considering that the Pistols were basically a fabricated band (from Malcom McLRens standpoint, clearly not the band’s) and yet they were best punk band fucking EVER! I find it amusing that heavy metal from that era still commands such respect, when it was Punk that really saved rock and roll. Hair metal was a simple chick/money magnet reaction to punk. It was easy pickings, for a lot of mediocre, uninspired musicians to capitalize on a music scene filled with puritans that could care less about money and fame. What a shame.

Personally, I loved X and the Crass and Black Flag and most of the LA bands. It’s a time that can never be duplicated. A true milestone in music history.

Thanks man. It’s true. I grew up in Disneyland. Three blocks away from PCH (and the HB pier) with Hollywood 45 minutes away and the best looking chicks ever and the world at my fingertips. There a good reason why I behave like such an entitled ass around here. I grew up in paradise.

Ask Odin, he’s still there!

Let me collect my memories. They are 40 years removed (holy shit!), but I saw some really cool shit, and I’ll report on it! So happy you created this thread. I’m feeling younger posting in it!

Yo, I still play Submission every gig. I don’t play as many as I used to, but Submission always surfaces!

Agent Orange were the genuine article!

That’s why repo man do speed.

Ok, so I went to some shows as a 15 year old that basically scared the shit of me. TSOL, China White, The Germs, Fear (Did I see someone say Fear wasn’t an LA Band? Wrong!).

Honestly, kept me more in the New Wave sphere, but I dug the energy of punk, and my best friends older brother had everything. I recall that Social Distortion played a lot of gigs that had some cross over appeal. But they were still edgy as hell.

I used to go to Perkins Palace and other places that had much milder bands. Although I got into Drooging and death rock bands (Alien Sex Fiend and the like) in college that stretched my legs a bit.

Rockabilly was also pretty killer back in HS (early 80’s). Jimmy and the Mustangs were Orange County’s version of the Blasters and the Stray Cats. Shit, there was really bitchin’ music coming out of my radio 24/7 back then, and honestly, none of it was classic rock or metal.

You Fullerton dudes always kind of freaked us out. No beach cred at all. NONE! We laughed at your bus passes. But you guys had sack. We knew if we laughed too hard or talked too much shit fists would fly. And we needed to be ready, because it was coming. But that was also kinda the point.

Ah, SoCal in the 80’s!

Yes, the “Epitaxial”. Maxell at the apex of its marketing genius!

This is the new wave stuff I was talking about. It wasn’t punk (at all) but it was different. I mean, Bowie was, honestly, doing it for years - which is super awesome - but when music caught up in general it was super cool too.

Punk and New Wave totally cross over. Hardcore will never admit it but it’s true. Exhibit A: The Buzzcocks. Exhibit B: Siouxie and the Banshees. And even Adam Ant. It’s punk for radio. And the beat goes on.

Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole.

Not like you.

If anyone wants 100% confirmation...

And you’re not gonna get it on Kaneda’s Pinball podcast...

But...

PABLO PICASSO WAS NEVER CALLED AN ASSHOLE!

Not in LA at any rate...

Not exactly a public service message for punk. But having summered on the Jersey Shore for 20+ years, it’s true to form!