Punk Turns 30

The Cramps have had a long career, and several personnel changes over the 30+ years that they have been bringing the trash voodoo psychobilly garage punk camp to adoring fans the world over. The two constant fixtures have always been Lux Interior and Poison Ivy Rorschach. buy it here! While not a Bikini Girl with a Machine Gun, Ivy's weapon of choice was a great big guitar and a twangy, trashy reverb reminiscent of Link Wray, Hasil Adkins and surf heroes like The Ventures and Dick Dale. The hybrid genre of "psychobilly" is one I'd gladly give sole creation credit to the Cramps, and specifically to Ivy. She's a super hero, she's a vixen, and she's an innovator.

Belinda, Pleasant and Rosemarie (Wyline) - you've seen their faces here before. Punk Rock was driven by girl power at every level. Some of the most successful musicians came from punk rock (like Belinda, above, and more famously, Debbie Harry of Blondie, Joan Jett and more) and some of the most successful punk rockers had behind-the-scenes help from the ladies who were effective managers, publishers and A&R people (like Lobotomy's Anna Statman ). This week, take a look at some of LA and California punk rock's girl power. First up: Pleasant Gehman, (center) founder of Lobotomy, Queen of the backstage scene, writer extraordinaire, member of the Screaming Sirens, and these days... Princess Farhana. Come back every day to see a teenaged Pleasant play "dress-up" for the camera. We've got a rock n roll nurse in your future.