This is the man to blame for me moving to New York City: Lance Loud. I was inspired when this other Santa Barbara teenager found himself on television and kick-started my generation's "cult of personality." Together with Kristian Hoffman, Lance got out of Dodge right after high school. My heroes made their way to the Big Apple and instantly became celebrated. Not exactly celebrities however, Andy Warhol and Patti Smith understood what was going on here. Patti stole Mumps drummer Jay Dee Daugherty for her own band before Lance and Kristian could make a dent with him. Warhol and Lance, famous simply for being themselves and for being "reporters" as well as artists, were photographed together and Lance made the most of that photo opportunity. I don't remember who was interviewing whom. Scores of outrageous shows later, Mumps returned to the Left Coast to do some recording. Los Angeles and LA punk would never be the same after the Mumps invasion. ...