Punk Turns 30

JUST ADDED! Two LA Punk Rock MVP's have joined the cast of WAR STORIES to share their own tales of music, mayhem and magick with us. ABBY TRAVIS, who's played bass with The Lovedolls, The Go-Go's and KMFDM will share bad-girl gossip alongside the inimitable, funky FLEA, who rose from the rough & tumble club circuit to stadiums with the band he co-founded, the RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS. Click here to buy ! TICKETS ON SALE NOW WAR STORIES:  Tales of 70’s & 80’s Punk Mayhem Told By The Perpetrators Themselves ABBY TRAVIS (The Lovedolls, The Go-Go's, KMFDM) CHIP KINMAN (The Dils, Rank & File, Blackbird, Ford Maddox Ford) DAVE CATCHING (Tex & Horseheads, The Modifiers, Eagles of Death Metal) FLEA (Red Hot Chili Peppers) JENNIFER FINCH (L7) KEITH MORRIS (Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Off!) MIKE WATT (The Minutemen, Dos, Firehose) PLEASANT GEHMAN (The Screaming Sirens, The Ringling Sisters) THERESA KEREAKES (Lobotomy Magazin...

Click here to buy ! TICKETS GO ON SALE FRIDAY, AUGUST 3 at 10 AM PACIFIC TIME WAR STORIES:  Tales of 70’s & 80’s Punk Mayhem Told By The Perpetrators Themselves CHIP KINMAN (The Dils, Rank & File, Blackbird, Ford Maddox Ford) DAVE CATCHING (Tex & Horseheads, The Modifiers, Eagles of Death Metal) JENNIFER FINCH (L7) KEITH MORRIS (Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Off!) MIKE WATT (The Minutemen, Dos, Firehose) PLEASANT GEHMAN (The Screaming Sirens, The Ringling Sisters) THERESA KEREAKES (Lobotomy Magazine, Punk Turns 30) DJ LINA LECARO Sunday, October 7, 2018 The Roxy Theatre 9009 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90069 7:30pm doors 8pm show $40 adv & $45 dos seated show - first come, first served War Stories is a raucous evening of off-the cuff storytelling by some of the wildest, loudest and most influential punk rock, new wave and rock’n’roll icons. The line up is specially curated and presented by Pleasant Gehman...

So - Pleasant Gehman and I are participating in the  UCLA Punk Conference taking place on February 9 and 10. And, this is what we are presenting: LOBOTOMY MAGAZINE: A Teenage Historical Record of Punk Rock In the mid-1970s, bored and unmoved by mainstream rock n roll, teens and young adults started to make rock n roll rebellious again. No one covered PUNK ROCK in the mainstream media, and if it was covered, it wasn’t understood. For UCLA’s Punk Conference 2018 , Pleasant Gehman and Theresa Kereakes will discuss the path they took that made their fanzine, Lobotomy, the written and visual foundation of the birth and growth of punk rock in Los Angeles as well as a presenter and commentator of the worldwide punk movement.  A projected slide show of Lobotomy Magazine pages and photos from the 1970s will illustrate the talk. Pleasant explains, “I always knew punk was going to be a cultural moment that was as important as Paris in the 1920’s, The Beats in North Beac...

I AM Black Friday 2017! I will be in Pittsburgh at the Get Hip Record Store, telling the stories behind the photos, signing photos and enjoying the live music. The 20% discount applies to the photos and photo souvenirs, so think of all your rock n roll friends and collectors.  If you're not in Pittsburgh, Get Hip Mail Order and I can make your gift giving easy.  Just reach out to us:  Get Hip Mail Order . You can also contact Punk Turns 30 for a list of images or inquiries about specific images. Among the musical artists performing this weekend is my lifelong friend, Frank Secich.  I first met Frank in 1979 when he toured with Stiv Bators in what I call the Latter Day Dead Boys.  Both Jeff Magnum and Cheetah Chrome weren't in the band, and their parts were played by Frank (on bass) and George Cabaniss, of Akron's Hammer Damage on guitar.  Back then, we were calling him Georgie Harrison, though.  Just to be sure, though, Jimmy Zero was and a...