Welcome to our series on Los Angeles’ awesome punk, post-punk, and new wave scene circa 1976-1986. This is the best primer on the L.A. scene you’re gonna find this side of the defunct Scavenged Luxury blog (which you should check out). This five-part series features 10+ hours of music as we dig really deep into a scene that more than held its own against NYC. Plenty of usual suspects to be had in the form of X (that’s John Doe and Exene Cervenka pictured above), Germs, The Dream Syndicate, Wall of Voodoo, Descendents, Black Flag, The Blasters, The Motels, Rain Parade, Sparks, The Knack, Circle Jerks, Bad Religion, Bangles, Christian Death, and Devo (yep—they took root in LA for a bit). But we’re gonna wade way into the deep end as well, so ready yourself to hear some real obscuro nuggets. And be sure to flip through all the photos we scanned from old fanzines.
A full tracklist for each part can be found below the players.
Playlist: Part 1
- Germs — Lexicon Devil
- Plebs — Redhead
- Rainy Day — Sloop John B.
- The Child Molesters — I’m Gonna Punch You (In The Face)
- The Deadbeats — Kill The Hippies
- Alisa — I Love An Ape
- Outer Circle — Another Moon
- Choir Invisible — Hands Of Another
- Savage Republic — Next To Nothing
- The Egyptian Lover — I Cry (Night After Night)
- The Dickies — Got It At The Store
- Fender Buddies — Poolside
- Holly And The Italians — I Wanna Go Home
- Michael C. Ford — Autograph
- Tom Recchion — Metallic Bowl
- Abecedarians — Smiling Monarchs
- The Leaving Trains — She’s Looking At You
- Youth Brigade — Sink With California
- Peer Group — I Saw That Movie
- Null And Void — I Can See What’s Happening
- Berlin — Tell Me Why
- Iron Curtain — Tarantula Scream
- Descendents — Bikeage
- S.V.D.B. — Chain Reaction
- The Knitters — Poor Little Critter On The Road
- fIREHOSE — Chemical Wire
- The Zeros — Beat Your Heart Out
- Little Girls — The Earthquake Song
- D.I. — Reagan Der Fuhrer
- 45 Grave — Riboflavin-Flavored Non-Carbonated Polyunsaturated Blood
- Doo-Dooettes — Scrapyard
- Transport — Isotope Tan
- The Three O’Clock — Jet Fighter
- Shadow Minstrels — Great Expectations
- The Unclaimed — Run From Home
- Eddie & The Subtitles — Zombie Drug Killers
- The Runaways — Lovers
- The Plugz — Wordless
- The Brainiacs — Drunk With Funk
- Red Wedding — Drums
- Nip Drivers — Cindy
- Tupelo Chain Sex — America Today
- The Knack — Let Me Out
- Rik L Rik — Meat House
Playlist: Part 2
- The Plimsouls — How Long Will It Take
- The Zippers — Lock On My Heart
- Ill Repute — Clean-Cut American Kid
- Zoogz Rift — Island Of Living Puke
- Suicidal Tendencies — I Shot The Devil
- Johanna Went — Slave Beyond The Grave
- Slow Children — Staring At The Ceiling
- The Weirdos — A Life Of Crime
- Marina Swingers — I’m A Swinger
- Bone Cabal — I O Betulah
- Repetition Repetition — Over & Over, Pt. 8
- John Doe — That Day Comes When
- 17 Pygmies — Suit Of Nails
- The Eyes Of Mind — Alice
- Standard Of Living — So Hard
- The Flesh Eaters — See You In The Boneyard
- Rhino 39 — Prolixin Stomp
- Levi & The Rockats — Room To Rock
- U.X.A. — Tragedies
- Overkill — Burn The School
- Human Hands — Jubilee
- Screamin’ Sirens — Your Good Girl’s Gonna Go Bad
- Danny & The Doorknobs (Trotsky Icepick) — Poison Summer
- Agent Orange — Everything Turns Gray
- Monitor — Beak
- Earle Mankey — Crazy
- Cipher — Harmonic 33
- Party Boys — Jim Jones
- Middle Class — Mosque
- Dr. Know — Fist Fun
- Slovenly — Now
- If-Then-Else — The Wedge
- Eddie Call — Gimme A Break
- Green On Red — Black Night
- The Hollywood Squares — Hillside Strangler
- Code Blue — Whisper/Touch
- Oingo Boingo — Controller
- Trees — India
- Marina La Palma — Mi Ni Parolas
- League Of Nations — Index Of Motion
- The Pandoras — I Want Him
- The Balancing Act — Zig Zag Wanderer
- Randoms — Let’s Get Rid of New York
- The Crowd — Trix Are For Kids
- Action Now — Try
Playlist: Part 3
- Black Flag — Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie
- The Gun Club — Fire Spirit
- The Blasters — Barefoot Rock
- The Rotters — Sit On My Face Stevie Nicks
- Nervous Gender — Nothing To Hide
- Zolar X — Science
- David Roback — Dinnertime Blues
- Subjects — Augie
- 100 Flowers — Horizontal
- Painted Willie — My Fellow Americans
- Würm — Modern Man
- The Fibonaccis — Tumor
- Invisible Zoo — Synthesizer Man
- Kommunity FK — The Vision And The Voice
- Concrete Blonde — Still In Hollywood
- Mood Of Defiance — The Divided States of America
- Angry Samoans — Tuna Taco
- The Pop — Legal Tender Love
- Surf Punks — Beer Can Beach
- Modern Warfare — Dayglo
- Stains — Sick And Crazy
- Phast Phreddie — Zombies In Chinatown
- Rikk Agnew — 10
- Dogma Probe — Thirteen
- Psi-Com — Psi-Com (Theme)
- Jane Bond & the Undercovermen — I Made Love To A Communist
- The Quick — Playtime
- Bangles — The Real World
- The Dream Syndicate — That’s What You Always Say
- Carl Stone — Wave Heat
- Tex & The Horseheads — Chicken Bounty Hunter
- American Gorilla — Forsaking All Others
- CH3 (Channel 3) — You Make Me Feel Cheap
- The Alley Cats — Nothing Means Nothing Anymore
- The Last — She Don’t Know Why I’m Here
- Howard Werth — Obsolete
- The Consumers — Teen Love Song
- Wall Of Voodoo — Ring Of Fire
- Randall Kennedy — Enorma Jones
- Suburban Lawns — Janitor
- T.S.O.L. — Abolish Government / Silent Majority
- Eyes — Disneyland
- Vivabeat — Man From China
- Unit 3 With Venus — B.O.Y.S.
Playlist: Part 4
- X — We’re Desperate
- Twisted Roots — The Yellow One
- Simpletones — I Like Drugs
- Kent State — Radio Moscow
- Wet Picnic — Cocktailed Sky
- Fourwaycross — Apologize
- Red Hot Chili Peppers — Police Helicopter
- Henry Rollins — Henry
- The F-Beat — Sharin
- Josie Cotton — Johnny Are You Queer?
- Red Cross — Kill Someone You Hate
- Afterimage — Relapse
- Urinals — I Am White And Middle Class
- The Mau Maus — (I’m) Psychotic
- Artless Entanglements — Dildos, Bondage, And Toys
- Slivers — Sport
- The Vandals — The Legend Of Pat Brown
- Blood on the Saddle — I Wish I Was A Single Girl (Again)
- The Long Ryders — I Had A Dream
- Wild Kingdom — Roma / Destiny
- Saccharine Trust — Longing For Ether
- The Bags — Survive
- Sparks — Mickey Mouse
- Hilary — Drop Your Pants
- Cathedral Of Tears — Calm Storm
- Minutemen — Sell Or Be Sold
- Stepmothers — Let Her Dance
- Adolescents — Rip It Up
- Vox Pop — You’re My Favorite
- Kaos — Alcoholiday
- The Signals — Gotta Let Go
- Points Of Friction — Midnight Globe
- Life After Death — Isn’t It Time
- Psychobud — Yellow Fog
- The Motels — Art Fails
- Stiv Bators — Make Up Your Mind
- The Vidiots — Laurie’s Lament
- Alex Gibson — Grey Turns To Black
- The Miller Bros. — Dog Shit Bay
- The Cramps — Don’t Eat Stuff Off The Sidewalk
- The Untold Fables — Rockhead
- The Dils — I Hate The Rich
- Flyboys — I Couldn’t Tell
- The Nerves — Give Me Some Time
- Rain Parade — Blue
Playlist: Part 5
- Devo — The Day My Baby Gave Me A Surprize
- IQ Zero — Zero Gravity
- Wasted Youth — Fuck Authority
- Red Scare — Streetlife
- Christian Death — Sleepwalk
- Social Distortion — The Creeps (I Just Wanna Give You)
- The Brat — Attitudes
- Eleven Pond — Watching Trees
- Radio Music — Johnny Angel / New Dance
- Chas Smith — October ’68
- The Romans — Runway
- Bay Of Pigs — Wife Swapping In Granada Hills
- Battery Farley — Flag Waving Idiots
- Stukas Over Bedrock — Life Like Yogi
- Circle Jerks — World Up My Ass
- BPeople — Weather To Worry
- Gleaming Spires — Are You Ready For The Sex Girls?
- John Trubee — Angelic Overview
- Food And Shelter — I Like Smog
- Wednesday Week — I Hate Lying To Mom
- Go-Go’s — You Can’t Walk in Your Sleep (If You Can’t Sleep)
- Gary Valentine — The First One
- 20/20 — Cheri
- Dramarama — Scenario
- Bad Religion — Latch Key Kids
- Cheifs — The Lonelys
- Fear — New York’s Alright if You Like Saxophones
- Controllers — Electric Church
- Divine Horsemen — My Sin
- Missing Persons — Walking In L.A.
- Animal Dance — Fake
- New Marines — I Like Baseball
- Geza X — We Need More Power
- Black Randy & His Elite Metro Squad — Idi Amin
- Bakersfield Boogie Boys — Okie From Muskogee
- VOM — I’m In Love With Your Mom
- Artistic Decline — Fallen In Love
- Earth Dies Burning — Bored Teenager
- White Flag — Psycho Cop
- The Reactors — It’s Hard To Be A Rebel
- The Unknowns — Not My Memory
- Saigon — Annihilation
- The Screamers — The Beat Goes On (demo)
- The Gears — Hard Rock
- Systems of Romance — Girls Want Thrills
- The Halibuts — Mr. Mysterioso
- The Beat — Rock N Roll Girl
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