Tag Archives: punk rock

Lie’, Egrets on Ergot and The Tissues at Part Time Punks 6.3.18

Posted on June 5, 2018 by Deb Frazin

Last night Part Time Punks hosted another hot Sunday night scorcher at The Echoplex! Haunted Horses opened the show with a dark, very loud industrial-tinged set. I’ve really been into the synthpunk/darkwave scene lately, and Haunted Horses was just what … Continue reading →

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Billie Joe Armstrong’s New Band The Longshot at The Redwood Bar 4.26.18

Posted on April 27, 2018 by Deb Frazin

  Last night Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong’s new band The Longshot played a wild, rockin’, sweaty show at The Redwood Bar in downtown L.A. Eddie Lopez of “In Fuzz We Trust” booked this special show for his birthday, and … Continue reading →

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Alice Bag Record Release Show at The Echo 4.7.18

Posted on April 11, 2018 by Deb Frazin

Last Saturday night Alice Bag, Trap Girl, Fatty Cakes and the Puff Pastries, and a sold-out crowd celebrated the release of Alice’s new album “Blueprint” together at The Echo. This was an early, all-ages show, and whenever there are kids … Continue reading →

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Thurston Moore Group at Zebulon

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Deb Frazin

Anyone who knows me well knows I’ve always been a huge fan of Sonic Youth. I’ve seen them many times over the past few decades, and always bought as many recordings as I could get my hands on. When Sonic … Continue reading →

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Red Aunts at The Echo

Posted on January 14, 2018 by Deb Frazin

It’s been about 20 years since I’ve had the pleasure of seeing The Red Aunts. Back in the 90’s, I never missed any of their shows, so you can imagine how excited I was to see them onstage again. The … Continue reading →

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T.S.O.L. at The Regent Theater

Posted on January 9, 2018 by Deb Frazin

Last night T.S.O.L. played their first e.p., and their punk classic “Dance With Me” album in it’s entirety at The Regent Theater. Corrupted Youth and Lower Class Brats opened the show. All the bands were fun and wild, and of … Continue reading →

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Alice Bag at Cafe Nela

Posted on December 24, 2017 by Deb Frazin

There were a lot of great shows happening last night: X and The Meat Puppets at the Observatory, The Weirdos, Saccharine Trust and The Great Sadness in DTLA, but I knew exactly where I needed to be – at Cafe … Continue reading →

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From the Archives, In Memory of John Fleck: Larry Tamblyn Talks About The Standells

Posted on December 3, 2017 by Ed Simon

Note: I’m republishing this interview I did in 2014 with Larry Tamblyn, one of the original founders of the Standells. John Fleck, one of the key members of the Standells for many years, has died of AML Leukemia this past … Continue reading →

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Redd Kross and The Side Eyes at The Echoplex

Posted on June 27, 2017 by Deb Frazin

It was Father’s Day, and I had nothing to do, so I decided to head down to The Echoplex and check out the “Punk is Dad” show featuring The Side Eyes and Redd Kross. When I walked into The Echoplex, … Continue reading →

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LA Times Festival Of Books: Emerging from the Underground: Surviving Punk Rock

Posted on April 26, 2017 by Bob Lee

The LA Times Festival Of Books is a highly anticipated event for this town’s literary types, but this year’s edition brought an onslaught from a strange new subgenre of author – the punk rock memoirist. While Dave Grohl interviewed his … Continue reading →

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