Under the Big Black Sun by John Doe

Author:John Doe [Doe, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780306824098
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 2016-03-08T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 14

The Stucco-Coated Killing Field

by Henry Rollins

I came to Los Angeles in the late summer of 1981, having joined the band Black Flag.

Before then I was well aware of the amazing music scene in Los Angeles but only through the records I mail ordered or managed to find in record stores in the Washington, DC, area where I was from.

This association was in many ways quite pure. I evaluated the bands solely from their recorded output. Some of the bands I was listening to included The Germs, X, The Weirdos, The Alley Cats, The Bags, Black Randy and the Metro Squad, The Middle Class, The Deadbeats, and others. Besides the singles, the Yes L.A. and Tooth and Nail compilation albums were useful to try to get an idea of what was happening.

These were incredible records. I remember buying The Weirdos’ Destroy All Music 7” on Bomp! through the mail. I played it over and over. The song “Life of Crime,” to this day, strikes me as a 140, and some second masterpiece. In fact, I can’t find one Weirdos song that isn’t great.

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