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Vex Populi: at an unprepossessing eastside punk rock landmark, Utopia was in the air. Until the day it wasn't - Culture "I'm here in L.A., got no place to stay." --LOS ILLEGALS, "EL LAY" IT WAS THE NIGHT THE CHICANOS got blessed by the Pope of L.A. Punk. * In 1980, ......(Continue Reading) Town Guitar - L.A. rock music scene TEN YEARS AFTER BOWING TO SEATTLE, L.A. IS LOUDLY RECLAIMING ITS TITLE AS ROCK CAPITAL OF THE UNIVERSE. BLISTERING NEW BANDS ARE MAKING A SCENE, LITERALLY, ......(Continue Reading)Rock hard hotel: forget backstageM & F captured these finely tuned divas where they sleep ABBY GENNET A prom queen and cheerleader who wore blue nail polish, Abby Gennet still has the same mixture of ethereal beauty (think Kate Hudson) and punk hellfire (think Chrissie Hynde). The lat...(Continue Reading)The changing face of sound beyond the tracks The definition of beauty in the 1960s was transcendent rather than physical as shown by the popularity of rock music icons such as Buddy Holly, Jimi Hendrix, ......(Continue Reading)The Donnas THEY'RE ROCK 'N' ROLL ROAD WARRIORS, NO STRINGS ATTACHED The touring exploits of rock 'n' roll bands are the stuff of legend and bad VH1 specials: ......(Continue Reading)
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