LA Punk 1976 - 1982

Been meaning to buy that one for years. Thanks for the reminder.

"Autopsy" desperately needs to be reissued.

 

Why not? There's a lot less punk in LA during the '83 - '87 years so I had to go with what was starting to happen in '81 - '82. More Paisley Underground, new wave, roots rock, etc. But most of the major bands I had been highlighting were still making music, albeit at a lesser rate than before. Same rule about no more than 4 tracks to an LP applies (but when I get to a certain classic double LP, I used eight songs of course). As the years went on, I found my interest in this stuff began to wane - and I had to actively search for stuff that was released in a given year - with the last two years ('86 and '87) being particularly bereft. Anyway, I'll start with the last five tracks I listed earlier, as they're from 1983.

1983
Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs - Minutemen
Fake Contest - Minutemen
The Anchor - Minutemen
Blown Away - Youth Brigade
What will the Revolution Change - Youth Brigade
The Real World - Bangles
The New World - X
Poor Girl - X
Breathless (45 mix) - X
True Love Pt 2 - X
Ugly & Slouchy - Screamin' Sirens
Who do You Want to Be - Oingo Boingo
Nothin' Bad Ever Happens to Me - Oingo Boingo
No Apology - Unclaimed
Richard Hung Himself - D.I.
Guns - D.I.
Subliminal - Suicidal Tendencies
Institutionalized - Suicidal Tendencies
I Saw Your Mommy... - Suicidal Tendencies
The Fanatic - Felony
Barefoot Rock - Blasters
It Must be Love - Blasters
Jubilee Train - Blasters
Oldest Story in the World - Plimsouls
When the **** hits the Fan - Circle Jerks
Coup D'Etat - Circle Jerks
Golden Shower of Hits (Jerks on 45) - Circle Jerks
Jet Fighter - Three O'Clock
Suddenly Last Summer - Motels
Let's Say Goodbye - Los Lobos
Why do You Do - Los Lobos
How Much Can I do? - Los Lobos
I Look Around - Rain Parade
What's She Done to Your Mind - Rain Parade
Self-Referenced - Minutemen
Cut - Minutemen
I Felt Like a Gringo - Minutemen
And She Rides - Long Ryders
Gravity Talks - Green on Red
1984
Hombre Secreto (Secret Agent Man) - Plugz
Reel Ten - Plugz
My War - Black Flag
Blood on the Saddle - Blood on the Saddle
Viet Nam - Minutemen
It's Expected I'm Gone - Minutemen
Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing - Minutemen
Maybe Partying will Help - Minutemen
The Glory of Man - Minutemen
History Lesson Pt. ll - Minutemen
This Ain't No Picnic - Minutemen
Jesus and Tequila - Minutemen
Obsession - Animotion
Wild Thing - X
Hero Takes a Fall - Bangles
Going Down to Liverpool - Bangles
Gratitude - Oingo Boingo
A Matter of Time - Los Lobos
I Got Loaded - Los Lobos
Evangeline - Los Lobos
Will the Wolf Survive? - Los Lobos
I Had a Dream - Long Ryders
You Are My Friend - Rain Parade
Slip it In - Black Flag
Long Gone Dead - Rank & File
I'm an Old Old Man - Rank & File
True Men Don't Kill Coyotes - Red Hot Chile Peppers
1985
Her Head's Revolving - Three O'Clock
Underwater - Three O'Clock
The Cheerleaders - Minutemen
King of the Hill - Minutemen
Take Our Test - Minutemen
Party at Ground Zero - Fishbone
Annihilate This Week - Black Flag
Loose Nut - Black Flag
Manic Monday - Bangles
If She Knew What She Wants - Bangles
Looking for Lewis & Clark - Long Ryders
The Price of Paradise - Minutemen
The Big Stick - Minutemen
Stories - Minutemen
Political Nightmare - Minutemen
Just Another Day - Oingo Boingo
Dead Man's Party - Oingo Boingo
Weird Science - Oingo Boingo
Hollywood (Africa) - Red Hot Chile Peppers
Poor Little Critter on the Road -Knitters
Silver Wings - Knitters
The Worm's Quest - Saccharine Trust
Drinking and Driving - Black Flag
Trouble Bound - Blasters
Rock and Roll Will Stand - Blasters
Burning House of Love - X
Ways to be Wicked - Lone Justice
1986
I Wish I Had a Date - Fishbone
One Step Away - Blood on the Saddle
Suzie's on the Ball - Three O'Clock
Steel Strings - Peter Case
Old Blue Car - Peter Case
Still in Hollywood - Concrete Blonde
Say it isn't True - Agent Orange
Tearing Me Apart - Agent Orange
1987
La Bamba - Los Lobos
4th of July - X
See How We Are - X
Shakin' Shakin' Shakes - Los Lobos
Is This All There Is? - Los Lobos
Set Me Free (Rosa Lee) - Los Lobos
The Hardest Time - Los Lobos
Hazy Shade of Winter - Bangles
Fight Like a Brave - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Behind the Sun - Red Hot Chili Peppers
I Want You Bad -Long Ryders

 

Thank you. It may be a shorter list but there is still some great stuff on there!

 

Well, if we're into the mid-'80s we can slot this dude in - he was on the LA scene and played with many of the above acts, including X, Los Lobos, and the Blasters...

 

LA punk was dying in those years. A big theme of the books is how the Orange County bands came along in the early '80s and brought violence to the scene. Many women stopped going to shows because of it, etc. By 1987 the Strip was well into the Hair-Metal days which Penelope Spheeris chronicled in her second Decline movie.

 

Anything from 1st two fIREHOSE albums in '86 and '87 seems to be absent.

 

Oh hell yeah, thanks! Just added "Brave Captain" and "Choose Any Memory" from Ragin' Full On and "Sometimes," "Honey, Please," and "For the Singer of REM" from the even better If'n.

Haven't thought of these guys in decades.

 

How about some MIA, based in Orange County?
"Whatever Happened" (1987)

 

Wow, damn good song. Just added it!

 

Memory lane right there. Funny, all the punk I listened to growing up was from LA but I didn't know it at the time. Decades later, one of the early streaming services had Classic Punk West Coast and Classic Punk East Coast stations. I was shocked how much I had been listening to west coast back in the day.

I love X. I'll have to grab that book.

 

I think the Dogs (Younger Point Of View) were from Michigan.

 

Originally, yeah. But not when they recorded that song. The 45 even has a 213 area code on the label.

 

It was a CD comp from Soul Jaz Records in 2015.
Enjoyed the music...