Club 88, Decline of Western Civil 1, Misc, Photos + History, Punk Fashions and Parties, S-X Photos + History, X |
Memories creating my iconic X photos during performance during Decline of Western Civilization filming, Club 88, West LA, March 1980.
Alice Bag, Bands, Bands Misc, Belinda, Belinda Carlisle, Blondie, Bomp Records Store, Clash, Club 88, Damned, Darby Crash, Devo, Elvis Costello, England June 1980, Fiorucci's, Germs, Go-Gos, Hollywood Palladium, Iggy, Jenny Lens Bio + History, Joan Jett, Lorna Doom, Masque, Parties, Pat Smear, Patti Smith, Punk Fashions and Parties, Punk History and Interviews from Jenny Lens, Ramones, Runaways, Screamers, Screamers Parties, Sex Pistols, Stardust Ballroom, Starwood, Whisky, X, X Home |
I wrote this in 2004. My attitude is far better, thanks to SO many great Facebook comments, messages, emails and IRL (in real life) encounters. Enjoy! I was born and raised in LA. I was a shy, introverted adolescent in the wild sixties of Vietnam protests, free love and sex due to the pill and no STDs, no AIDs, women’s liberation and civil rights. But the hippie generation were as messed up as any, far … Read...
Bands, Blondie, Fashion, Jenny Lens Bio + History, Parties, Punk Fashions and Parties, Punk History and Interviews from Jenny Lens, Ramones, Screamers |
by Richard Schaefer in Lisa Fancher’s “Street Life” fanzine. Proof I was the Ramones “numero uno fan and famous paparazzi in her own right.” In EARLY 1977!! Tantalizing sounds of the skirmishes of desire, of lips surrendering cheap kissed in the other room, brought torture to anyone who listened. We stood between the jungle and the stars, both of us trying to keep our balance as we fought. DEE DEE was a madman … Read...
Alice Bag, Bands, Jenny Lens Bio + History, Parties, Punk Fashions and Parties, Punk History and Interviews from Jenny Lens |
Alice Bag interviewed Jenny Lens in 2004. Alice is considered by many to be the very first hard core singer with her radical band, the Bags,who first hit the streets in 1977. Their riotous show at the Troubadour, known for folk singers and laid-back rockers, is still talked about today. I always considered Alice a sweet, thoughtful, beautiful woman and never realized this side of her. She was and is a true … Read...
Alice Bag, Bands, Bands Misc, Belinda, Belinda Carlisle, Go-Gos, Jenny Lens Bio + History, Masque, Parties, Punk Fashions and Parties, Punk History and Interviews from Jenny Lens |
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Bands, Bomp Records Store, Damned, Darby Crash, Germs, Iggy, Jeffrey Lee Pierce - Gun Club, Lorna Doom, Misc, Parties, Punk Fashions and Parties, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Screamers, Starwood, Venues, Videos, Whisky |
April 1977 was THE month LA punks came out in force, indicating something was happening which would change world music and culture. Along with New York and England, LA was happening! We gathered for the Cheap Trick opening for Runaways, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium (April 1), opening of Bomp Records Store (April 9), Television (April 14), Blondie opening for Iggy, with the Sales Brothers and David Bowie (April 15), Bomp again with the … Read...
Bands, Belinda Carlisle, Charlotte Caffey, Darby Crash, England June 1980, Germs, Go-Gos, Jane Draino Wiedlin, Jeffrey Lee Pierce - Gun Club, Lorna Doom, Masque, Masque Benefit Feb 24-25 1978, Parties, Punk Fashions and Parties, Screamers, Sex Pistols, Slash Mag Benefit, Starwood, Whisky, X, X Home |
Go-Gos, 1977-1980. I loved photographing Belinda Carlisle, Jane Draino Wiedlin, and the totes adorbs Margot. A few shots of Charlotte Caffey with then-boyfriend, Leonard Phillips, singer of the Dickies, first LA punk band to get signed. Plus Jane with her then-boyfriend, Terry Graham, drummer for the Bags and Gun Club. And more, so let's get started with some IDs and stories behind my photos. Plus so many of our friends. Good times.
Blog, Fashion, Germs, Go-Gos, Joan Jett, Masque, Masque Benefit Feb 24-25 1978, Punk Fashions and Parties, Runaways, Stardust Ballroom, Starwood, Tower Records, Whisky, X |
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Alice Bag, Blog, Fashion, Fiorucci's, Germs, Go-Gos, Masque, Masque Benefit Feb 24-25 1978, Parties, Punk Fashions and Parties, Screamers, Screamers Parties, Slash Mag Benefit, Starwood, Tower Records, Whisky, X |
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Blog, Fashion, Germs, Punk Fashions and Parties, Punk History and Interviews from Jenny Lens, Whisky |
My rebuttal to article claiming Punk saved the Whisky but then talked more about non-punk bands. Minimal about LA Punk bands. I could write a book. Read what I wrote (below or use link) after reading his long article. Why the fashion photo above? Author included photos of English punks with swastikas on their faces. Not in LA! Plus most everyone in the above photo played a VITAL part in bringing punk to life. At … Read...
Blog, Fashion, Jenny Lens, Press, Punk Fashions and Parties, Ramones, Screamers, Screamers Parties, Whisky |
by Richard Schaefer in Lisa Fancher’s “Street Life” fanzine. Proof I was the Ramones “numero uno fan and famous paparazzi in her own right.” In EARLY 1977!! Tantalizing sounds of the skirmishes of desire, of lips surrendering cheap kissed in the other room, brought torture to anyone who listened. We stood between the jungle and the stars, both of us trying to keep our balance as we fought. DEE DEE was a madman … Read...
Blog, Fashion, Parties, Screamers |
Wattles Park Birthday Party for Screamer Tomata du Plenty, and Liara, w/her sister, Chase Holiday, May 28, 1979. RARE daytime event for LA Punks! Great, colorful fashions, predicting 1980s colors, prom dresses, chiffons, layers, etc. Pre-dating Madonna and Cyndi Lauper. Top photo is a fuzzy scan. Pre-dates MTV and the 1980s! WE SET TRENDS in LA. But the media always paid more attention to New York. We did it first and better. Said as … Read...
Blog, Club 88, Fashion, Joan Jett, Masque, Punk Fashions and Parties, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Starwood, Venues, Whisky |
Claude “Kick Boy” Bessy, in “Decline of the Western Civilization,” Part 1, directed by Penelope Spheeris, reads a letter to the editor of Slash Magazine, his role at that pioneering punk fanzine. He relates the tale wherein the writer is complaining about people who threw themselves onto the back bumper of the car and held on as the car drove away. The irony is Claude was one of the people hanging onto … Read...
Blog, Club 88, Decline of Western Civil 1, Fashion, Hollywood Palladium, Slash Mag Benefit, Slash Mag Rooftop, Stardust Ballroom, Whisky, X, X Home |
Words cannot express how I feel looking at this collage of my X photos. SO many memories, such great music, being present when songs forming, debuts, evolving, parties, people (too many departed this realm), the dreams, the fullness of living. X were and remain my fave band of all time. Unlike other bands, a woman’s POV is strong in X. Plus the noir side of city of electric lights, my birth city, the … Read...
