ONCE UPON A TIME VOL 14 - Southern California '78

Les trois villes les plus actives dans le punk rock sont sans conteste Londres, New York & Los Angeles. Ce volume propose 31 groupes de la scène de L.A. Des classiques du genre: Eyes avec une future Go-go's, les Bags avec la charmante Pat Bag alias Patricia Morrison, future bassiste du Gun Club, les Dead Beats de Geza X, les humoristiques Dickies & Child Molesters, les fabuleux X, les très troubles Fear de Lee Ving , F-Word, Rotters...

Le hardcore y puise quelques uns de ses manifestes: "Nervous Breakdown" de Black Flag alors mené par Keith Morris (Circle Jerks) qui après son départ sera remplacé par Dez Cadena puis Henri Rollins, le guitariste Greg Ginn fondera le Label SST, Middle Class qui tournait depuis '76 à Santa Ana et qui sortit le EP "Out Of Vogue" en '78. Les Flesh Eaters sont groupés autour de Chris Desjardins, poète morbide, Stan Ridgeway de Wall of Voodoo y tiendra la guitare, combo phare de L.A qui préfigurera la scène Dark...

Vol 14  SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA '78

01_Eyes - Don't Talk To Me (Los Angeles, California, '78)
02_Alley Cats - Nothing Means Nothing Anymore (Los Angeles, California, '78)
03_Hollywood Squares - Hillside Strangler (Los Angeles, California, '78)
04_Shock - We Were That Noise (Los Angeles, California, '78)
05_Controllers - Neutron Bomb (Los Angeles, California, '78)
06_Skulls - Victims (Los Angeles, California, '78)
07_Bags - Survive (Los Angeles, California, '78)
08_X - We're Desperate (Los Angeles, California, '78)
09_Plugz - Move It (Los Angeles, California, '78)
10_Deadbeats - Kill The Hippies (Los Angeles, California, '78)
11_Child Molesters - I'm Gonna Punch You In The Face (Los Angeles, California, '78)
12_Bump Cars - I Win (Los Angeles, California, '78)
13_Dickies - You Drive Me Ape (Los Angeles, California, '78)
14_Vom - I'm In Love With You Mom (Los Angeles, California, '78)
15_Fear - I Love Livin' In The City (Los Angeles, California, '78)
16_Chainsaw - Polaroid Pictures (Los Angeles, California,'78)
17_F- Word - Government Official (Los Angeles, California,'78)
18_Rotters - Sit On My Face Stevie Nix (Los Angeles, California, '78)
19_Flesh Eaters - Desintegration Nation (Los Angeles, California, '78)
20_Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown (Los Angeles, California, '78)
21_Screamers - In A Better World (Los Angeles, California, '78)
22_Middle Class - Situations (Fullerton, California, '78)
23_Last - She Don't Know Why I'm Here (Hermosa Beach, California, 78)
24_Hebe Geebees - Night Fever (Los Angeles, California, '78)
25_Silencers - Boyfriends Girlfriends (Los Angeles, California, '78)
26_Zeros - Wild Weekend (Los Angeles, California, '78)
27_Jackie Shark & The Beach Butchers - 2nd Generation Rising (Los Angeles, California, '78)
28_Weasels - Beat Her With A Rake (Los Angeles, California, 78)
29_Germs - No God (Los Angeles, California, '78)
30_Furys - Say Goodbye To The Black Sheep (Orange, California, '78)
31_Page Croft - Naughty Bits (Venice, California, '78)
32_Billy Wizard & The K-Mart Studio Orchestra - Nazi Love (Los Angeles, California, '78)

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