Darby Crash

Top 20 Hardcore Albums in History: Complete List

By 1980, the writing was on the wall: Punk rock might have been making headlines, but it wasn't moving units. The industry responded with the skinny tie bands, retroactively labeled New Wave, a safer, more accessible take on the back-to-basics energy of punk. The street reacted by buzzing its collec ... More >>

Top 20 Hardcore Albums in History: 10-1

By 1980, the writing was on the wall: Punk rock might have been making headlines, but it wasn't moving units. The industry responded with the skinny tie bands, retroactively labeled New Wave, a safer, more accessible take on the back-to-basics energy of punk. The street reacted by buzzing its collec ... More >>

No Age Makes a Record for an Era When Records Don't Matter

The Best Concerts to See in L.A. This Weekend

Friday, March 8 Nickodemus SUBSUELO AT KOBO'S Nickodemus' multicultural Turntables on the Hudson compilations and New York City-based events have brought together flavorfully funky house and Latin-based sounds from around the world. The DJ then took the series global with his creation of the ongoin ... More >>

You Can't Keep an Old Punk Down

Top 20 Greatest L.A. Punk Albums of All Time: 10-1

*Top 20 Greatest L.A. Punk Albums of All Time: 20-11 *Top 20 Worst Bands Ever: The Complete List *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre: The Complete List *Top 20 Sexiest Female Musicians of All Time: The Complete List *Top 20 Sexiest Male Musicians of All Time: The Complete List 10. The Di ... More >>

Punk Rock Museum Opens Today: Our Exclusive Preview

See all our pictures from the Punk Rock Museum Opening. L.A. scenester icon Taquila Mockingbird made a heartfelt promise three decades ago to keep "keep punk alive," and she's been doing it pretty much everyday of her life since. It fuels her very existence. But this weekend, the writer/singer/arti ... More >>

Alice Bag Reading And Performance - La Luz De Jesus Gallery - October 15, 2011

Lina Lecaro Alice in Wacko land​Most punk fans know Alicia Armendariz as Alice Bag, the lead singer of The Bags, the group featured copiously in 1981 doc The Decline of the Western Civilization, the one about punk. But Armendariz has another story to tell, and her no book Violence Girl- East ... More >>

She Was a Punk Before You Were a Punk

Catching Up With Pat and Don

Darby's Last Stand

Remembering the night when the Germs' singer led his band to one final triumph

Lisa Carver's Rad Column on the Sounds of Los Angeles, Exclusive for LA Weekly

​If you've picked up the print section of the LA Weekly this week we're sure you've noticed a column penned by none other than the great Lisa Carver, who is a musician (Suckdog), a zine pioneer (Rollerderby), a memoirist (Drugs Are Nice), a columnist and a rad mom. She is also one of the most ... More >>

I Love Rock & Roll (Movies): The Nightranger's Guide to LA Band-dom On Film

[Lina Lecaro writers our amazing Nightranger column every week. Check out her explorations of LA nightlife here.] With The Runaways bringing rock n' roll to movie theaters this week (see a report from the premiere here), we've been thinking about our favorite band n' beat packed films lately. Docum ... More >>

Sounds of the Skin of a Rabbit

And other West Coasty musical predilections

Brendan Mullen the Writer: Highlights of his Work for the Weekly

In addition to opening punk club the Masque, LA DIY music giant Brendan Mullen, who died at age 60 yesterday after suffering a stroke on Saturday, was a longtime LA Weekly music writer whose prescient insight and in-the-trenches curiosity captured the experience of being a music head in LA in the 8 ... More >>

Rock Picks: Jon Brion, Andrew Bird, Tortoise, Vice Squad

Also, Beyonce, the Datsuns, the Veils, the Germs and others

Ella Taylor, a Jewel Revisited

Also, the Germs: What We Do fails to impress

Sunset Junction: Germs, Sparks and Blood

Movie Reviews: The Rocker, The House Bunny, Death Race

Also, America the Beautiful, The Longshots and more

Crash Landing: What We Do Is Secret

Germs biopic turns a lens on the infamous L.A. punk band and its ill-fated front man, Darby Crash

Me Party Long Time

2 Live Crew, Ron Jeremy and a Germs Biopic

A Nip Driver remembered: Mike Webber's Legacy

Remembering Mike Webber of the Nip Drivers By Jula Bell Being an underground musician in L.A., I'm inundated with music. Everyone is up there rocking out, and trying their best to communicate with the audience in hopes of getting a response of respect and/or admiration. I have found that most mus ... More >>

Thebasement Photos

Lighting theMasque

The Basement Photos

Lighting the Masque

It's Wonderful to Be Here

What to do in Los Angeles this week

Bringin’ Sassy Back

Best Place to Bang Your Head

Snap, Crackle, Punk

Vive La Diffs!

Rock Picks

For February 9 - 16, 2006

Nightranger

Feral Child

Process is born

Kids Rock

The bands that are saving L.A.’s music scene

Jesus Was a Luthier

Re-Germinated

Criminals of the Heart

Road kills and clerical errors

Letters

Wise Guys, E, and Stomach-Pump Chic

A Dope Show

Edited by Kateri Butler

Fish Fry 2002

Nuts to You

Edited by Kateri Butler

The Ghosts of 'Madchester'

I Fiori Delle Mille Ed Ottanta Minuti

Edited by Kateri Butler

Richard Meltzer, Noise Boy

How Clean Was My Valley

Edited by Kateri Butler

Darwin, Dogma and Loud Guitars

Letters

Annihilation Man

How Darby Crash lost control. Of the Germs. Of Circle One. Everything.

Bob Forrest Tells All

"Johnny Depp made me do it!"

The Big Sleep

Eulogies for heads of state and underground artists, pop icons and ’60s revolutionaries