Keith Morris

Artopia: New L.A. Weekly Party Coming to Chinatown

To celebrate the release of L.A. Weekly's annual People issue in May, we're inviting all our favorite people to come party with us as we transform Chinatown Central Plaza into (drum roll!) Artopia. During this first-ever event on Thursday, May 16, drinks are on us all night, with a hosted bar from ... More >>

Nice Jerk if You Can Get It

The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Weekend

Friday, August 10 Bomba Estéreo LEVITT PAVILION, MACARTHUR PARK Bomba Estéreo draw upon traditional styles of music like cumbia and champeta, but the Colombian quintet is too musically restless to be strict revivalists. Instead, band leader Simón Mejía pumps up their folkloric influences with h ... More >>

Redd Kross Have a New Record After 15 Years

See also: Still a Malcontent: A midlife crisis spawns Keith Morris' new band Off! The McDonald Brothers, the driving force behind punk legends Redd Kross, stand well over six feet tall and have awkward gaits. Ahead of their new album -- Researching the Blues, our today -- they're sitting together ... More >>

Top 20 Greatest L.A. Punk Albums of All Time: The Complete List

*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 The history of Los Angeles punk is largely composed of a series ... More >>

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 The history of Los Angeles punk is largely composed of a series ... More >>

Off! - Whisky a Go Go - 5/8/12

Off! Whisky a Go Go 5/8/12 See also: Off!'s Keith Morris Mouths Off, Before the Group's Show at the Whisky Tomorrow Better than... a keg party at Ian McKaye's house. Somewhere between a rock and roll history lesson and a lock-in at the Punk Rock Rec Center, Keith Morris and his supergroup Off! ... More >>

Off!'s Keith Morris Mouths Off, Before the Group's Show at the Whisky Tomorrow

See also: Still a Malcontent: A midlife crisis spawns Keith Morris' new band Off! In this week's music feature we get inside the heads of punk rock "supergroup" Off! on the eve of the release their self-titled debut album. (They hate that term, btw.) The group, which is led by former Black Flag and ... More >>

Music Picks: Demdike Stare, A Musical Tribute to Gil Scott-Heron, Natalie Merchant

Also, Lindsey Buckingham, Los Lobos, Kenny Garrett and others

Still a Malcontent

A midlife crisis spawns Keith Morris' new band Off!

GV30: Black Flag, Descendents, The Vandals - Santa Monica Civic Auditorium - 12-18-2011

Javier CabralKeith Morris and Chuck Dukowski of Black Flag​See also: *Reviewed: GV30 Night One, featuring Social Distortion, X, Adolescents, 12-16-2011 *Tons Of Punk Videos Were Yanked Off YouTube: Here's What Happened *Milo Aukerman Interview: The Descendents Attempt To Clone Themselves Las ... More >>

Smith Westerns and Comedy Stage - FYF Fest - September 3, 2011

Ben WesthoffSmith Westerns​See also: FYF review: The Descendents, Kid Dynamite, and Ty Segall FYF review: Fool's Gold FYF Slideshow! Fuck Yeah! It's the FYF SAT Quiz! FYF Preview: The Descendents Attempt To Clone Themselves FYF Preview: Drinking Tequila With Tijuana Panthers FYF Preview: Keith ... More >>

The Descendents, Kid Dynamite, and Ty Segall - FYF Fest - September 3, 2011

Timothy NorrisKid Dynamite Gets The Local Crowd Going For The First Time Since 1999​See also: FYF review: Fool's Gold FYF review: Smith Westerns and the comedy stage FYF Slideshow! Fuck Yeah! It's the FYF SAT Quiz! FYF Preview: The Descendents Attempt To Clone Themselves FYF Preview: Drinking ... More >>

Fool's Gold - FYF Fest - September 3, 2011

Ben WesthoffFool's Gold​By Anna Westhoff See also: FYF Review: The Descendents, Kid Dynamite, and Ty Segall FYF review: Smith Westerns and the comedy stage FYF Slideshow! Fuck Yeah! It's the FYF SAT Quiz! FYF Preview: The Descendents Attempt To Clone Themselves FYF Preview: Drinking Tequila ... More >>

Five Bands You Should Check Out If You Like Metal, But Hate Vocals

​You head over to a band's YouTube or Bandcamp page because your computer will never physically (or emotionally) recover MySpace giving it herpes, and Justin Timberlake be damned, you're never going back to THAT place. Very interesting things are happening with the guitars, drums, and bass, ... More >>

LA Punk Supergroup OFF! Arrested in Arizona for Hippiest Crime Ever

​Pitchfork reports that LA punk supergroup OFF!, the hard-working outfit led by Black Flag and Circle Jerks' Keith Morris, has been arrested in Arizona and is facing trial. What for, you might ask? Fighting the power? Failing to prove US citizenship? Stickering and skating? Shooting a man in ... More >>

SXSW Bands from A-Z: M-Q

​ Here we are once again, with our servicey enterprise that's both informative and educational. A mix of genres awaits you at the jump as we go through awesome bands in M-Q playing SXSW official showcases.

No Babysitter? No Problem! Top Five Rockin' L.A. Events You Can Bring Your Kid To

Got a kid? LA can still be your playground, and we're not talkin' about the park or those germy indoor jungle gyms. Whether you're a music lover, an art tart or a scenester who simply likes to be out and about, there are options that don't require a sitter or sitting out on grown-up fun. Read on for ... More >>

Foo Fighters' Secret Shows: NEWER UPDATE Next Show Was Going to Be at the Echo/Echoplex, Keith Morris' OFF! Was to Be Opening Act But Apparently It's Been Cancelled: Original Guess The Troubadour Also Being Mentioned

​ [UPDATE 2/11/2011: It goes like this: Tomorrow (Saturday)'s night Secret Foo Fighters show was going to be at the Echo (or the Echoplex) and the opening act was going to be the Keith Morris/Raymond Pettibon LA punk supergroup OFF!, but it apparently has been cancelled due to the fact that, ... More >>

THE HARDER THEY CORE ...

Music Picks: Dum Dum Girls, Tricky, Leon Russell, OFF!

Also, Peaches, Killing Joke, Albert Lee and others

EXCLUSIVE: FYF's Sean Carlson On L.A. Scavenger Hunt's Fabulous Prizes, Fabulous Charity Donations

fyf's sean carlson and keith morris​ FYF Fest promoter Sean Carlson's L.A. Scavenger Hunt turns a bizarre list of items--like life-size cut-outs of Freddie Mercury--into charity goodness for downtown's Union Rescue Mission and the L.A. Food Bank almost every year. So if you're the guy wonderi ... More >>

Live Review: OFF!, Redd Kross (aka Red Cross) and Scream at Club Lingerie

Diamond Bodine-FischerOFF! at Club Lingerie​Club Lingerie, Hollywood. Last Wednesday evening. By 9:30 the line wrapped around the block, by 10 a roomful of people shuffled their feet, snuck looks at the crowd around them and sipped their beer. Around 10:30 Keith Morris -- founder of Black Fl ... More >>

LA Punk Revival Show: Tonight Redd Kross and Scream join Keith Morris (Black Flag, Circle Jerks) and Raymond Pettibon's OFF! EP Release Party

​Here's a little last-minute communication from Keith Morris (Black Flag, Circle Jerks) and his new band OFF!: TONIGHT at CLUB LINGERIE in Hollywood! Surprise guests are RED CROSS (performing the early punk hits) followed by SCREAM (original lineup)! OFF! is on first at 10pm so hurry across t ... More >>

New OFF! Video Features Keith Morris, Raymond Pettibon, and Skateboarding Madness

New OFF! Video Features Keith Morris, Raymond Pettibon, and Skateboarding Madness

Q&A: The FYF Fest

Local Natives and Janeane Garofalo Join FYF Fest

Local Natives and Janeane Garofalo Join FYF Fest

LA Punk Supergroup OFF! (Featuring Members of Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Redd Kross, Etc.) Signs with Vice Records

Raymond Pettibon will provide art for OFF!'s Vice Records debut​We previewed in our print section a few months ago the live presentation of OFF!, the Keith Morris-led quartet featuring members of Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Redd Kross, Burning Brides and Earthless, and the art of Raymond Pettibo ... More >>

Nightranger: In Bloom

Off! That Outsider Feeling

Black Flag's Keith Morris and iconic artist Raymond Pettibon reignite the DIY punk fuse

Daggers of the World Unite! Skateboarders, Artists, and one Runaway Visit Exhibit A

Daggers of the World Unite! O.G. Skateboarders, artists, and one 'Runaway' Visit Exhibit A

FYF Fest 2009: An Interview with F*cked Up

In an effort to better familiarize our readership on the upcoming FYF Fest, which occurs this Saturday at the LA State Historic Park downtown, West Coast Sound sent a brief questionnaire to a few bands scheduled to appear. What follows is the response of Pink Eyes, the amazing lead singer for Toront ... More >>

Lightning Bolt, Black Lips, Tim & Eric, No Age to Headline Festival Formerly Known as F Yeah Fest

Lightning Bolt at WFMU​ It's been a crazy past few months for F Yeah Fest principals Sean Carlson, Keith Morris and Phil Hoelting. The annual summer music festival, which changed its name from the Fuck Yeah Fest two years ago for obvious reasons, has been the sturdy little engine of the punk/ ... More >>

Weekend Report: Lynda Kay, Henry Rollins, Keith Morris, Geneva Jacuzzi Do the Montalban

View more photos in Timothy Norris' day one and day two slideshows. This weekend the LA Weekly celebrated its annual People issue with LA Weekend, a two-day cultural happening at the Nike Store at the Ricardo Montalban Theatre that offered music, art, food and drink (100-proof Belvedere vodka, whi ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Perry Farrell and Macy Gray Surprise at L.A. Weekly's L.A. Weekend, Plus We Get Krafty at the Grilled Cheese Invitational

Other than the term "swine flu," we learned several very important things over the weekend: Bea Arthur (RIP) made a damn good leg of roast lamb, there is definitely a limit to how much grilled cheese one can consume, and that the Belvedere vodka served at our L.A. Weekend festival -- yeah, that stuf ... More >>

SELF-PROMOTION PICK OF THE WEEK

F Yeah Fest Releases Partial List of SXSW 'Mess With Texas' Day-Party Line-Up

Last year one of the most buzzed about parties at South By Southwest was the big-ass Mess With Texas party at Waterloo park. Organized by Sean Carlson and Keith Morris of the F Yeah Fest, along with Austin promoter Transition Transmission Entertainment (which does the great fall Fun Fun Fun Festiv ... More >>

F Yeah: Frickin' Yes in the Summertime

This weekend's fest offers a glimpse into the future of rock & roll

Carnality Circa '82: A Dave Naz Joint

XXX movie, by ex Chemical People band member, delivers punk-drenched, suburban-angst, back-then realism — with a Circle Jerks soundtrack

F YEAH FEST Announces Summer Tour

The Yeah Fest formerly know as Fuck has announced its summer tour across the Eastern, Southern, and Middle United States, and a little bit of Canada. Bands touring are Matt & Kim, Circle Jerks, Dillinger Four, The Death Set, Monotonix, Dan Deacon, Paint it Black, Team Robespierre, Brother Reade, Cr ... More >>

Oh Hells Yes

The Fuck Yeah Fest merges underground music, comedy and art to create a younger, freakier kind of party

Shanghai Neck-Lick

Fuck Yeah Fest at the Echo and environs, August 18-20

Music Picks

For the week of June 8 - 15

Farewell, Madame Wong

Nightranger

Miracle in the Desert

Waving the Black Flag: Rollins & Co. Rock to the Rescue

The Raw and the Cooked

Edited by Kateri Butler

A 12-Step Program in Self-Reliance

How L.A.’s hardcore pioneers made it through their early years

Sunshine Superman

Louis Philippe's music for libertines