Javier Cabral

Historic East L.A. punk venue The Vex is famous for epic shows in the '80s, featuring killer L.A. and Orange County lineups, everyone from the Adolescents and TSOL to Social Distortion. The club opened in 1976, and proprietor, Joe "Vex" Suquette brought the two counties' scenes together for the first......

On St. Patrick's Day at the Satellite, venerable East L.A. band Ollin performed Pogues songs, per their long-standing tradition. A Chicano spin on Irish classics? It makes a lot more sense than you think, and West Coast Sound was there to talk with Ollin about what the two cultures have......

East Los Angeles is enjoying a rocksteady renaissance, thanks largely to a group called The Delirians. They formed as teenagers and have made the traditional Jamaican music their own, blending the slower-than-ska-but-faster-than-reggae riffs with signature East L.A. sounds of soul, funk and R&B. The group has been widely accepted by......

See also: *Punk Legends Pennywise Have a New Singer, But You Shouldn't Write Them Off *The Adicts on Football Hooliganism, Masturbation, and Running Up $400 Bar Tabs Better than: Fucking Coachella. Punk rock has its own festival in the middle of a desert somewhere -- Las Vegas. Organized by the......

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. See also: Henry Rollins: The Column! Alice Bag's 
Punk Rock Legacy Alice Bag busted up the punk-rock patriarchy in September 1977. At Hollywood's Masque, she and three female bandmates walked......