Gimme Something Better (73 page)
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Authors: Jack Boulware
Kamala Parks:
Former drummer for Kamala & the Karnivores, Cringer, the Gr’ups, Naked Aggression, and Hers Never Existed. Still living and working in the East Bay and looking to play music with others who don’t mind playing with an old fart.
Former drummer for Kamala & the Karnivores, Cringer, the Gr’ups, Naked Aggression, and Hers Never Existed. Still living and working in the East Bay and looking to play music with others who don’t mind playing with an old fart.
Kareim McKnight:
Onetime Cloyne Court denizen. Clinic defender for Women’s Choice movement. Co-founder of Direct Action Against Racism, Roots Against War, and Not in Our Name. Worked with October 22 to address police brutality in Los Angeles, organizing in Watts and South Central. Lives in Oakland.
Onetime Cloyne Court denizen. Clinic defender for Women’s Choice movement. Co-founder of Direct Action Against Racism, Roots Against War, and Not in Our Name. Worked with October 22 to address police brutality in Los Angeles, organizing in Watts and South Central. Lives in Oakland.
Kate Knox:
Co-founder of B.O.B. Co-founder and longtime inhabitant of the Maxi Pad. Has been working at Holden High (formerly CCAS), a school for alternative teens, since 1987.
Co-founder of B.O.B. Co-founder and longtime inhabitant of the Maxi Pad. Has been working at Holden High (formerly CCAS), a school for alternative teens, since 1987.
Kegger aka Kelly Beardsley:
Member of Hags S.F. and former bike messenger. Sober and driving BART trains.
Member of Hags S.F. and former bike messenger. Sober and driving BART trains.
Kelly King:
Longtime East Bay punk and Flipper fan. Painter by trade and father of four.
Longtime East Bay punk and Flipper fan. Painter by trade and father of four.
Kevin Carnes:
Detroit native moved to the Bay Area in 1984. Gilman member. Founding member and drummer of Beatnigs fronted by Michael ranti. Founding member of Broun Fellinis. Has recorded with Soulstice, Consolidated, Crack Emcee, Eric McFadden, Storm Inc., and George Clinton. Is currently working with Lady Miss Kier and Shauna Hall.
Detroit native moved to the Bay Area in 1984. Gilman member. Founding member and drummer of Beatnigs fronted by Michael ranti. Founding member of Broun Fellinis. Has recorded with Soulstice, Consolidated, Crack Emcee, Eric McFadden, Storm Inc., and George Clinton. Is currently working with Lady Miss Kier and Shauna Hall.
Klaus Flouride:
Bassist for Dead Kennedys and guitarist for Jumbo Shrimp. Producer of Hi-Fives, Ape, and Bad Posture.
Bassist for Dead Kennedys and guitarist for Jumbo Shrimp. Producer of Hi-Fives, Ape, and Bad Posture.
Kriss X:
Ass-kicker, hell-raiser, current member of all-woman motorcycle club the Devil Dolls.
Ass-kicker, hell-raiser, current member of all-woman motorcycle club the Devil Dolls.
Krist Novoselic:
Bassist for Nirvana, Sweet 75, No WTO Combo, Eyes Adrift, and the reformed Flipper.
Bassist for Nirvana, Sweet 75, No WTO Combo, Eyes Adrift, and the reformed Flipper.
Kurt Brecht:
Vocalist for DRI. Author of several books, including
Notes from the Nest
.
Vocalist for DRI. Author of several books, including
Notes from the Nest
.
Larry Boothroyd:
Bassist for Victim’s Family and Triclops!.
Bassist for Victim’s Family and Triclops!.
Larry Crane:
Ex-Vomit Launch bassist. Now editor of
Tape Op Magazine
, recording studio owner.
Ex-Vomit Launch bassist. Now editor of
Tape Op Magazine
, recording studio owner.
Larry Livermore:
Musician, writer, Gilman Street volunteer, co-founder of Lookout! Records.
Musician, writer, Gilman Street volunteer, co-founder of Lookout! Records.
Lars Frederiksen:
Guitarist and vocalist for Rancid, front man of Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards.
Guitarist and vocalist for Rancid, front man of Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards.
Lenny Filth aka Lenny Johnson, Lenn Rokk:
Guitarist for Isocracy and Filth. Onetime Ashtray dweller.
Guitarist for Isocracy and Filth. Onetime Ashtray dweller.
Leslie Fuckette:
Former Fuckette. Now an emergency room trauma nurse in hospitals throughout the Bay Area.
Former Fuckette. Now an emergency room trauma nurse in hospitals throughout the Bay Area.
Liz Highleyman:
Longtime activist came to S.F. from Boston for the ’89 Anarchist Gathering. Now a freelance medical writer and journalist focusing on HIV/AIDS, global justice issues, civil liberties, GLBT/queer history, and sexuality and gender issues.
Longtime activist came to S.F. from Boston for the ’89 Anarchist Gathering. Now a freelance medical writer and journalist focusing on HIV/AIDS, global justice issues, civil liberties, GLBT/queer history, and sexuality and gender issues.
Lochlan McHale:
Southern California punk turned Bay Area punk. Owner of Funeral Records. Producer who works with at-risk youth. Member U.S. Thugs and Rumblers Car Club.
Southern California punk turned Bay Area punk. Owner of Funeral Records. Producer who works with at-risk youth. Member U.S. Thugs and Rumblers Car Club.
Lorraine (last name withheld):
Oregon to East Bay transplant. One of the notorious Mad Punx. Currently infiltrating an international pharmaceutical corporation.
Oregon to East Bay transplant. One of the notorious Mad Punx. Currently infiltrating an international pharmaceutical corporation.
Lynn Breedlove:
Former half-naked yeller for Tribe 8. Now man with tits and jerk of all trades. Comic, novelist, filmmaker.
Former half-naked yeller for Tribe 8. Now man with tits and jerk of all trades. Comic, novelist, filmmaker.
Marc Dagger:
Singer of Urban Assault. Co-founder of S.F. Skins.
Singer of Urban Assault. Co-founder of S.F. Skins.
Marcus DA Anarchist aka Chief Blackdawg:
Born in San Francisco. Benevolent co-founder of the PyratePunx, which now has 30 chapters worldwide and a record label. Dedicated to the punk community for over two decades.
Born in San Francisco. Benevolent co-founder of the PyratePunx, which now has 30 chapters worldwide and a record label. Dedicated to the punk community for over two decades.
Marshall Stax:
Bass player for Blatz, drummer for Subincision, longtime volunteer sound engineer for Gilman. Has been a KALX DJ since 1976.
Bass player for Blatz, drummer for Subincision, longtime volunteer sound engineer for Gilman. Has been a KALX DJ since 1976.
Martin Brohm:
Four-stringer for Isocracy and Samiam and former dog whisperer to the stars. Now loving the good life on a hill in El Cerrito, looking down at all the little people he used to make it to the top.
Four-stringer for Isocracy and Samiam and former dog whisperer to the stars. Now loving the good life on a hill in El Cerrito, looking down at all the little people he used to make it to the top.
Martin Sorrondeguy:
Longtime
MRR
shitworker. Singer of Los Crudos and Limp Wrist. Founder of Lengua Armada Discos. Documentary filmmaker. Prominent figure in straightedge and queercore scenes.
Longtime
MRR
shitworker. Singer of Los Crudos and Limp Wrist. Founder of Lengua Armada Discos. Documentary filmmaker. Prominent figure in straightedge and queercore scenes.
Martin Sprouse:
From punk rock to independent furniture designer, with stops along the way:
Leading Edge
fanzine,
Maximum RocknRoll
, 924 Gilman, Blacklist, and Pressure Drop Press.
From punk rock to independent furniture designer, with stops along the way:
Leading Edge
fanzine,
Maximum RocknRoll
, 924 Gilman, Blacklist, and Pressure Drop Press.
Matt Buenrostro:
Singer, songwriter, guitarist of Sweet Baby. Now working with hundreds of teenage girls.
Singer, songwriter, guitarist of Sweet Baby. Now working with hundreds of teenage girls.
Matt Freeman:
Bass player and founding member of Operation Ivy and Rancid.
Bass player and founding member of Operation Ivy and Rancid.
Matt Wobensmith:
Creator of Outpunk. Former shitworker at
Maximum RocknRoll
and Epicenter. Currently software engineer.
Creator of Outpunk. Former shitworker at
Maximum RocknRoll
and Epicenter. Currently software engineer.
Max Volume:
Guitar builder to the Gods. Guitarist for Big Bear Oatems/ Little Junior Brownhouse, 1967-1972, the Klingons, 1972-1978, the Runz, 1978-1979, False Idols, 1979-1980, the Naked Lady Wrestlers, 1980 -right now.
Guitar builder to the Gods. Guitarist for Big Bear Oatems/ Little Junior Brownhouse, 1967-1972, the Klingons, 1972-1978, the Runz, 1978-1979, False Idols, 1979-1980, the Naked Lady Wrestlers, 1980 -right now.
Merle Kessler aka Ian Shoales:
Author, performer, and founding member of comedy group Duck’s Breath Mystery Theater.
Author, performer, and founding member of comedy group Duck’s Breath Mystery Theater.
Michael Guarino:
Former prosecutor for the Los Angeles City Attorney’s office.
Former prosecutor for the Los Angeles City Attorney’s office.
Michael Hoffman:
Got his punk rock cherry popped by Lynn Breedlove.
Got his punk rock cherry popped by Lynn Breedlove.
Mike Avilez aka Cyco Logic Loco:
Singer of Oppressed Logic since 1994. Bass player for Last Round Up, Retching Red, Strung Up, and many others. Banned from 924 Gilman, 1996-2000. Currently security guard at Gilman. Clean and sober, and still playing music, booking shows, and talking shit.
Singer of Oppressed Logic since 1994. Bass player for Last Round Up, Retching Red, Strung Up, and many others. Banned from 924 Gilman, 1996-2000. Currently security guard at Gilman. Clean and sober, and still playing music, booking shows, and talking shit.
Mike Filth aka Mike-O the Psycho:
Bass player for Filth, Strychnine, and Fields of Shit. Still alive at 40. Drugs are so crappy, can’t even OD. It is a punk’s nightmare.
Bass player for Filth, Strychnine, and Fields of Shit. Still alive at 40. Drugs are so crappy, can’t even OD. It is a punk’s nightmare.
Sheriff Mike Hennessey:
Has served as sheriff of San Francisco for 30 years. He is a big fan of punk rock.
Has served as sheriff of San Francisco for 30 years. He is a big fan of punk rock.
Mike K:
Primarily a toilet cleaner based in San Francisco. Since the 1980s he has been a witness to, and sometimes participant in, the “radical” punk community. He maintains a long-standing blood vendetta and commitment to the destruction of American Empire and its quisling agents.
Primarily a toilet cleaner based in San Francisco. Since the 1980s he has been a witness to, and sometimes participant in, the “radical” punk community. He maintains a long-standing blood vendetta and commitment to the destruction of American Empire and its quisling agents.
Mike LaVella:
Publisher of
Gearhead
. Bass player for Half Life.
Publisher of
Gearhead
. Bass player for Half Life.
Mike Tsongas:
Longtime San Francisco and Powell Street Punk. Today a proud father and poet.
Longtime San Francisco and Powell Street Punk. Today a proud father and poet.
Miranda July:
Debuted the last name “July” on a flyer for her first play, performed at Gilman Street. Now a writer, performer, and filmmaker living in Los Angeles.
Debuted the last name “July” on a flyer for her first play, performed at Gilman Street. Now a writer, performer, and filmmaker living in Los Angeles.
Murray Bowles:
Chronicler of the Lost. Punk photographer and fiddler by night, mild-mannered software engineer by day. Co-perpetrator of East Bay Menace Records.
Chronicler of the Lost. Punk photographer and fiddler by night, mild-mannered software engineer by day. Co-perpetrator of East Bay Menace Records.
Nick 13:
Lead singer, songwriter, guitarist, and founding member of Tiger Army. He has contributed background vocals to countless AFI tunes. And appeared in a few movies in recent years.
Lead singer, songwriter, guitarist, and founding member of Tiger Army. He has contributed background vocals to countless AFI tunes. And appeared in a few movies in recent years.
Nick Frabasilio:
Longtime East Bay activist. Slingshot contributor and collaborator.
Longtime East Bay activist. Slingshot contributor and collaborator.
Nicki Sicki:
Member of Legionnaire’s Disease, Dirtbag, Afterbirth. Front man of Sick Pleasure and Humungus. Currently singing with his band Verbal Abuse.
Member of Legionnaire’s Disease, Dirtbag, Afterbirth. Front man of Sick Pleasure and Humungus. Currently singing with his band Verbal Abuse.
Nils Frykdahl:
Virulent anti-humanist and itinerant housepainter. A founder of the Rock Against Rock Museum. Onetime Barrington Hall dweller.
Virulent anti-humanist and itinerant housepainter. A founder of the Rock Against Rock Museum. Onetime Barrington Hall dweller.
Ninja Death:
S.F. punk. Deadly Sparks team member. Singer for Emetics. Baker Street denizen. Now working as a licensed mortician.
S.F. punk. Deadly Sparks team member. Singer for Emetics. Baker Street denizen. Now working as a licensed mortician.
Noah Landis:
Oakland born and raised. Guitarist and singer for Christ on Parade, 1985-1990. Currently keyboardist for Neurosis. Bassist for Everything Must Go. Co-founder of Sonic Art Recording Studio. Recording engineer for many East Bay punk bands.
Oakland born and raised. Guitarist and singer for Christ on Parade, 1985-1990. Currently keyboardist for Neurosis. Bassist for Everything Must Go. Co-founder of Sonic Art Recording Studio. Recording engineer for many East Bay punk bands.
Nosmo King:
Onetime bassist for Negative Trend, Toiling Midgets, Fifth Column, and the bike-messenger band Noize Boyz. Jak’s Team for life.
Onetime bassist for Negative Trend, Toiling Midgets, Fifth Column, and the bike-messenger band Noize Boyz. Jak’s Team for life.
Oran Canfield:
Juggling prodigy and underage Farm dweller. He currently plays drums in Child Abuse. His memoir,
Long Past Stopping
, was recently published by HarperCollins.
Juggling prodigy and underage Farm dweller. He currently plays drums in Child Abuse. His memoir,
Long Past Stopping
, was recently published by HarperCollins.
Orlando X:
A fixture in the East Bay punk scene for over three decades. OX, as he is fondly known, was front man for Special Forces, United Blood, and Intrepid AAF. He DJs regularly and works at Amoeba on Haight Street when he’s not traveling the globe visiting friends and family.
A fixture in the East Bay punk scene for over three decades. OX, as he is fondly known, was front man for Special Forces, United Blood, and Intrepid AAF. He DJs regularly and works at Amoeba on Haight Street when he’s not traveling the globe visiting friends and family.
Patrick Hughes:
Former
MRR
and Epicenter shitworker.
Former
MRR
and Epicenter shitworker.
Patrick Tidd:
Former drug-addicted BTU knucklehead. Now a BTU knucklehead addicted to adrenaline working as a framing contractor and whitewater raft guide, and raising five kids in Oakland and Mount Shasta.
Former drug-addicted BTU knucklehead. Now a BTU knucklehead addicted to adrenaline working as a framing contractor and whitewater raft guide, and raising five kids in Oakland and Mount Shasta.
Paul Casteel aka Dogsbar King:
Onetime bass player for Impatient Youth, singer for the Black Athletes. Founding member of House of Wheels and Touch Me Hooker. Jak’s Team since 1981—Jak #6.
Onetime bass player for Impatient Youth, singer for the Black Athletes. Founding member of House of Wheels and Touch Me Hooker. Jak’s Team since 1981—Jak #6.
PB Floyd:
Longtime member of the Slingshot Collective, which publishes a quarterly, independent, radical newspaper in the Berkeley.
Longtime member of the Slingshot Collective, which publishes a quarterly, independent, radical newspaper in the Berkeley.
Penelope Houston:
Balances her dark folk rock solo career with fronting the reformed Avengers and glorious library day job.
Balances her dark folk rock solo career with fronting the reformed Avengers and glorious library day job.
Portia:
Onetime Powell Street punk and nasty little death rocker (never to be confused with “goth”). Friend of Hell House and the S.F. Skins. Currently an attorney, living in the East Bay with a private criminal defense practice.
Onetime Powell Street punk and nasty little death rocker (never to be confused with “goth”). Friend of Hell House and the S.F. Skins. Currently an attorney, living in the East Bay with a private criminal defense practice.
Rachel DMR:
Founding member of DMR. Now an equestrienne who lives the horsey life when not working or consulting for Bay Area architectural design firms. She lives with her twin sister in Oakland, staying in touch with her punk roots and friendships that have lasted several decades.
Founding member of DMR. Now an equestrienne who lives the horsey life when not working or consulting for Bay Area architectural design firms. She lives with her twin sister in Oakland, staying in touch with her punk roots and friendships that have lasted several decades.
Rachel Rudnick:
Former
MRR
shitworker. Wrote lyrics for Christ on Parade’s “Another Country.” Enjoys baking and fostering kittens. Still really bad at Scrabble.
Former
MRR
shitworker. Wrote lyrics for Christ on Parade’s “Another Country.” Enjoys baking and fostering kittens. Still really bad at Scrabble.
Ralph Spight:
Guitarist and vocalist for Victim’s Family. Currently lives in San Francisco and makes a living teaching Green Day songs to suburban kids between shows with his new band, the Freak Accident.
Guitarist and vocalist for Victim’s Family. Currently lives in San Francisco and makes a living teaching Green Day songs to suburban kids between shows with his new band, the Freak Accident.
Randy Rampage:
Bass player for DOA.
Bass player for DOA.
Ray Farrell:
Rather Ripped Records. Co-founder of
Maximum RocknRoll
Radio. On to SST, Geffen, and eMusic. Now in technology, guiding record labels through digital royalty process.
Rather Ripped Records. Co-founder of
Maximum RocknRoll
Radio. On to SST, Geffen, and eMusic. Now in technology, guiding record labels through digital royalty process.
Ray Vegas:
Longtime guitarist for Social Unrest. Onetime bassist and guitarist for Attitude Adjustment.
Longtime guitarist for Social Unrest. Onetime bassist and guitarist for Attitude Adjustment.
Rebecca Gwyn Wilson:
Onetime denizen of the Rathouse. Contributor to Lawrence Livermore’s zine
Lookout!
and, later,
Juxtapoz
. She is a former bike messenger, activist stripper, and a UC Berkeley graduate. Now lives in Oakland with husband Paul Casteel and two children.
Onetime denizen of the Rathouse. Contributor to Lawrence Livermore’s zine
Lookout!
and, later,
Juxtapoz
. She is a former bike messenger, activist stripper, and a UC Berkeley graduate. Now lives in Oakland with husband Paul Casteel and two children.
Richard the Roadie:
Toured with many bands, 1991-2004. Shitworker at Gilman, Epicenter, and Blacklist. Presently union trade-show installer by day, printer at 1984 Printing by night. Even more crappy tattoos now.
Toured with many bands, 1991-2004. Shitworker at Gilman, Epicenter, and Blacklist. Presently union trade-show installer by day, printer at 1984 Printing by night. Even more crappy tattoos now.
Robert Eggplant:
Founding member of Blatz and the Hope Bombs. Onetime member of the S.P.A.M. Records collective, which organized Geekfest. He still volunteers at Gilman and has been publishing his zine
Absolutely Zippo
since 1987.
Founding member of Blatz and the Hope Bombs. Onetime member of the S.P.A.M. Records collective, which organized Geekfest. He still volunteers at Gilman and has been publishing his zine
Absolutely Zippo
since 1987.
Robert James Hanrahan:
Deaf Club/Walking Dead cultural instigator and political collaborator.
Deaf Club/Walking Dead cultural instigator and political collaborator.
Rozz Rezabek:
Front man of Negative Trend and Theater of Sheep. Continues to write
LoverLegendLiar
, his yet unpublished memoir of scandalous seminal obscurity and 15 minutes that lasted way too long.
Front man of Negative Trend and Theater of Sheep. Continues to write
LoverLegendLiar
, his yet unpublished memoir of scandalous seminal obscurity and 15 minutes that lasted way too long.
Ruth Schwartz:
Mordam Records founder. Now motivational speaker and business coach.
Mordam Records founder. Now motivational speaker and business coach.
Ryan Mattos aka Mad Toast:
Guitarist for Ceremony. Contributor to Rivalry Records. Onetime roadie for Nerve Agents.
Guitarist for Ceremony. Contributor to Rivalry Records. Onetime roadie for Nerve Agents.
Sammytown:
Singer for Fang and the Resistoleros. Madonna Inn dweller.
Singer for Fang and the Resistoleros. Madonna Inn dweller.
Sara Cohen:
Old friend of yours, present enemy of theirs. Settled down with the bass player from that one band. High school dropout with a Ph.D. in sociology, living and teaching in Seattle and raising a teenager.
Old friend of yours, present enemy of theirs. Settled down with the bass player from that one band. High school dropout with a Ph.D. in sociology, living and teaching in Seattle and raising a teenager.
Scott Kelly:
Singer of Neurosis. Still breaking guitars and making babies.
Singer of Neurosis. Still breaking guitars and making babies.
Sergie Loobkoff:
Toiled in vans for much of his life in bands such as Samiam, Sweet Baby, Soup, Knapsack, and Solea. Now an art director, living in downtown Los Angeles.
Toiled in vans for much of his life in bands such as Samiam, Sweet Baby, Soup, Knapsack, and Solea. Now an art director, living in downtown Los Angeles.
Sham Saenz:
Punk rocker
{pəngk’räkər} n. A worthless person (often used as a general term of abuse); a criminal or hoodlum.
Punk rocker
{pəngk’räkər} n. A worthless person (often used as a general term of abuse); a criminal or hoodlum.
Shawn Ford:
Co-Flounder of Shred of Dignity Skaters’ Union. Now living with his very own family that he made all by himself in Hawai’i, and teaching ESL at Kapi’olani Community College and the Basics of Home Brewing at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa.
Co-Flounder of Shred of Dignity Skaters’ Union. Now living with his very own family that he made all by himself in Hawai’i, and teaching ESL at Kapi’olani Community College and the Basics of Home Brewing at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa.
Sothira Pheng:
Singer and songwriter for Crucifix. Currently singer and bass player for Proudflesh.
Singer and songwriter for Crucifix. Currently singer and bass player for Proudflesh.
Spike Slawson:
Lead singer for Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. Bassist for Swingin’ Utters. Bass player and singer for Re-Volts.
Lead singer for Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. Bassist for Swingin’ Utters. Bass player and singer for Re-Volts.
Steve DePace:
Drummer of Flipper and Negative Trend.
Drummer of Flipper and Negative Trend.
Steve Tupper:
Presently serving a life sentence running Subterranean Records.
Presently serving a life sentence running Subterranean Records.
Stormy Shepherd:
Founder of Leave Home Booking, which works with many Bay Area bands, including Rancid, NOFX, AFI, and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, as well as Tiger Army, the Damned, the Vandals, and the Offspring.
Founder of Leave Home Booking, which works with many Bay Area bands, including Rancid, NOFX, AFI, and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, as well as Tiger Army, the Damned, the Vandals, and the Offspring.
Suzanne Stefanac:
Former roommate and legal assistant to Jello Biafra.
Former roommate and legal assistant to Jello Biafra.
Tammy Lundy aka Tammy MDC:
Longtime booker, roadie, and driver for MDC. Founder of Team Herpes. Partner to Mikey Donaldson of Offenders, MDC, and Sister Double Happiness for 16 years.
Longtime booker, roadie, and driver for MDC. Founder of Team Herpes. Partner to Mikey Donaldson of Offenders, MDC, and Sister Double Happiness for 16 years.
Ted Falconi:
Guitarist for Flipper.
Guitarist for Flipper.
Tiger Lily aka Lily Chou:
Spastic KALX DJ. Editor of
My Letter to the World
zine, 1993-2001, and
JetLag RocknRoll
online travel guide. Photographer of bands, places, pastries, and Domokun.
Spastic KALX DJ. Editor of
My Letter to the World
zine, 1993-2001, and
JetLag RocknRoll
online travel guide. Photographer of bands, places, pastries, and Domokun.
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