City

Hermosa Beach

California

Hermosa Beach appears in 1 Songsheets issue: LA Punk (Early 80s). 2 artists in the archive came from here, including Black Flag and Circle Jerks. Key places include The Church. The issues date one event here, in 1976.

Scenes

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LA Punk (Early 80s)
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Artists from Hermosa Beach

  • Black Flag

    Greg Ginn founded the band as Panic in 1976, renaming it Black Flag by 1978.

  • Circle Jerks

    Keith Morris formed Circle Jerks in 1979 after leaving Black Flag, the band he'd fronted before Henry Rollins.

Places

  • The Church
    1978-1982 · LA Punk (Early 80s)

    Black Flag's rehearsal space and de facto headquarters in a converted church, where Greg Ginn ran SST Records and the band honed the relentless sound that defined hardcore.

What happened here

  1. 1976
    Ramones play LA; Panic forms

    The Ramones' first LA show inspires Greg Ginn and Keith Morris to form Panic (later Black Flag), while other proto-punk bands like the Flyboys continue LA's underground scene.

    LA Punk (Early 80s)

Records made by artists from Hermosa Beach