Episode 5 – “Concrete and Chaos: Punk Takes Los Angeles”

Forget the Hollywood dream.
In late '70s L.A., punk wasn’t born in clubs — it crawled out of garages, skate parks, and police vans.

This episode dives into the chaos of West Coast punk:
The Germs, Black Flag, The Bags, and a scene as sprawling, angry, and unpredictable as the city itself.
From The Masque’s basement walls to hardcore’s suburban explosion — L.A. didn’t follow the punk playbook.
It tore it up.

DIY, riots, poetry, brutality —
This is punk with a sunburn and a switchblade.

🎸 Featuring: The Germs, X, Black Flag, Circle Jerks, The Bags, Suicidal Tendencies & more
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