Sub-Hollywood (Paperback, illustrated edition)

A thinly-veiled autobiographical coming of age story, written against the backdrop of the first rush of Punk Rock in Los Angeles and Hollywood, this narrative steps into the West Coast Punk rock scene of 1976-1982, a fervent creative period in experimentation in rock music and concept. Long before Prozac, Paxil, and Wellbutrin were used to chemically lobotomize the population, California teenagers and young adults turned to BLACK FLAG, X, GERMS, FLIPPER, SOCIAL DISTORTION, RAMONES, and the CIRCLE JERKS to moderate their social anxieties and alleviate family conflicts. Here's that story...