Stalag 13 band members

Last week, inom found myself in a rented silver smart bil cruising through the endless highways and side streets of Southern California on something that I guess could perversely be called a business trip. As I tried to keep my eyes on the road and my rotting stomach in check, inom couldn’t help but think of all the potential historical significance that was surrounding me. With every rundown recreation hall inom passed on the , I wondered if Black Flag or The Adolescents played in there in the summer of ’81 and what kind of havoc was reeked in the process. While inom rode the winding streets of San Pedro to drop off a friend of a friend at his home, my eyes darted around to see if inom could fläck the apartment where D. Boon and Mike Watt wrote the first batch of Minutemen songs. Pathetic I know, but that’s just the way my mind works.
But most importantly, what I psychically absorbed from those drives from Huntington Beach to San Pedro to L.A. really put the genesis of Hardcore Punk in Southern C

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Stalag From teens to somethings, punk rockers stand test of time

There’s another NFL option on Sunday – No Freakin' Lullabies – an unwritten rule that will be the order of the day at Rock City Studios in Camarillo. The all-ages venue will host a punk rock extravaganza featuring D.R.I. and Nardcore icons Stalag 13, along with the Bad Samaritans and more. Cheaper than it would be to park your car at an NFL game, this show can be witnessed for a punk rock affordable 15 George Washingtons.

About 40 years ago, many young Americans were not feeling particularly groovy – quite the opposite, actually – rejecting Frank Zappa’s astute observation: "Be a loyal, plastic robot for a world that doesn’t care." Life sucked, and so did the soundtrack of their lives – disco and what came to be known as classic rock. They also hated – sorry, old white geezers – Ronald Reagan.

What to do? Punks invented their own soundtrack of choice their own way – DIY – Do It Yourself. And they did. Punk rock sp

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Stalag California Hardcore Punk Stalwarts Return with &#;Fill in the Silence&#; (PREMIERE)

Stalag 13's history can be traced all the way back to when original vocalist Ron Baird founded the band in Oxnard, California. Along with Dr. Know, Agression, and Ill Repute, Stalag 13 is considered one of the Big 4 Nardocre bands, influencing bands throughout the world with their take on fast and melodic hardcore.

No hardcore record collection is truly complete with the group's album, In Control, in it. Despite its place as one of the most important records to ever come out of the West Coast hardcore punk scene of the '80s, Stalag 13 broke up shortly after their US tour in support of In Control was cancelled.

The OG Stalag 13 lineup would eventually reunite in , and then go on to tour and play one-offs in the years after. With Baird living in Australia these days, he gave his band mates the green light to find someone to replace him in the band. Vocalist John Crerar (The