various artists - Live From The Masque: Dicks Fight Banks Hate

I guess this'll make three L.A. posts in a row.

I remember seeing these at the top of a shelving section at Best Buy back in '96. At the time, when your resources as an 18-year-old in suburban Baltimroe were essentially what issues of MRR, Profane Existence, and HeartattaCk you could lay hands on, these sort of things stood out. But then I flipped the cover over, and only recognized that band that covered the Banana Splits theme. And weren't they on A&M? So how could this be anything good.

Ah, capricious youth.

One of four releases on the short-lived Year One Records, this comp is home to four sets of first wave Los Angeles punk rock legends. All recorded live at the legendary Masque, February 24 & 25, 1978. I cannot even imagine going to a basement and getting to see the Dickies, Eyes, Randoms, and Black Randy and the Metrosquad. What a mind fuck. What a righteous time. What a glorious time to be alive.

I'll keep my eyes peeled for the other two releases in this "Live From The Masque" series.

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