Bay Area punk playlist #7 mostly covers bands who made their Gilman Street debut between 1993-1995, as well as some bands who never played there at all. 32 bands. These are the Years that East Bay Punk Broke. Green Day signed to a major label and blew up big with videos on MTV and their appearance at Woodstock '94. Rancid also broke into the mainstream when they released ...And Out Come the Wolves in 1995. I was just starting to go to local shows during these years and it was an odd time in the underground scene. New punks were eyed suspiciously and questioned for things like possible mainstream affiliation. Nazi skinheads were a thing of the past at punk shows, so lots of in-fighting went on between groups of friends instead. Dividing lines were drawn over East Bay vs. West Bay, PC vs. anti-PC, spiky-haired drunk punks vs. dreadlocked crustys, etc. I was in a minority that didn't care about any of this stuff and just wanted to have fun. Fights and general hostility were expected, with a few shows I attended ending in near-riots. Venues ended almost as soon as they started due to the chaos. That said, there were still a lot of good bands popping up at the time of varying styles. Garage punk was well represented by the Rip Off Records sect who expertly mined the field. Slap a Ham Records started to document the rise of hardcore's harsher side that was dubbed 'power violence' by one of its main practitioners. They also hosted an annual two-day event called the Fiesta Grande, which brought all the best grindcore, sludge, and power violence bands together on the Gilman stage. Hardcore, both of the punk and 'tough-guy' variety, was starting to make a little bit of noise as well. Pop punk and emo bands who did not aspire for Green Day or Fugazi's fame were always around. Lookout Records was still around, making more money than they ever thought possible from Green Day's pre-major label catalog. What was their next step to continue being the East Bay's best punk rock record label?
Bands: Tilt, Naked Aggression, Raooul, the Ne'er Do Wells, Spazz, Bumblescrump, Dead and Gone, the Rip Offs, Hickey, Screw 32, Oppressed Logic, AFI, Multi-Facet, Blackfork, A Minor Forest, Subincision, Shotwell Coho, No Less, ETO, the Criminals, Pansy Division, Strychnine, Link 80, Eldopa, Ragady Anne, Redemption 87, Utter Bastard, Apeface, Hot Rod Shopping Cart, Torches to Rome, the Loudmouths, Tina Age 13.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvVH7k5Rcq7KSZjN0XLOizYiwpK152MP2
