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CloseMarch to November 1980, the Vex was an oasis for Eastside punk bands. Josh Kun describes the scene in a reprint of this 2003
L.A. Times Magazine article.
http://www.elaguide.org/Peoples/joshkun.htm
Born and raised in East L.A., Alice Bags fronted The Bags, one of the first and most popular bands of the early L.A. punk scene.
http://www.alicebag.com/
Thee Undertakers from East L.A. formed in 1977. They were one of the scene's most active performers from 1979 to 1982.
http://www.myspace.com/theeundertakers
The Plugz were one of the earliest and most successful of Southern California's Latino punk bands.
http://punkandoi.free.fr/plugz_biography.htm
Singer/songwriter Mark Guerrero is the son of the legendary Lalo Guerrero. His website contains numerous articles and links related to Chicano music, including the article "Los Illegals: Pachuco Punk Rockers of the 80s."
http://markguerrero.net/21.php
Artist Mark Vallens's site is dedicated to socially conscious art and culture, and it includes documentation of the posters and portraits he created as a participant in the 1970s Los Angeles punk scene.
http://www.art-for-a-change.com/
Website for "punk princesas" Go Betty Go, an all-female Latina pop-punk band from Glendale, California.
http://www.gobettygo.com/
Wikipedia entry on punk rock.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk_rock
L.A. based quarterly publication on public figures and social trends. Online back issues include interviews with former members of many early L.A. punk bands (Black Flag, The Germs, X, Descendants, Fear)
http://www.citizinemag.com/
East Los Angeles Library site shares the history of the area through words and images.
http://www.colapublib.org/history/eastla/
PBS site for the series "American Family," which is set in East L.A., includes information about the area's history.
http://www.pbs.org/americanfamily/eastla.html
"Naa Na Na Na Naa: How the West Coast Eastside sound changed rock & roll" by Ben Quinones, L.A. Weekly (January 5, 2005)
http://www.laweekly.com/ink/06/06/features-quinones.php