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Lene Lovich “Lucky Number”
Started life as the B-side to her July 1978 cover of “I Think We’re Alone Now.” Flipped to the A-side in January 1979 and became the breakout lead single from her debut album Stateless.
Broken Peach “Personal Jesus”
Halloween Special 2020
Took Depeche Mode’s anthem. Gutted it. Rebuilt it for Halloween. Unforgettable. ☠️🪦🎃💀👻🐈⬛
The exterior theater scenes in Michael Jackson’s 1983 “Thriller” music video were filmed at the Palace Theatre (630 S. Broadway) in downtown Los Angeles.
Built in 1911 as the Orpheum Theatre, it is the oldest remaining original Orpheum theater in the United States.
Mike Bones retweeted
In memory of Ariane Daniela Forster aka Ari Up, founding member and singer of The Slits, who died much too young on October 20, 2010 at the age of 48 in Los Angeles while fighting breast cancer.
Photo by Yulian Yewdall
#punk #punkrock #womenofpunk #ariup #theslits #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Mike Bones retweeted
20 years ago today 💔
In memory of Sandra Sue Pesavento aka “Sandy West”, singer, songwriter, drummer and one of the founding members of the Runaways, who tragically passed away as a result of lung cancer, October 21, 2006
Photo by Philippe Carlie
#punkrock #sandywest #punkdrummer #punkrockhistory #otd
The Cramps "Surfin' Dead"
Laid down in ’83. Landed on Smell of Female.
Slotted into the 1985 soundtrack of The Return of the Living Dead.
Mike Bones retweeted
In July 2025, we wrote Cole's needed not to be shut, but handed off to a new steward.
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Pouring With Heart held on long enough to find two: Jeremy Fall and Sean Maloney. Main Street is a magic place. Here's to the next 118 years!
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Mike Bones retweeted
In The Grapes of Wrath, Weedpatch Camp is central to the book. Steinbeck based it off Arvin Federal Government Camp, which helped "Okie" farmworkers.
Many buildings have been preserved & used to host a Dust Bowl Days festival 'til 2019. The unsung landmark is 100 mi north of LA.
Johnny Ramone often named Bride of Frankenstein as his favorite movie. I got to see it in 2010, paired with Rock ’n’ Roll High School, at the 6th Annual Johnny Ramone Tribute held at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles. Here’s the original 1935 trailer for it.
Misfits "Hybrid Moments"
Recorded in 1978 for the planned album Static Age, which remained unreleased at the time.
Remixed version first appeared in 1985 on the compilation Legacy of Brutality.
Original recording was later included on the full Static Age release.
Super Heroines | NightStalker
@ Zombie Zoo Los Angeles. February 13, 1988
Super Heroines were a punk/deathrock trio founded in Los Angeles in 1981 by guitarist and vocalist Eva O (Eva Ortiz). Band remained active until 1988.
Broken Peach "Thriller"
2026 Halloween Special mashup of Michael Jackson’s Thriller, Rammstein’s Du Hast and Rockwell’s Somebody’s Watching Me...!
Messer Chups "Rockin' Zombie"
St. Petersburg surf-horror outfit formed in 1998 by Oleg “Guitaracula” Fomchenkov. This track features bass player Zombierella on vocals.
45 Grave's "Partytime" owns the cemetery scenes in Return of the Living Dead.
The Los Angeles deathrock legends cut a special Zombie Version for the 1985 soundtrack that still hits harder than most modern horror cues...!