PATTERNS AND TONES

Sex Crime is seriously my new favorite band. They've got straight up rock n' roll sensibilities coupled with New Wave synth undertones, delivered at a breakneck speed, these sythpunk sweethearts are tops! Watching this band perform a few months ago at The Redwood Pirate Bar downtown (which was a perfect backdrop to enjoy their nefarious ride), reminded me how fun going to see live music could be. Their shear enthusiasm was infectious and roused the crowd into a frenzy. Check out a song from their show here ! This is one Sex Crime you wont want to miss! Julie Pavlowski Green July 12, 2014 Julie Pavlowski Green: When did Sex Crime form? Tim (drums/vocals): O ver 900 days ago. Cecilia ( vocals/keyboards) :  We talked about doing this band forever before actually starting. We finally got our shit together in September 2012. Holly ( bass/vocals) :  When Ryan and Cecilia decided to ask me to join jerk forces with them....they were already rocking with Tim in Cec...

Eddie Cochran moved to Bell Gardens, CA in 1953, but little did he know that 60 years later, rock n' roll would still be alive and well in his adopted city in the form of the Black Mambas ! With Michael Prince on vocals, Dorian Chavez on guitar, Leroy Martinez on drums and Eric Martinez on bass, the Black Mambas  are a revved up rockin' good ride that keeps you on the edge of your seat all the way through their set. Their debut self titled CD and a 45 single " Baby, I'll Give It To You " came out in 2013 on  Wild Records ,  who describe them as a 4 piece rock & roll band playing first wave punk.  Rodney Bingenheimer has said "they have a Rolling Stones-meets-Iggy and The Stooges way about them. Very blusey side of the Stones vibe, with an edge of garage". And they were described by Chris Ziegler, editor of LA Record , as "staggering into 1976 with gutter-glam songs and dawn-of-punk velocity and attitude". I was introduced to the ban...