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BAND HQ // [X-LA]FORMED 1977 • Los Angeles, CA • Post-Punk & Noise

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We're Desperate—Get Used to It! Dual-vocal beat poetry harmonies colliding with supercharged Gretsch Silver Jet rockabilly-punk overdrive.

Formed in Los Angeles in 1977 by poet/vocalist Exene Cervenka, bassist/vocalist John Doe, rockabilly guitar master Billy Zoom, and drummer DJ Bonebrake. Produced by Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek, their landmark Slash Records albums 'Los Angeles' (1980) and 'Wild Gift' (1981) stood at the center of the Hollywood Masque punk explosion.

7" VINYL, LP & TAPE DISCOGRAPHY:
ADULT BOOKS / WE'RE DESPERATE7" Dangerhouse Single (1978)
DGR-001
LOS ANGELES12" LP (1980)
SLASH-SR104
WILD GIFT12" LP (1981)
SLASH-SR107
COMPLETE HISTORICAL & ACTIVE BAND LINEUP ARCHIVE

X FULL MEMBER ROLL CALL (FOUNDERS, ACTIVE & CLASSIC ROSTER)

EST. 1977 // Los Angeles, CA
ORIGINAL FOUNDERS & ARCHITECTS4 MEMBERS
★ Exene Cervenka (Founding Co-Lead Vocals & Beat Poet — 1977–Present)★ John Doe (Founding Bass Guitar & Co-Lead Vocals — 1977–Present)★ Billy Zoom (Founding Gretsch Silver Jet Lead Guitar — 1977–1986, 1998–Present)★ DJ Bonebrake (Founding Drums & Vibraphone — 1977–Present)
ACTIVE, CLASSIC ERA & TOURING LINEUP3 CREDITED MUSICIANS
• Tony Gilkyson (Guitar — Ain't Love Grand! & See How We Are Era 1986–1995)• Craig Packham (Touring Acoustic Guitar & Percussion)• Ray Manzarek (Classic Era Producer & Organ — Los Angeles / Wild Gift)
IN MEMORIAM // REST IN POWER
† Ray Manzarek (RIP 2013 — Producer of Los Angeles, Wild Gift, Under the Big Black Sun)

X LINEUP — INDIVIDUAL MUSICIAN PAGES (1)

PAT SMEAR
PAT SMEARThe Germs Founding Guitarist & Hollywood Punk Legend

Co-founder and teenage guitar prodigy of The Germs alongside Darby Crash in 1976. Whilst chaos erupted across the stage at The Masque and Whisky a Go Go, Pat Smear anchored the storm with ferocious, inventive chord voicings on his Hagström Scandi, later joining Nirvana (1993–1994) and Foo Fighters.

INSTRUMENT: 1970s Hagström Scandi & Hagström Pat Smear Signature
AMP RIG: Peavey Festival Tube Head + 1970s Marshall 4x12 Cab
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X PIT VIDEOS, FLYERS & RELEASES (1)

HOLLYWOOD MASQUE ROYALTY // 'LOS ANGELES' & 'JOHNNY HIT AND RUN PAULINE'02:38 PIT REEL

HOLLYWOOD MASQUE ROYALTY // 'LOS ANGELES' & 'JOHNNY HIT AND RUN PAULINE'