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Home » Redd Kross

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Posted inMusic

Who’s under that makeup on the gig poster of the week

by Salem Collo-Julin August 19, 2020August 18, 2021

This week’s featured historical gig poster was created by former Chicago artist Rob Schwager, aka Trucker.

Posted inMusic

Punks-turned-power-poppers Redd Kross hit the road with a Melvin on drums

by Luca Cimarusti May 4, 2017August 18, 2021

Since their first releases in the early 80s, southern California four-piece Redd Kross have been a cut above their punk peers. Started in 1980 by teenage brothers Jeff and Steven McDonald and rounded out over their first decade by a rotating cast of guitarists and drummers—including Black Flag members Ron Reyes and Dez Cadena and […]

Posted inBlogs

The Redd Kross reunion rolls on, stops at Empty Bottle on Saturday

by Peter Margasak April 11, 2013August 19, 2021

LA’s reunited Redd Kross tour behind a new album that’s as good as anything they’ve done in a career reaching back to 1980.

Posted inBlogs

80s punk zine We Got Power! still packs a punch

by Peter Margasak March 19, 2013August 19, 2021

A new book by Dave Markey and Jordan Schwartz casts a broad view of LA’s early-80s hardcore scene.

Redd Kross
Posted inMusic

Festival: the 2012 HoZac Blackout

by Miles Raymer May 16, 2012August 19, 2021

Bubblegum punks Redd Kross, psych-rock legend Roky Erickson, and more at HoZac Blackout 2012

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