With summer officially buried and school back in full swing, we need something weird and wonderful to do. Thankfully, Santa Cruz always provides. Here’s a mix of eclectic live shows and events to help fill that post-summer fun void. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 The Next Generation Jazz Orchestra at Kuumbwa Jazz Center The Monterey Jazz Festival starts this weekend and…
Posts Tagged: punk rock
Bad Religion in Santa Cruz: Need We Say More?
The year is 1979 and around the sprawling suburbs of Los Angeles, three high school friends, Greg Gaffin, Brett Gurewitz and Jay Bentley decide to form a punk band. Developing their own musical style while playing warehouses in Santa Ana and opening for bands like Social Distortion, the self-described, ‘insurgent teenage punks,’ would come to…
Tater Famine Bring Punk Energy to Santa Cruz Roots Scene
When people see Santa Cruz’s Tater Famine setting up their instruments, they probably get the wrong idea about what kind of music they’re about to hear.
