I first heard punk-rock music in 1979. Seattle’s KZOK had a Sunday-night radio program called Your Mother Won’t Like It. The show featured music from listeners who served as guest DJs. One evening the ...

Flipper (due tonight and tomorrow night at the Lion’s Lair) got its start in 1979 in the creatively fertile arts and music scene in San Francisco. Formed after the break-up of Negative Trend and ...

Flipper played a shambolic, hypnotic rendition of their anthem “Sex Bomb” earlier this year on their 40th anniversary tour, and they’ve now made it into a music video. The clip opens with testimonials ...

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