BTOC Behind The Orange Curtain

BTOC Episode 5 Slash Records

Slash Records was an American record label originally specializing in local punk rock bands, active from 1978 to 2000. It was notable as one of the first and most successful independent record labels in alternative music, before its eventual acquisition by Warner Music Group.

Bands Include: The Plugz, The Germs, X, The Gun Club, The Misfits, After the Millennials, Fear, Bonnie Hayes and the Wild Combo, The Violent Femmes, Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians and Faith No More.

BTOC Episode 4 Rockabilly

BTOC takes a look at the Neo Rockabilly scene in the 80's as Rockabilly gets a musical edge and fashion changes  to drape jackets, brothel creepers, and western shirts with punk clothes, such as tight black zipper trousers and modern versions of 1950s hair styles.  Bands: Stray Cats, The Wild Ones, The Paladins, The Rockats, The Pole Cats, The Blasters, Billy Zoom, The Rockin' Rebels, The Guana Batz and Jimmy and the Mustangs.

BTOC Episode 3 The Paisley Underground

The Paisley Underground is a musical genre that originated from California. It was particularly popular in Los Angeles, reaching a peak in the mid 1980s. Paisley Underground bands incorporated psychedelia, rich vocal harmonies and guitar interplay, owing a particular debt to 1960s groups such as Love and the Byrds, but more generally referencing a wide range of pop and garage rock revival.

 

Bands include: Salvation Army, The 3 O'clock, The Rain Parade, The Nerves, The Plimsouls, The Dream Syndicate, The Pandoras and The Bangles

BTOC Episode 2 80's Ska (2 Tone Ska)

In this episode we hear the music and talk about the bands from the 2 Tone Ska era that influenced the ska scene here in Orange County in the Early 80's. 

Bands: Madness, The Specials, The Selector, Fishbone, The Untouchables, The English Beat, and The Akrylykz

BTOC Episode 1 80's Punk From Orange County

Episode 1 will be focussed on the Punk Rock, and we will be looking at, specifically, the bands that came out of Orange County in the 1980’s. The Orange County Punk scene not only influenced, but earned a place in the history of Punk and helped to lay a foundation in which many bands in the future would build upon in the 90’s and still today. 

The Vandals, Social Distortion, The Offspring, The Middle Class, The Crowd, The Adolescents, Shattered Faith and Agent Orange