How San Francisco Recording Studios Dealt with Early Punk Rock Bands

Manage to rescue this thing out of a friends hands just before it hit the scrap heap. The Ampeg V-4/V-22 was used most famously by Keith (Keef!) Richards –or so I’m told, as well as some lesser known underground wonders like Greg Sage from The Wipers, Doyle from The Misfits, and even the guys in Fear. It’s clearly seen a lifetime of abuse, but with a little love and a bit of money this late 60’s (early 70’s?) amp and matching cab should be up, running, and sounding rad in no time.

After a 10 year studio LP break, Daniel and the other Briefs have returned to Sharkbite Studios in Oakland to begin work on their long awaited and ridiculously overdue new LP.  Here they are doing their best Van Halen reunion tour impression.

…were fantastic in Denver last night!

rad little project Reto and I put together – wild, weirdo punk, owing as much to Devo as it does to early first wave UK stuff. check it out here: ROTBLITZ “fish out of water”.