In association with Los Angeles-based photographer Michael Grecco’s touring multimedia exhibition “DAYS OF PUNK” that is currently on view at MOAH: CEDAR in Lancaster, CA, there will be a free punk concert in the adjacent MOAH: CEDAR Memorial Hall on Friday, March 10. The headliner is veteran southern California based band Channel 3, also known as CH3. Continuing MOAH’s support of Antelope Valley music artists, two local bands will open: Shiiva and The Downsides. Doors open at 5:30PM, music begins at 6PM. No tickets or reservations are necessary, admission is free.
The “DAYS OF PUNK” exhibition at MOAH:CEDAR will be open on Friday from 11AM-8PM. On view at are Grecco’s photographs of artists including Adam Ant, B-52s, Billy Idol, Bow Bow Wow, The Clash, Dead Kennedys, Devo, Human League, Human Sexual Response, Aimee Mann, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Talking Heads, Wendy O. Williams (Plasmatics), and more. In addition to the photographs, visitors to the exhibition will experience soundscapes specially created for “Days of Punk” in collaboration with Roger Miller and Peter Prescott of the cult band Mission of Burma. The video component was put together in collaboration with Jeremy Troy, and includes archival footage that Grecco shot during the punk era.
Additionally, posters, magazines and other memorabilia from back in the day – all from Grecco’s personal collection – will be displayed. These notably include concert posters created by Dini Lamott, a photographer, artist, and member of the punk rock band Human Sexual Response, who are featured in both the book and the MOAH:CEDAR exhibition. The museum is also making special wallpaper collaging magazine covers and Lamott’s images to hang in the bathrooms and back hallway to harken people back to dates in rock clubs with punk posters and flyers plastering the walls.
Image: Poison Ivy (The Cramps), 1980 by Michael Grecco
For more information: https://daysofpunk.com/
