![]() 1-2-3-4 Go Records put out this song on a 7-inch. Recommended song: Muppet Babies by Shannon And The Clams. The Oakland store is located in the trendy Temescal district. The San Francisco store is located in the Mission District about 20 minutes north of Thrillhouse Records. A lot of the Oakland shows are on weekdays and end early enough to catch public transit, which is nice. The record stores are located in San Francisco and Oakland, with the Oakland location having an area for bands to play. 1-2-3-4 Go Recordsġ-2-3-4 Go is a record label that has two store fronts, one of which puts on shows. Recommended song: All the Girls Here by Songs For Moms from their I Used To Believe In The West album, put out by Thrillhouse Records. The shop is located in the Mission District. If you want records, show information, or to meet some real life San Francisco punks, this is your spot. Thrillhouse is a non-profit punk record store and show space. If you like records, be sure to visit Thrillhouse Records. (The story I heard was that a member of the band got jumped and stumbled into El Farlito, where the workers took care of him.) Thrillhouse Records A Mission band singing about a Mission burrito shop. Keep your eye out for art references to legendary Mission punk band Hickey or their vocalist Matty Luv. A lot has changed due to gentrification, but the Mission District is still one of the best parts of San Francisco.Īlong with getting food, and hanging out in Dolores Park, make sure to walk through Clarion Alley.Ĭlarion Alley is an alley filled with beautiful graffiti, a lot of it political. Rent used to be cheap, good burritos were found on every corner, and the cops had other things to do than break up shows. The Mission District is the most punk district in San Francisco. Needles & Pens is a zine shop and arts space located in the Mission District in San Francisco. You can find copies of the zine at Moe's. Started in the 1980s, it is one of the most influential zines to come out of Bay Area. For those unfamiliar, Cometbus is the name of his zine. The drummer of Crimpshrine, Arron Cometbus wrote issue #51 of his famous zine about Moe's and the independent book stores of the East Bay Area. Though the song was written in the 1980s, it is especially relevant today considering how rapidly the Bay Area has grown and changed in the last decade. The lyrics are about a city growing and changing into something unrecognizable. Recommended song: Butterflies by Crimpshrine. ![]() ![]() Moe's is located on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley. Moe's also works with the Prisoner Literature Project to collect books to send to prisons. The store is larger than Bound Together and you can find some real gems there. It's filled with great used books on all subjects. This is my favorite bookstore in the Bay Area. Recommended song: Berkeley Is My Baby by Blatz. It is also the space used by community and activist groups like Food not Bombs and the Slingshot collective. It has a huge zine library, a book library, and regularly hosts events. The Long Haul is an infoshop located in South Berkeley. Recommended song: See Through Their Lies by Crucifix. This store has been around since 1976.īound Together is located in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco. Located in the Haight-Ashbury district, this bookstore holds a wonderful collection of radical literature, t-shirts, etc. ![]() ![]() Like books? Like radical politics? Checkout out the collectively run anarchist Bound Together Books. If you are a punk visiting San Francisco, these are a few places you should visit and a few songs to listen to while there. These are the places that the artists, punk rockers, misfits, creative souls of the Bay Area helped form. From graffiti artists like Twist to the original founders of Burning Man, San Francisco has been shaped by some of the most talented artists in the world.Įven though the growth of Silicon Valley has drastically changed the makeup of San Francisco, there still remain some amazingly cool places to visit in and surrounding San Francisco. Along with the punk rockers, the Bay has been home to a thriving creative community. Bands who came out of the Bay Area include legends like the Dead Kennedys and Green Day. San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area have always had a huge punk rock scene. ![]()
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