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Mixing the punk noises from the SST label (Black colored Flag, Minutemen) with those of ’70s hard rock and roll sludgemeisters, SWA debuted in 1985 together with your Future (WHEN YOU HAVE One). Led by previous Dark Flag bassist Chuck Dukowski and vocalist Merrill Ward, the group released Sex Dr. …

Formed through the ashes of Sin 34, Coated Willie debuted on SST using the label’s brand feeling of adolescent humor, though linked more to straight-ahead rock and roll than punk or hardcore. Guitarist Vic Makauskas, bassist Phil Newman, and drummer Dave Markey shaped in LA in the first ’80s, released …