The Main Branch of the San Francisco Public Library has a display case in the atrium with posters and zines from the city's late 1970s/early 1980s punk rock scene...
...focusing on female performers...
...raising the roof at the Mabuhay Gardens restaurant, among other locations.
One of the founding mothers,
Penelope Houston of The Avengers, actually works at the library and she introduced an hour-long live concert held on the Larkin Street steps of the main branch.
The opening band was Mayya & The Revolutionary Hell Yeah!
The music was loud, tuneful, sexy, and full of energy.
You can hear and download the songs on
Bandcamp (click here).
At the site, there's a short bio: "Diminutive in stature, Gargantuan in spirit". Mayya was born in Russia, grew up in the Tenderloin in SF. she is inspired by david bowie, gogol bordello, iggy pop, funk music, george harrison, pretty much anything w energy and good melodies...
Even the crazy street people hanging outside the library seemed to enjoy the music.
3 comments:
What happened to your images - all censored?
I think I uploaded them incorrectly. Should be better now. Thanks for the heads up.
So glad to see them - what a great event!
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