Jon Savage and the lost history of California punk

They were fast, loud and furious – and when things got out of hand the police sent in the snipers. Alexis Petridis pays tribute to America's west coast punksJavier Escovedo is remembering the day snipers turned up at a Zeros gig. "We played Larchmont Hall, this place run by senior citizens," says the frontman of the 70s California punk band. "When the audience started pogoing, the old guys thought it was a fight, like a riot. They called the police, who told us to stop playing, which of cour...

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