Partying with the Germs and drinking with X: A new book about Slash magazine captures L.A.'s early punk scene
It all began as an art project. It was the mid-1970s and Los Angeles was cheap and stuffed with artists.  Melanie Nissen was an amateur photographer managing a bookstore in Palos Verdes. Steve Samiof was working for a group of small newspapers on Crenshaw Boulevard. The couple, who had exchanged...
L.A. Times - Entertainment — It all began as an art project. It was the mid-1970s and Los Angeles was cheap and stuffed with artists.  Melanie Nissen was an amateur photographer managing a book... more info
L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — It all began as an art project. It was the mid-1970s and Los Angeles was cheap and stuffed with artists.  Melanie Nissen was an amateur photographer managing a book... more info