![]() ![]() Last Tuesday’s 75-minute performance opened with “Everything Sux” and “Hope.” Stevenson asked the crowd if anyone in the audience grow up on his street and if they remembered local businesses and fishing boats while guitarist Stephen Egerton reminded the crowd that the tackle box store Stevenson referenced was owned by original Black Flag and Circle Jerks singer Keith Morris’ father. We’ve only played there a few times, so every time we have a chance to play Hermosa, that’s going to be something we’re going to grab for sure.”Īnd grab they did. “The great thing about them resurrecting this club is that it’s so hard to get clubs to thrive in that area. “Plus, we don’t play Hermosa Beach very much,” Aukerman says. I’m not thinking about all the other bigger shows we have on the tour.” When I’m practicing and I visualize how it’s going to be when we get out there, all I’m thinking about is this little club. It’s not going to be playing some big, huge place. “When I’m on my deathbed thinking about all the memories in my life, it’s going to be in those little clubs. “These are the best shows,” Stevenson says. Yeah.”ĭescendents were in the midst of a five-day California tour that included stops in Santa Cruz, Fresno, San Diego and Ventura, but both members say returning to the South Bay to perform at a small venue is important to them and the region. The ocean breeze and the beach itself, going in the water, in that beach, in my beach. As long as I don’t go to those areas, as long as I go to the beach and to certain old restaurants that are still there, then I really feel it. ![]() “I consider it home as long as I don’t go to certain areas,” Stevenson says. Many consider the record the foundation for the pop-punk genre, making the group - and the South Bay - influential across the globe. ![]() (Aukerman lives in Delaware and Stevenson lives in Colorado.) The band’s 1982 debut album “Milo Goes to College” is considered a classic in American hardcore due to its frantic tempos mixed with melody and pop sensibilities. The show was a homecoming for the headliners - singer Milo Aukerman, 60, and Stevenson, 59, graduated from Manhattan Beach’s Mira Costa High School in 1981. Last Tuesday, Saint Rocke celebrated its official grand opening with Descendents, along with the bands One Square Mile and Plasma Canvas - the latter of which includes Descendents drummer Bill Stevenson’s son Miles on guitar- kicking off the show. The former Saint Rocke served food, but Grant says these changes exemplify her team’s interest operating a night club instead of a restaurant. The new ownership has changed Saint Rocke’s lighting and production, raised the ceiling height, removed decorative columns, added a barrier in front of the stage, moved the entrance so fans don’t walk past the green room and removed tables that used to be in front of the bar to allow for more space for patrons. I’m not from California, so the more locals I can get on my team, the more comfortable I feel doing something in their town.” Jim Lindberg reached out to me because he works with Allen, and I ended up offering him a minority position because I really wanted his local voice. He’s been a mentor to me in terms of operations, so when I bought this club I called him and he said he agreed to come on as a minority owner as well. “(Allen) stayed on as a minority owner and got really excited about my vision and didn’t want to get out,” Grant says. The team, Grant says, provides her and Saint Rocke with expertise in running a venue and South Bay knowledge. She’s also expanded Saint Rocke’s ownership to include her romantic and business partner Larry Little, Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman, Pennywise singer Jim Lindberg and Saint Rocke founder Allen Sanford, who maintains a 5% interest in the business. Grant lives in Fort Collins, Colo., where she owns a chain of bowling alleys and the Mishawaka Amphitheatre. 1, opened March 4 and has hosted soft opening shows with Black Flag, the Skatalites, the Aggrolites, tribute band Led Zepagain, the Dan Band and the English Beat. Grant took possession of the building Feb. Saint Rocke sat dormant for approximately three years until Dani Grant, 52, purchased the business on Jan. The 290-capacity venue on Pacific Coast Highway opened in March 2008, but held its final show in March 2020 due to the pandemic. The new owners of Hermosa Beach’s Saint Rocke are trying to change that. Yet the region between LAX and Long Beach has struggled to maintain a live venue that could host national, touring and local acts. The South Bay has produced some of the most revered bands in punk history ( Black Flag, Descendents, Redd Kross, Circle Jerks, Minutemen and Pennywise). ![]()
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