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The Crowd's press is a real slice of punk history. Here you'll find selections representing everything from mainstream media giants such as the Los Angeles Times to obscure hand-typed fanzines. Most of the following collection of articles, reviews, and interviews from before 1997 came from Jim Kaa's archives. There's a lot of different points of view to be found and a lot of Crowd history. Enjoy!


Reviews of the 2008 re-release of Letter Bomb from Orange County Weekly, Yahoo Music, and Exclaim (Canada).(February 2008)

Left of the Dial 2/25/2008 (Interview with Jim Kaa)

OC Weekly 6/27/2003 (Ranking the best Orange County bands of all time / various)

OC Weekly 2/15/2002 (interview / Chris Zeigler) [Req. Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0]

OC Weekly 1/4/2002 (review of Punk Off / Chris Zeigler) [Req. Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0]

Razorcake 9/18/2001 (review of rough cut of Punk Off / Roger Moser)

Razorcake 5/2001 interview with The Crowd / Todd & Sean: Cover | Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6

Loud Energy 8/11/2000 (Interview with The Crowd )

SonicNet 6/3/1999 (report on Punk Rock Hall of Fame show / Teri vanHorn )

LA Times 11/2/1998 (Review of Santa Ana show w/Dickies / John Roos)

Flipside 9/1998 (Review of $kad / ShitEd)

LA Times 8/5/1998 (Farewell to the Cuckoo's Nest / Mike Boehm)

Flipside 5/31/1998 (Show Review - Crowd @ Exene's You've Got Bad Taste / ShitEd)

Flipside 3/7/1998 (Show Review Crowd & Damnation at Linda's Doll Hut / Todd)

OC Register 2/8/1998 (Feature on the Crowd web site / Leslie Gornstein)

Flipside 1/30/1998 (Show Review - Crowd, Pushers, Dickies / Todd)

LA Times 8/21/1997 OC Calendar Weekend (OC Local Band Review / Mike Boehm)

Skratch Magazine #16, 6/1997 (Review of "Letter Bomb" / Maynard Krebs)

Shitbird McGoon Magazine, 1996 (?) (ShitEd Talks With Jim Kaa / ShitEd)

Lollipop online magazine, 1996:(Review of "Letter Bomb" / John Sarre )

LA Times OC Edition 12/27/1996 (Review of "Letter Bomb" / Mike Boehm)

Dr Strange Records (1995?) (Review of "Dig Yourself" )

Maximum Rock & Roll, 8/1995 ( Review of "Dig Yourself" EP / KK)

Flipside # 97, 8/1995 (Reviews of "Dig Yourself" EP / Various )

LA Times OC Edition 3/9/1995 (Review of "Dig Yourself" EP / Mike Boehm)

LA Times OC Edition 7/19/1991 (Beach Blvd CD & Reunion Show / Mike Boehm)

Flipside #58, Winter 1989 (interview / Al )

LA Times, 7/30/1989 (Faces of O.C.'s Punk Scene / Mike Boehm)

Flipside, 1989 (?) (Review of "Big Fish Stories" / Brad Bradberry)

LA Times, 11/19/1987 (An Original Crowd of Punkers Reunite / Gina Arnold

LA Times, 7/5/1981 (Review of "A World Apart")

Cal Vinyl, 1980 (Review of "A World Apart" / Mark Leviton)

Music Connection, 5/1980 (Review of "A World Apart" / Jeff Silberman)

Flipside #19, 5/1980 - (Surfin' With The Crowd/ Al)

? Zine, 1979 (?) (Review of "Beach Blvd" Album / Gang of Three)

? Zine, 1979 (?) (X, Crowd, Blasters Concert Review / Russ)

LA Times, 10/17/1979 (Cramps, Crowd at the Whisky / Robert Hilburn)

Flipside #14, 4/1979 (Report on HB scene and interview / Noelle)




LAST UPDATED: FEB 2002

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