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This index will attempt to gather show dates and flyers for all appearances
1977
Date: April 16, 1977
Venue: The Orpheum Theatre
Location: Los Angeles
Notes: opening for The Weirdos, The Zeros
Date: May, 1977
Venue: The Roxy Theatre
Location: West Hollywood
Notes: Up in Smoke movie shoot. This show is the source for the recording of “Sex Boy,” the B-side to the band’s first single.
Date: June 21, 1977
Venue: Whisky a Go-Go
Location: West Hollywood
Notes: with Screamers, Zippers
Date: August 5, 1977
Venue: Larchmont Hall
Location: Los Angeles
Notes: Slash benefit with Screamers, Dils
Date: September 4, 1977
Venue: The Masque
Location: Hollywood
Notes: with Skulls, Alley Cats, Needles & Pins
Date: September 25, 1977
Venue: Whisky a Go-Go
Location: West Hollywood
Notes: with The Weirdos, The Bags
Date: October 1977
Venue: Whisky a Go-Go
Location: West Hollywood
Notes: with Blondie, Devo
Date: October 7-8, 1977
Venue: Mabuhay Gardens
Location: San Francisco
Notes: with The Weirdos
Date: November 23, 1977
Venue: The Masque
Location: Hollywood
Notes: with Skulls, Eyes, Waxx, Naughty Women
Date: Friday, December 2, 1977
Venue: The Masque
Location: Hollywood
Notes: with Skulls, Controllers, Hitmakers, LA Shakers, Rubber City Rebels
Date: Saturday, December 3, 1977
Venue: The Masque
Location: Hollywood
Notes: with Controllers, Hitmakers, LA Shakers, Rubber City Rebels, Front Bottom Rear & Fidel
1978
Date: Friday, February 24, 1978
Venue: Elks Building (Park Plaza Hotel)
Location: Los Angeles
Notes: Masque benefit with Zeros, Dils, Eyes, Screamers, Controllers, Bags, Deadbeats
Date: Friday, March 10, 1978
Venue: Elks Building (Park Plaza Hotel)
Location: Los Angeles
Notes: with Needles & Pins
Date: Friday, April 21, 1978
Venue: Larchmont Hall
Location: Hollywood
Notes: with Bags, Controllers, Middle Class
Date: Tuesday, May 23, 1978
Venue: Whisky a Go-Go
Location: West Hollywood
Notes: Lobotomy Night #2 with Bags, Stitches
Date: Friday-Saturday, July 14-15, 1978
Venue: Whisky a Go-Go
Location: West Hollywood
Notes: Lobotomy Night #3 with Red Lights
Date: Wednesday, September 6, 1978
Venue: The Rock Corporation
Location: Van Nuys
Notes: with The Simpletones, Brainiacs
Date: Tuesday, October 31, 1978
Venue: Roosevelt Hotel
Location: Hollywood
Notes: with The Go-Go’s, Mau-Mau’s, Hal Negro and the Satin Tones
Date: Saturday, November 4, 1978
Venue: Mabuhay Gardens
Location: San Francisco
Notes: with Dead Kennedys, The Red Products
Date: Tuesday, December 19, 1978
Venue: 1317 W. 7th
Location: Los Angeles
Notes: with Controllers, Bags, Middle Class
1979
Date: Friday, January 12, 1979
Venue: The (other) Masque
Location: Hollywood
Notes: with Dead Kennedys, Rhino 39
Date: Saturday, January 13, 1979
Venue: The (other) Masque
Location: Hollywood
Notes: with Dead Kennedys, Rotters
Date: Saturday, February 24, 1979
Venue: The (other) Masque
Location: Hollywood
Notes: with Cramps, Dead Boys, Pure Hell, Wall of Voodoo, Extremes
Date: Saturday, March 3, 1979
Venue: Deaf Club
Location: San Francisco
Notes: with Dead Kennedys
Date: Tuesday, March 13, 1979
Venue: Squeeze
Location: Riverside
Notes: with X, Rhino 39
Date: Saturday, May 26, 1979
Venue: Club 88
Location: Los Angeles
Notes: with Alley Cats, Dred Scott
Date: Tuesday, July 17, 1979
Venue: Hong Kong Café
Location: Los Angeles
Notes: with Extreme, the Adaptors
Date: Wednesday, August 15, 1979
Venue: Hong Kong Café
Location: Los Angeles
Notes: with B-People, Vs
Date: Saturday, September 22, 1979
Venue: Hong Kong Café
Location: Los Angeles
Notes: with Middle Class, Black Flag
Date: Wednesday, October 31, 1979
Venue: Hong Kong Café
Location: Los Angeles
Notes: with Fear, Black Flag, Catholic Discipline, Chinas Comidas
Date: December 14, 1979
Venue: Hope Street Hall
Location: Los Angeles
Notes: with X, Suburban Lawns
Date: December 23, 1979
Venue: Whisky a Go-Go
Location: Hollywood
Notes: Masque Xmas party with Arthur J. and the Gold Cups
Date: December 31, 1979
Venue: Hong Kong Café
Location: Los Angeles
Notes: with Johanna Went
Date: January 29, 1980
Venue: The Great Gatsby
Location: Redondo Beach Pier
Notes: with Black Flag, Descendents, Eddie and the Subtitles
Date: February 17, 1980
Venue: Kings Palace
Location:Hollywood
Notes: Youth Party Benefit with X, Circle Jerks, Top Jimmy, UXA, Gestapo, Lost Souls, the Men.
Date: February 17, 1980
Venue: Kings Palace
Location:Hollywood
Notes: with Circle Jerks, Mau Mau’s
Date: Tuesday, February 26, 1980
Venue: The Great Gatsby
Location: Redondo Beach
Notes: with Circle Jerks, Cheifs, Crowd, Eddie and the Subtitles
Date: March 13, 1980
Venue: Fleetwood
Location: Redondo Beach
Notes: with Middle Class
Date: April 26, 1980
Venue: Fleetwood
Location: Redondo Beach
Notes: with Middle Class, Adolsecents, der Stab
Date: December 3, 1980
Venue: Starwood
Location:
Notes: Reunion show with Middle Class, the Screws
Chris Ashford may not be a household name, but over 40 years ago, he released a single by his teenage friends, The Germs. That single, Forming / Sex Boy, is now widely recognized as the first Los Angeles DIY punk release. Shortly after, Ashford was approached by The Dils’ manager to put out a single for them. This was issued as What 02, The Dils’ I Hate the Rich. At the time, Ashford was frequenting The Masque in Hollywood, and from there recorded The Controllers, The Skulls, and the Eyes. In 1982, the What Records? name was sold, around the same time Ashford began releasing surf rock and taking his music business in a different direction.
