The Go-Go's Notebook: 1979 January

Thursday, May 15, 2008

1979 January - March 14

GoGo Shows

January 26, 1979 The Temple - San Francisco
February 10, 1979 Other Masque - L.A.
February 16 - 17, 1979 Mabuhay Gardens - San Francisco
February 19, 1979 the Whisky A Go-Go - L.A.
February 29, 1979 Blackies - Hollywood
March 14, 1979 Whisky A Go-Go L.A.

Write Ups, Reviews and Mentions

January 21, 1979 Los Angeles Times
January 1979 Flipside magazine

January 21, 1979

Los Angeles Times

L.A. Bands: Rocking or Reeling

by Richard Cromelin

Excerpt from article

The Masque, the Hollywood punk mecca that was closed last year for safety code violations, is struggling to its feet again...

(Filling the gap are The Troubadour, Club 88, the Rock Corparation and Madame Wong's.)

The groups most often mentions are L.A.'s major new wave bands the Screamers, X, and the Alleycats, with the Plugz, the Flyboys, the Go-Gos, Fear and the Controllers oving up on the inside.

January 1979

Cover of Flipside
The Go-Gos are on the cover of Flipside Fanzine.
Interviews with the Go-Go's.

January 26, 1979

The Temple (San Francisco)

1859 Geary

(near Fillmore Street)

The Temple - after the big one

photo source: wiki

The Temple was originally the Albert Pike Memorial Scottish Rite temple.

Located at 1859 Geary, this was were Jim Jones had his People's Temple in the mid 1970's. It was torn down in 1989.

The Clash played their first San Francisco performance, (2nd US show) at the Temple as an underground show advertised purely through graffiti.

The Temple was located next door to the Fillmore It was used as a rehearsal hall in the 60s by the Jefferson Airplane and others. Jim Jones of Guyana/People's Temple infamy takes it over. Various shows were here put on including the Clash.

Belinda and Margot