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I don't get out to shows anymore, nor do I ever get the chance to go to all the great music shops in the Bay Area, so I could never keep this up to date. It's either the abridged version of this page, or it disappears completely.

  Bands And Artists

  All You Can Eat "En-Core" from San Francisco.
  Alphabet Soup Hip-Hop Acid Jazz from San Francisco.
  American Music Club Alternative Pop/Rock from San Francisco.
  Aqua Velvets Spaghetti Western/Psychedelia/Surf/Latin Rhythms/Lounge from Paradise.
  Bethany Curve Atmospheric, Dreampop from Santa Cruz.
  Beulah Indie Rock from San Francisco.
  Bobs Contemporary A Cappella from San Francisco.
  Bracket Power Pop/90s Punk from Forestville.
  Brian Jonestown Massacre Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia from San Francisco.
  Brown-Star Power Pop from San Francisco.
  Cake Alternative Pop from Sacramento.
  Camper Van Beethoven Alternative/Indie Rock from Santa Cruz.
  Chub "Ding-Dong Rock" from San Francisco.
  Clapp, Allen Indie Pop from Sunnyvale.
  Communiquè Indie Rock from Oakland.
  COOKiE Hard Rock/Metal from the South Bay.
  Counting Crows Alternative Pop from Berkeley.
  Cracker Alternative Country-Rock from the Bay Area.
  Creeper Lagoon Alternative/Indie Rock from San Francisco.
  Dance Hall Crashers Ska-Punk from Berkeley.
  davidmahr Synthpop from San Francisco.
  Dead Kennedys / 2 Punk/Hardcore from San Francisco.
  Deerhoof Indie Rock, Noise-Rock from San Francisco.
  Eitzel, Mark Alternative Pop/Rock from San Francisco.
  Electric Color Wheel Rock/Pop/Funk/Folk/Psychedelic/Bluegrass/Jazz from San Francisco.
  Enclave Emo/Screamo from San Mateo.
  Engine 88 / 2 Defunct Pop Punk from San Francisco.
  Ex-Boyfriends, The Indie Rock from San Francisco.
  Faith No More Alternative Rock from San Francisco.
  Film School Alternative Pop, Indie Rock from San Francisco.
  Fleshies Punk from Oakland.
  Frazier, Paula Alternative Country/Folk from San Francisco.
  Gaviotas Alternative Rock from San Francisco.
  Geisha Boys Indie Rock from Oakland.
  Glacier
  Green Day Pop Punk from Berkeley.
  Groovie Ghoulies B-Movie, Punk Rock from Sacramento.
  Grotus Alternative/Industrial Rock from San Francisco.
  Hanford, Jan Ambient Classical from San Rafael.
  Hellbillys Psychobilly from San Francisco.
  Headboard Rap Rock Hip Hop from Petaluma.
  Hurry Up Shotgun Power Pop Rock from Oakland.
  Hydrogen Babies Punk/New Wave/Disco from San Francisco.
  Imperial Teen Alternative/Indiepop from San Francisco.
  ing Alternative Pop/Rock from San Francisco.
  Jawbreaker Pop Punk from San Francisco (R.I.P.)
  Jellyroll Alternative Swing from San Francisco.
  Kozelek, Mark Singer/Songwriter from San Francisco.
  Less Alternative Metal from San Francisco.
  Loud Family Alternative Pop/Rock from Albany.
  Marcus, Hannah Singer/Songwriter, Alternative Rock/Pop from San Francisco.
  Matmos Experimental Electronica from San Francisco.
  Me First And The Gimme Gimmes Punk-Pop, Comedy Rock from San Francisco.
  Mermen Alternative Surf Revival from San Francisco.
  M.I.R.V. Experimental Alternative Pop/Rock from San Francisco.
  MK Ultra Alternative/Indie Rock from San Francisco.
  Mr. Bungle / 2 Experimental Alternative Metal from San Francisco.
  Mr. T Experience Alternative Pop Punk from East Bay.
  No Use For A Name Pop Punk Skatepunk from Sunnyvale.
  Offbeats Modern Rock'n'Ska from Berkeley.
  Orange Peels Indie Pop/Indie Rock from Sunnyvale.
  Oranger Neo-Psychedelic Indie Rock from San Francisco.
  Pansy Division Queercore/Outpunk/Pop Punk from San Francisco.
  Panther, Cole (a.k.a. Robert Seidler)
  Pepper Spray
  Picnic Pop Rock Alternative from San Francisco.
  Pinhead Gunpowder Pop Punk from East Bay.
  Polkacide Punked-Up Polka from San Francisco.
  Primus Alternative Pop Rock Metal Funk from San Francisco.
  Rancid Punk/Pop/Ska from Berkeley.
  Red House Painters Alternative/Dreampop from San Francisco (R.I.P.)
  Residents Experimental Mixed Media Post Punk No Wave from San Francisco.
  Rogue Wave Indie Rock/Alternative Rock/Pop from Oakland.
  Romeo Void Post Punk New Wave from San Francisco.
  Scissors For Lefty Indie Rock/Alternative Pop from San Francisco.
  Smash Mouth Alternative Rock/Pop from San Jose.
  Smash Up Derby Mish-Up Mash-Up Pop Rock from San Francisco.
  Spitkiss Alternative Rock/Metal from Silicon Valley.
  Stone 588 Goth, Alternative Rock from Fullerton.
  Stormdrain Alternative Electronica from San Francisco.
  Stunt Monkey Pop Punk Alternative Rock from San Jose.
  Sun Kil Moon Alternative Pop/Dreampop from San Francisco.
  Sweet Trip Electronic Dreampop from San Francisco.
  $wingin' Utter$ Oi! Punk Revival from Santa Cruz/San Francisco.
  Tel Basta Goth/Dreampop from San Francisco.
  Terra Nova Genre-Benders from Sebastopol.
  Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 Experimental/Alternative/Indie Rock.
  Those Darn Accordians! Accordion-Fueled Rock 'N' Roll from San Francisco.
  Tipsy Ambient/Techno/Club/Dance from San Francisco.
  Track Star Indie Rock from San Francisco.
  Tribe 8 Pop Punk, Queercore from San Francisco.
  Two Gallants Indie Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter Contemporary Folk from San Francisco.
  Vanishing Alternative Rock/Goth from San Francisco.
  Virginia Dare Alternative Folk Rock from San Francisco.
  Visitor 42 Alternative Rock from Oakland.
  Voice Farm New Wave Pop from San Francisco (R.I.P.)
  Wobbly Experimental Electronica from San Francisco.
  Xorcist Electro-Industrial/Alternative/Goth from San Francisco.

  Record Labels & Mail Order

  Alternative Tentacles: Dead Kennedy's, Buzzkill, Tribe 8...
  ARC Records: Electronic Music...
  Asian Man Records: Link 80, Let's Go Bowling...
  Broken Rekids: J Church, The Gits, Naked Aggression...
  Delicious: davidmahr, agency-x...
  DoublePlay Records: Snowmen, PEE...
  Drop Beat: Divid Kristian, Downpour, Chessie...
  Epithet/ Autumn Cathedral, Crimson Ivy, Mute Angst Envy...
  Fat Wreck Chords: Bracket, The New Bomb Turks, Swingin' Utters...
  Flying Esophagus: Trance, Nada...
  Heyday Records: The Aquamen, Penelope Houston, Cyborgasm....
  Jackpine Social Club: Oranger, Jesse DeNatale, Kelley Stoltz...
  Kitchen Whore: Bethany Curve, Lisa Dewey, Marc Moreland...
  Laughing Academy Records: The Paula Murray Trio, the Yams, Sugar Marie...
  Lookout Records: Groovie Ghoulies, Pansy Division, Queers...
  Midheaven Mailorder: Independent label CDs, Vinyl, Cassettes, Magazines, Videos, etc.
  New Disorder Records: TheGodsHateKansas, The Enemies, The Jocks...
  New Red Archives: M.D.C., No Use For A Name, Swingin' Utters...
  Noh Poetry Records: Spaceship Eyes, Ice Jupiter Groove...
  Omnibus: The Mates of State, Fighter D, Electro Group...
  Pencil Neck Records: Crack, Creta Bourzia, SixtyFootTime...
  Pitch-A-Tent: Camper Van Beethoven, Dent, Victor Krummenacher...
  Pop Smear Records: Fine To Drive, Go Kart Go, The Slow Poisoners...
  Radio Khartoum: Cessna, Gypsophile, Watoo Watoo...
  Ralph America: The Residents, Voice Farm...
  Rodent Records: The Burders, Static Faction, Natural Fonzie...
  Short Round Records: 620 Eddy, Maple Trapeze, Eds, Neener...
  Slumberland Records: Rocketship, Henry's Dress, Boyracer...
  SmartGuy Records: Thee Headcoats...
  Springman Records: Groovie Ghoulies, Secretions, The Rum Diary...
  Stones Throw: Peanut Butter Wolf, Rasco, Fanatik...
  timmi-kat ReCoRDS: Perch, Brown-Star, Pale...
  Tomatohead Records: Monkey, Slow Gherkin, Nicotine...
  Twee Kitten: Jumprope, Sweet William, Casino Ashtrays...
  Unicycle Records: Home Of The Morning After Single...

  Alt/Indie Radio & TV

  88.9 FM KUSP: Santa Cruz (Diversified|College)
  89.7 FM KFJC: Foothill Community College, Los Altos Hills (Diversified|College)
  90.1 FM KZSU: Stanford University, Stanford (Diversified|College)
  90.3 FM KUSF: University of San Francisco (Diversified|College)
  90.5 FM KVHS: Clayton Valley High School, Concord (Alternative to the Alternative)
  90.5 FM KSJS: San Jose State University, San Jose (Diversified|College)
  90.7 FM KALX: University of California, Berkeley (Diversified|College)
  94.1 FM KPFA: Community Supported, Berkeley (Eclectic|Community)
  103.3 FM KSCU: Santa Clara University, Santa Clara (Diversified|College)

  Merge: Music Videos: Various Dates & Times In Several States (Public Access KMVT, 1996)

  Other Places Of Interest

  Bay Guardian: Weekly Periodical Online.
  California: The Golden State.
  Caltrain: Transit.
  CitySearch San Francisco, Music, Nightlife, Restaurants.
  Exploratorium: Museum of Science, Art, and Human Perception.
  Hostels in Northern California: Golden Gate Council Hostelling International.
  The List @ foopee.com: See whose playing where, and when.
  Los Altos, CA: The City Of
  METROactive.com: News, Arts & Entertainment.
  Mountain View, CA The City Of
  sanfrancisco.com: Music, Dining, Arts, Movies...
  San Francisco, CA The City Of
  San Jose, CA The City Of
  sanjose.com: Music, Dining, Arts, Movies.
  Santa Clara, CA The City Of
  Santa Clara Valley Transit Authority: For Santa Clara.
  Santa Clara Valley Transit Authority By Route Number: For Santa Clara.
  Santa Cruz, CA The City Of
  sfclubs.com: Choose Your Nightclub Destination.
  SF Gate: News and Information for the San Francisco Bay Area.
  SFRaves: San Francisco Rave Scene.
  sfstation.com: Your Urban Connection.
  sfweekly.com: News, Arts & Entertainment.
  The Tech Museum Of Innovation: 201 South Market St., SAN JOSE (408) 294-TECH x8324.
  Tiny Telephone: Recording Studio.

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