Group
Wasted Youth
American punk/metal band
- From
- Los Angeles, United States
- Active
- 1981–1988
- Releases
- 4
- metal
- pigfuck
About
Wasted Youth (also known as LA's Wasted Youth) was an early 1980s hardcore punk band from Los Angeles, California. The band followed in the footsteps of Black Flag and Circle Jerks. It was a prominent and popular act among the Los Angeles punk underground. Other bands active in the early 1980s Los Angeles punk scene were The Adolescents, T.S.O.L., Social Distortion, Bad Religion, Agent Orange, and The Stains.
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Footage of the original lineup (1981–1983) can be seen in the film Slog Movie, which is a film documenting the Orange County punk scene.
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Also known as
L.A.'s Wasted Youth · LA's Wasted Youth
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 900a30e9-75b4-4e46-aebd-0ecd8984672f
- ISNI
- 0000000098345517
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