This series is a collection of stories and interviews from the bands, labels, clubs, zines, and scenesters who were around a period of underground rock n’ roll music in Los Angeles between 1985 and 1990. All pieces are written by Chris Ibanez and Matt Hutchison. In the late 1980s, when Los Angeles was still an affordable city for starving artists, there weren’t many bands who effortlessly mixed punk rock and rust-tinted electric blues with an idiosyncratic groove and rhythm like Claw Hammer. From 1986 to 2000, Claw Hammer carved out a name for themselves across America’s college campus radio playlists and alternative culture scene with a seven-album run across three labels and countless solo and support tours across the States. A prominent element in the Long Beach quartet’s songwri...
