The Mutants
The Mutants EP (1980)
image courtesy Kareem Kaddah
Perhaps more than any other band in the Bay Area punk and new wave scenes, The Mutants embodied the art school aesthetic. Several of the group's members were, or had been, students at the prestigious San Francisco Art Institute. Fellow students included Avengers vocalist Penelope Houston, Jonathan Postal of The Readymades, and Debora Iyall, later of Romeo Void.
But The Mutants were the artiest of them all. For the princely sum of $700 a month, Sally Webster rented a big loft at the corner of First and Mission, and she regularly held art-and-poetry salons there. "But it morphed into more of a party," she admits.
Disturbing the Peace's chapter on The Mutants is based upon interviews with band members Sally Webster, John Gullak and Brendan Earley, plus insights and memories from Denise Sullivan, Jello Biafra and 415 Records founders Howie Klein and Chris Knab.
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The Mutants EP (1980)
image courtesy Kareem Kaddah
Perhaps more than any other band in the Bay Area punk and new wave scenes, The Mutants embodied the art school aesthetic. Several of the group's members were, or had been, students at the prestigious San Francisco Art Institute. Fellow students included Avengers vocalist Penelope Houston, Jonathan Postal of The Readymades, and Debora Iyall, later of Romeo Void.
But The Mutants were the artiest of them all. For the princely sum of $700 a month, Sally Webster rented a big loft at the corner of First and Mission, and she regularly held art-and-poetry salons there. "But it morphed into more of a party," she admits.
Disturbing the Peace's chapter on The Mutants is based upon interviews with band members Sally Webster, John Gullak and Brendan Earley, plus insights and memories from Denise Sullivan, Jello Biafra and 415 Records founders Howie Klein and Chris Knab.
ORDER YOUR COPY OF THE BOOK
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