On this episode, we explore the San Francisco post punk scene from 1978 to 1984. A brief but explosive period that emerged from the collapse of the hippie era and the city’s long history of reinvention. We look at how disillusionment, politics, and geography helped fuel one of the most experimental and genre defying scenes in modern music.

We trace the venues, bands, and ideas that shaped the moment, from Mabuhay Gardens and the Deaf Club to one off spaces, performance art, Target Video, and artists like Tuxedomoon, Chrome, Flipper, Crime, Dead Kennedys, and Negativland. What emerges is a portrait of a city that embraced risk, weirdness, and urgency, and in doing so changed the shape of underground music far beyond San Francisco.