Theresa Kereakes is a rock’n’roll photographer whose iconic images have appeared in music publications and in galleries and private collections worldwide. She’s shot instantly recognizable photos of David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Deborah Harry, Patti Smith, The Damned, The Ramones, Joan Jet, Iggy Pop and The Dead Boys-both on and off stage- many featured in her book, “Unguarded Moments : Backstage And Beyond” a collection of her extraordinary work. Currently based in Nashville, she spent much of her life in Los Angeles, where her documentation of the early punk scene -which she helped create- catapulted her career. In this episode, lifelong friends Theresa and hostess Pleasant Gehman swap anecdotes from the late 1970’s punk scene in Los Angeles, where they founded the Xeroxed fanzine “Lobotomy” which covered local their friend’s band, such as The Germs, The Bags, X, The Dickies and everal others before they became well known. They recall road trips to San Francisco to see Blondie at small clubs and The Sex Pistols at Winterland. They dish crazy stories about everyone from Billy Idol and The Runaways to Tom Waites and The Cramps, the legendary Tropicana Motel and much more!

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