https://www.stereogum.com the world's best music blog Fri, 13 Dec 2019 23:48:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.stereogum.com/1793955/how-brian-wilson-helped-spawn-punk/franchises/sounding-board/ https://www.stereogum.com/1793955/how-brian-wilson-helped-spawn-punk/franchises/sounding-board/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2015 13:32:20 +0000 http://www.stereogum.com/?p=1793955 It was the winter of 1978/'79 in Los Angeles -- that is to say, not much of a winter at all. The Last were holed up in a studio with John Harrison, Hawkwind's founding bassist. The band had just made the jump from self-financing to Bomp! Records, and under Harrison's direction, they were hashing out … More »]]> https://www.stereogum.com/1793955/how-brian-wilson-helped-spawn-punk/franchises/sounding-board/feed/ 6