uptones Archive
11 Jul 2022
Bay Area Book Tour This Week
The Disturbing the Peace book tour is coming to the Bay Area this week. Don’t blink or you’ll miss it: Three events in two days. Come join the fun. Signed copies of the book will be available for purchase, and at some events (see below) real-life characters from the 415 Records story will be in
30 Dec 2020
Always Comes Back: 415 Records and the SF New Wave Scene (Part 3 of 3)
Continued from Part Two… The Uptones Ska was relatively unknown in the United States when The Uptones got their start. Eric Din – who still leads a version of The Uptones today – recalls that he and a bunch of high school friends formed the group in 1981 to play the kind of music made
29 Dec 2020
Always Comes Back: 415 Records and the SF New Wave Scene (Part 2 of 3)
Continued from Part One… The Mutants In late 1978, Sally Webster had a giant loft on First and Mission where she often held salon-type events. “A lot of bands played there for their first time; it was sort of an experiment, but it was super fun.” She and some friends recruited musicians “who could actually
28 Dec 2020
Always Comes Back: 415 Records and the SF New Wave Scene (Part 1 of 3)
An edited version of this feature appeared previously as a cover story in SF Weekly. And LATE BREAKING NEWS: My book about 415 Records will be published in 2021. — bk In the mid- and late ’60s Howie Klein was a student at Stony Brook University on Long Island, 50 miles outside New York City.