Catholic Discipline
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Catholic Discipline was a short lived Los Angeles
punk rock
band headed by Slash Fanzine
editor Claude Bessy
, nicknamed "Kickboy Face", on vocals. The band was started in 1979 and played a series of shows around the Los Angeles area before ultimately breaking up in 1980. However they are most known for their appearance in the 1980 Penelope Spheeris
rockumentary
film The Decline of Western Civilization
, in which they played two songs. Other notable members of the band included Phranc
, who is jokingly known as "the world's best Lesbian Jewish folk singer"; Craig Lee from Alice Bag Band
; Rick Jaffe from the band Bpeople; and reportedly Robert Lopez, who is also known as El Vez
, the Mexican Elvis. They never formally recorded any music and only recently was a collection of live recordings released in CD
form through Artifix Records.
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
band headed by Slash Fanzine
Slash (fanzine)
Slash was a punk rock-related fanzine published in the United States from 1977 to 1980.The magazine was a large-format tabloid focused on the Los Angeles punk scene, though it did not restrict itself to local acts: its first cover featured Dave Vanian of The Damned. It regularly covered such L.A....
editor Claude Bessy
Claude Bessy
Claude Bessy , also known as "Kickboy Face," was an iconic founder of the Los Angeles punk scene in the late 1970s.-Biography:...
, nicknamed "Kickboy Face", on vocals. The band was started in 1979 and played a series of shows around the Los Angeles area before ultimately breaking up in 1980. However they are most known for their appearance in the 1980 Penelope Spheeris
Penelope Spheeris
Penelope Spheeris is an American director, producer and screenwriter. She is best known as a documentary film director whose works include the trilogy titled The Decline of Western Civilization...
rockumentary
Rockumentary
The term rockumentary is a neologism denoting a documentary about rock music or its musicians. The term was used by Bill Drake in the 1969 History of Rock & Roll radio broadcast, and by Rob Reiner in the 1984 mockumentary film This Is Spinal Tap....
film The Decline of Western Civilization
The Decline of Western Civilization
The soundtrack was released in December 1980 by Slash Records on LP. In the late 1990s it was released on CD as well. It is currently out of print. Germs singer Darby Crash appears on the soundtrack album cover. He died shortly before the film was released, though the promotional images for the...
, in which they played two songs. Other notable members of the band included Phranc
Phranc
Phranc is an American singer-songwriter whose career has spanned several decades.-Biography:She began her performing career in the late 1970s and early 1980s punk scene in Los Angeles...
, who is jokingly known as "the world's best Lesbian Jewish folk singer"; Craig Lee from Alice Bag Band
The Bags
The Bags were an American rock band formed in 1977. They were one of the first generation of punk rock bands to emerge out of Los Angeles, California.-Career:...
; Rick Jaffe from the band Bpeople; and reportedly Robert Lopez, who is also known as El Vez
El Vez
El Vez is the stage name of Robert Lopez, a Mexican-American rock and roll artist, who performs and records original material and covers classic rock songs...
, the Mexican Elvis. They never formally recorded any music and only recently was a collection of live recordings released in CD
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
form through Artifix Records.