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1984
January 7, 1984
Hollywood, California
The Troubadour
Headline Act: Brooklyn Brats
Opening Act: Nuhaven

January 20, 1984
Hollywood, California
The Roxy
Headline Act: Malice
Opening Acts: Odin, Lizzy Borden

This show was chosen by WASP founder Blackie Lawless to be Punky's audition show for WASP. Having just fired original drummer Tony Richards, Blackie had approached Punky about taking Tony's place. Punky never agreed to do it, but he couldn't stop Blackie from coming to the show. If you talk to Punky, he'll tell you that Blackie offered him the WASP job in the Roxy dressing room following this show but he turned it down. However, according to Jim, Punky was not offered the job because Blackie was not happy with what he had seen that night. Either way, Punky was still firmly in WITCH. At left is WITCH rockin The Roxy (photo courtesy Punky Peru)

January 21, 1984
Anaheim, California
Radio City

Around this time the band's first T-Shirt was produced (at right). The design was printed on both red and grey shirts and sold for $8 each at the band's merch stand. A second T-Shirt--red with a black WITCH logo printed on the front--was also produced solely for the band and crew.

February 2, 1984
Costa Mesa, California
The Concert Factory
Headline Act: Michael Schenker Group (MSG)
Opening Act: Mondo Cane

February 3, 1984
Hollywood, California
The Troubadour
Headline Act: Rhoads

Headliner RHOADS featured Kelle Rhoads, the older brother of OZZY OSBOURNE/QUIET RIOT guitar ace Randy Rhoads, and future MEGADETH drummer Nick Menza.

February 11, 1984
San Pedro, California
The Dancing Waters Club
Headline Act: SIN
Opening Act: Stone Tiger

The Dancing Waters Club got its name because of the large, real waterfall directly upstage center.

February 17, 1984
Hollywood, California
The Troubadour
Opening Acts: Rhoads, Beowulf

This show represents the first time WITCH headlined in Hollywood. Their group photo was featured in the Troubadour listing in BAM Magazine.

Future WITCH guitarist Scott Rickett saw a Troubadour WITCH show early on in the band's career. Scott was on tour with MERCENARY at the time who were also doing shows in L.A., and he was told by a friend that he had to see this great local band named WITCH. Scott remembers it was a headlining show and the Troub was packed to the rafters with a long line of people outside trying to get in. When WITCH went on Scott said they absolutely blew his mind and he felt like he was seeing a band at the Forum. Two-and-a-half years later Scott would join WITCH.

On March 2 an article about WITCH entitled "WITCH Hopes To Materialize On Top" appeared in the Los Angeles Times. This article essentially "made" WITCH on the So Cal club circuit. For the next year nearly every show they played was a sell out.

March 3, 1984
Anaheim, California
Radio City

This is likely the show where Ronny caught on fire. At this time, the band used so much pyro on stage that they had to have an FX rehearsal a day or two before each gig, but Ronny decided that he did not need to attend the rehearsal for this show. This night, in the wrong place at the wrong time, the flame cannons went off on cue and completely engulfed Ronny in fire. He was wearing--for the first time--a custom made, one-piece red costume made of plastic, and the heat of the flames melted the plastic to Ronny's skin over his entire body. Above is WITCH and part of their pyro display at Radio City sometime in early 1984. Pyro technician Rich Paris--in a red WITCH shirt--can be seen setting off the cannons on the right side of the picture. Later in the year the band would set the ceiling of a club on fire without any major damage or injury, but looking at the photo above it's a wonder that they never burned a club to the ground. (photo courtesy Punky Peru)

It is around this time when WITCH entered Sunset Sound Studios in Hollywood to finish recording their first e.p., THE HEX IS ON. They took the masters from their first recording session back in July of 1983 and wiped Michael Williams' bass tracks from "Bewitched," "Nervous Wreck," and "Damnation." Jim Warmon recorded his bass tracks onto those songs, and the band recorded three additional tunes: "Cinderella (In Black Leather)," "Wet n Wild," and "Blond Alert" (although this song was dropped from the e.p. before it went to press). The final mixing sessions for THE HEX IS ON were held at United Recording Studios in Hollywood.

WITCH's reputation on the L.A. metal scene was growing fast. An audio recording recently surfaced of SIN performing on March 10 at The Troubadour. Their vocalist, Art Deresh, announces that SIN will be playing again at the Troubadour on May 4 and 5 with "WITCH, son of a WITCH, and the daughter of WITCH, featuring Punky, star of stage, screen and the Troubadour bathroom." Punky's antics in that bathroom are legendary, even this early in the band's career.

At the beginning of April WITCH was featured on radio station KLOS's "Local Music Show." The station played three songs from the newly-completed THE HEX IS ON recording session, including "Damnation." This is the first time WITCH received airplay on a major radio station.

April 7, 1984
Pasadena, California
Perkin's Palace
Headline Act: Keel
Opening Acts: Max Havoc, Stryper

A huge show for WITCH, opening for the debut performance of Ron Keel's KEEL, following the breakup of STEELER. This show was produced by DeeDee Lewis, who had also produced the January 20 MALICE and WITCH show at The Roxy, as well as the following April 13 show in Culver City. She would later marry Ron Keel. Photographer Kevin Estrada remembers the concert this way: "Witch was another credible metal act from Los Angeles....they had instant street cred thanks to their drummer, Punky Peru. Not only did Witch have a loose canon for a drummer, but their singer, Peter Wabitt, was also a bit of a madman on stage. Wabitt�s vocals were dark, eerie and powerful. Another aspect that I thought was really cool about Witch�s live show was their guitarist, Ronny

Too. I love Flying V Guitars, they just look so metal, and Ronny would always bust them out. Witch played some big gigs in their career...but this show at Perkin�s Palace proved to be a huge show for Witch. Witch was direct support for the debut performance of Ron Keel�s Keel (pictured at left; photo courtesy Punky Peru). Ron Keel was the hottest unsigned name in Metal in L.A. at the time and needless to say, there was a lot of hype on this show and it was packed to the rim. Witch was just about to release their EP, The Hex Is On, and the Los Angeles rock radio station, KLOS, had just premiered a few of their songs, including the show-stopper, Damnation, on The Local Music Show. KLOS had also premiered a few of Ron Keel�s new solo songs � the L.A. Metal Community was thirsty to hear more from all of the bands on the bill. I remember looking up at the balcony that night and seeing hands, arms and bodies hanging over the edge. It was definitely an oversold show." Check out more from Kevin at www.kevinestrada.wordpress.com and www.kevinestrada.com.

April 13, 1984
Culver City, California
Culver Vets Hall
Opening Acts: Slayer, Lizzy Borden, Tyrant

For the first--and last--time, tickets and real cloth back stage passes both featuring the WITCH logo were issued for this show. This could arguably be considered the biggest gig of WITCH's career, headlining over local majors SLAYER and LIZZY BORDEN. The show was sold out with more than 1500 metal heads packed into Vets Hall to see WITCH at the very top of their game. Tapestry Artists Management attended this show--who were managing Y&T at the time--and negotiations began for them to manage WITCH. At left is WITCH blowing up the Culver Vets stage. (photo courtesy Punky Peru)

May 4, 1984
Hollywood, California
The Troubadour
Headline Act: SIN
Opening Act: Kcordrah

This was the debut performance of the new lineup for Rik Fox's SIN, featuring Frank Starr on vocals. Rik and band were interviewed live on radio station KUCI April 13 promoting these shows at The Troubadour.

May 5, 1984
Hollywood, California
The Troubadour
Headline Act: SIN
Opening Act: Assault

Sometime during May WITCH was cast to play a mutant Heavy Metal band in the film RADIOACTIVE DREAMS. Set in 2010, 15 years after a nuclear holocaust, two "detectives" emerge from their bomb shelter looking for fun! WITCH makes a very brief appearance, looking not too unlike their normal selves, rocking out on stage as victims of the holocaust rock with them. The film starred Michael Dudikoff and Lisa Blount, and opened on September 19, 1986. To date it has grossed a dismal $240,000 worldwide. At left is WITCH on the set of the film. (photo courtesy Punky Peru)

May 18, 1984

Anaheim, California
Radio City
Opening Acts: Ruthless, Straightshooter

This was the first time I ever saw WITCH. Radio City's telephone concert hot line announced: "See WITCH in a small club while you can." I can't emphasize enough how huge WITCH was on the metal scene at this time. The club was definitely sold out, with fans crammed from the front of the stage (where I was) all the way back past the bar and pool table at the rear of the club. We were not the "beautiful people," either. This was not the glamorous crowd seen in THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION movie a few years later. We were the denim, leather, spikes and chains crowd; not there to be pretty, but there to live metal with WITCH leading the way. When the band hit the stage, there was a huge crowd surge forward and I was smashed against the stage. Punky's torches were blazing and the heat from the fire cannons surrounding the stage was so intense that it felt dangerous to be there. Jim's bass cabinets were faced with barbed wire and Ronny's cabinets had chain-link fence stretched across them. Peter was using

only the top portion of a microphone stand and he swung it around like an axe. The lights from the drum riser (modeled after Tommy Lee's but made bigger and brighter by Punky) were blinding. The fog was so thick sometimes that the band was not even visible, but then suddenly one of them would be right in my face. In my mind each band member had his own persona: Punky was The Escaped Lunatic. Jim was The Beast. Ronny was The Rock God. And Peter was The Circus Ring Leader keeping all of us animals on his leash. No one in the band ever made eye contact with those of us in the front rows. Instead, they were always looking toward the rear of the club, as if trying to connect with fans in the last rows of the Los Angeles Forum. WITCH was bigger than Radio City, bigger than all the clubs, and larger than life. They were training to be rock stars and doing it. If KISS had walked on stage during this show they would've been booed because we were there for WITCH. When the show was over I was exhausted and hooked on WITCH for the rest of my life. As a 39 year-old writing this today, some of this may seem a little corny. But I can honestly say it is the truth of this moment in time: May 18, 1984. Until the end of time bands will play shows and have fans and "make it," but it will never happen like this again. (photo above courtesy Jim Warmon)

June 9, 1984
San Pedro, California
The Dancing Waters Club
Opening Acts: Exit, White Noiz
Archived: Video
SET LIST:
Blond Alert
Hit the Road
(No More) Suffering In Silence
Cinderella (In Black Leather)
Damnation
Bewitched
The Chosen Ones
Nervous Wreck
Hell On Wheels

This show was billed as the band's First Year Anniversary show. Peter announced from the stage, "It's been a long year." At right is Peter on April 13 at Vets Hall. (photo courtesy Punky Peru)

Around this time WITCH signed

a management contract with Tapestry Artists Management Company out of Woodland Hills, giving this new company virtually complete control of the band. Timothy J. Heyne and Steve Mazin, along with Jennifer Perry, now represented WITCH. Aside from booking shows and rehearsal time, Tapestry's main job was to secure a recording contract for the band. Recording sessions earlier in the year--completely financed by the band--had produced six finished songs, and a self-produced e.p. entitled THE HEX IS ON was planned for release later in the summer. Tapestry's plan was to press the e.p. and then shop the finished product to the major labels. At right is the band's first-and-only Tapestry Artists Management press photo.

June 15, 1984
Hollywood, California
The Troubadour
Opening Acts: Invaders, Blackstar

Just before summer an article about WITCH appeared in World Metal Report magazine. It mentions that their album will be released by "early summer," and that it will include the songs "Damnation," "Cinderella Dressed In Black Leather," and "The Hex Is On You" (a song with this title is not known to exist, so this could simply be the reporter confusing the name of the album--The Hex Is On--with a song title).

June 16, 1984
4418 Sunswept, Santa Ana, CA
Backyard Party

The day following their massive show at The Troubadour, WITCH played a very unique gig. They were invited by a female friend to play her 16th birthday party at her friend's house in Santa Ana. WITCH--with full P.A. system, lights, foggers, drum riser and even fire cannons--loaded in to the backyard of the home and set up on the patio. It's the only time the band ever played at a house party. The birthday girl, Somer P., recently contacted us and had this to say about the gig: "My birthday party was awesome! I remember flashes of it (WAY too much to drink!!!) Very loud and obnoxious! I remember the guys kept giving the band more money to play longer. I think they kept giving them 100's. I will remember that party forever!!!! Love ya--Somer." Contractually WITCH were not allowed to book their own shows or play "sub-par" shows like this, so they tried to keep the gig a secret from Tapestry. However, it remained a secret for less than a day and Tapestry threatened to end their relationship with the band.

June 30, 1984
Anaheim, California
Radio City
Opening Acts: Blitzkrieg, Invaders
Archived: Audio
SET LIST:
"Pricking Of My Thumbs" intro tape
Blond Alert
Hit the Road
(No More) Suffering In Silence
Cinderella (In Black Leather)
Damnation
Bewitched
The Chosen Ones
Ronny Guitar Solo
Nervous Wreck
Hell On Wheels
1:45
Wet N Wild

Another First-Year Anniversary show, the band passed around bottles of champagne to the crowd before the encore. The band is pictured above in the Radio City kitchen, waiting to take the stage. (photo courtesy Punky Peru)

July 14, 1984
San Francisco, California
The Stone
Headline Act: Laaz Rockit

This was WITCH's first show outside of Southern California and it got off to a rough start. All four members of METALLICA were at this gig, and Punky remembers being laughed at by them in the dressing room. The mid-1980's San Francisco thrash metal scene spawned by METALLICA included such bands as EXODUS, POSSESSED, DEATH ANGEL, and tonight's headliner LAAZ ROCKIT. Hollywood metal bands like WITCH weren't exactly welcome, and the San Francisco crowd came prepared to hate WITCH. During their opening song, WITCH was bombarded with boos, beer bottles, cans, and anything else the crowd could get their hands on. But WITCH wasn't about to back down. A kid in the front was leaning over Jim's monitor and flipping him off. Jim walked toward him and planted his boot spike directly into the kid's forehead, knocking him unconscious. The kid's friends tried getting on stage and go after Jim but they were thrown out by security. With the first song complete, Punky grabbed a beer bottle out of mid air and broke it over his own head, causing him to bleed. At this point the crowd began to turn; these guys from L.A. were tough and weren't about to take any crap. By the middle of the set the crowd was totally on their side, and by the end it was sheer mayhem inside the club. When the band left the club and headed back to their hotel, car loads of fans followed them and people lined their floor of the hotel. The photo above of the San Francisco crowd was taken by Punky from atop his drums.

On July 26 the band's debut E.P., The Hex Is On, is released on O.T.T. Records in America, and distributed by Important Record Distributors. Recorded at Sunset Sound Studios in Hollywood, the E.P. is comprised of songs recorded in July of 1983 and March of 1984.

TRACK LIST:
Damnation
Bewitched
Cinderella (In Black Leather)
Nervous Wreck
Wet N Wild

Album cover model Mitzi Gorder met the band earlier in the year at a club in Westminister called Joshua's Parlour (later The Marquee and currently The Hustler Club). Punky and Ronny devised the concept of the album cover: a metal babe with very long blond hair being clawed at by the band at her feet. Important Records liked the idea of a female on the cover, but they wanted to see the front of her. The band stuck to their guns and when the photo session took place at David White's Orange County studio, only photos from behind were taken. See the RECORDS section for more details on this release.

The question has often been asked why--if WITCH had such a huge following and made so much noise on the So Cal club circuit--why didn't they end up getting signed to a major label? For a band that was a better MOTLEY CRUE than MOTLEY CRUE ever was, why didn't WITCH have a similar career? Depending on who you ask, the answer seems to come down to timing and management. WITCH had signed a management contract with Tapestry Artists, giving them complete control over the band. However, Tapestry needed WITCH just as much as WITCH needed them, and Tapestry was depending on WITCH to launch their management business into the big time. Therefore, Tapestry was not about to let WITCH get signed to a small deal; they were going for all or nothing. Brian Slagel from Metal Blade Records loved WITCH, and he wanted to sign them and release THE HEX IS ON. Not realizing he wasn't in the position to make business decisions, Punky told Slagel WITCH would sign with Metal Blade, and the only thing left to do was sign the contract. However, Slagel wasn't offering much money, and when Tapestry found out about Punky's so-called deal with Slagel they called it off. Metal Blade was furious and swore they would never again have anything to do with WITCH, and this was a crushing blow to WITCH's reputation and marketability. Tapestry told the band not to worry because a deal with Capitol, who had signed WASP the previous year, seemed eminent. But that deal, too, fell through, so Tapestry made the fateful decision to self-release THE HEX IS ON and hope that a deal would come from that. No deal ever did.

July 28, 1984
Hollywood, California
Stardust Ballroom
Headline Act: SIN
Opening Acts: Terriff, Savage Grace

Billed as the "Metal No-lympics" show in response to the Olympics being held at the time in Los Angeles. This is the infamous show where WITCH set the ceiling of the Stardust Ballroom on fire. At the end of the first song the flame pods went off on cue, but the flame columns were so strong that they blasted the ceiling tiles some ten-feet above the stage. According to eyewitness accounts either the Fire Marshal or a police officer ran on stage and stopped the band. No fire extinguishers were available, so the official and a few crew members pulled down the burning tiles and threw them out the

back door. About five minutes later, with the fire out (and the ceiling destroyed), WITCH was allowed to continue. Unfortunately, photos from WITCH's performance are not known to exist, but SIN photographer Mike "Ozzy" Gibbens did manage to document the destruction. The photos at right show SIN (along with Frank Starr on vocals: he would go on to form the now-legendary rock band THE FOUR HORSEMEN, but tragically, he died following a motorcycle accident on June 18, 1999) in performance--after WITCH had played--with all of the charred ceiling tiles removed.

August 3, 1984
San Pedro, California
The Dancing Waters Club

Opening Acts: Axis, Sacred Child

In 2007 Jim found a WITCH t-shirt up for bid on ebay. He won the auction and thought the shirt was a bootleg. However, the shirt appears to be legit. The entire image is a negative of the original design, complete with a TM (trademark) sign underneath the "h." The shirt itself is a Jerzees brand (identical to the gray t-shirts), and is sleeveless, just like the initial run of known THE HEX IS ON shirts. No one in the band, including Punky, remembers this shirt being produced, but it's very possible a small run were printed and paid for by Tapestry Artists when the gray t-shirts sold out. That being the case, these shirts would've been available during the summer of 1984.

August 10, 1984
Anaheim, California
Radio City
Opening Acts: Deceiver, Mona Lisa

August 31, 1984
Reseda, California
The Country Club
Opening Acts: Stryper, Poison

Another very big and important show for the band. A full page advertisement, including the front cover of the album and a photograph of each band member, appeared in the August 24 issue of BAM Magazine (at right). For the first and only time, THE HEX IS ON album cover model Mitzi Gorder signed copies of the album at the band's merch table. Openers STRYPER were on the verge of international stardom, but POISON were still virtual unknowns at the time. According to Punky the capacity crowd was rowdy and belligerent, with WITCH fans and STRYPER fans fighting each other throughout the night. POISON vocalist Brett Michaels somehow got caught up in the mayhem, and during the middle of their set he was pulled offstage and into the crowd by unruly fans. He dislocated his shoulder and the band was unable to finish their show. Later, as WITCH's intro tape rolled, Punky was busy with a young lady backstage. He thought he had plenty of time to get to the stage but he was wrong. Steve from Tapestry Artists grabbed Punky away from the girl and rushed him to his drum kit, but the intro had long since finished. The smoke-filled stage stayed dark while the tape was rewound and restarted.

September 5, 1984
Huntington Beach, California
The Golden Bear
Opening Acts: Vengeance, Ruthless

On September 13 WITCH loaded-in their gear and stage show to a warehouse in Culver City for a photo shoot with HUSTLER magazine. Local metal fans were invited to attend as extras, and HUSTLER girls were placed at the front of the stage. The photo appeared in the April, 1985 issue and accompanied an article about the excesses of the L.A. metal scene.

September 21, 1984
Anaheim, California
Radio City
Opening Acts: Ruthless, Suspect

The flyer for this show announces that the first ten people at this gig and at the October 5 Dancing Waters show will receive an autographed copy of The Hex Is On, and that albums will be on sale at both shows. The flyer also says "Back from San Francisco and ready to shred." This is curious because the band's last confirmed performance in San Francisco was more than two months earlier. Punky has speculated that the band returned to San Francisco sometime between September 6 and September 20 (with a specific date being September 14, the day following WITCH's HUSTLER photo shoot), but no documentation of this exists.

October 5, 1984
San Pedro, California
The Dancing Waters Club
Opening Acts: Borrowed Time, 21st Century

Around this time Punky had a pet rat named Sportster, and he lived the rock n roll life. His baby sitters included Heather Locklear, and he was Lita Ford's studio mascot during the recording of her LITA album. Sportster also had the ability to escape from his cage, jump off the table, ascend a full flight of stairs, and climb into bed with Punky--much to the dismay of whoever might be sharing the bed with him.

October 24, 1984
San Pedro, California
The Dancing Waters Club
Headline Act: Exciter
Opening Act: Megadeth

The fact that WITCH opened for EXCITER and MEGADETH has been confirmed by many different sources, including Jim, Punky, and The Waters Club 1984 sound engineer. But the exact date has remained elusive until now. According to two different MEGADETH "historians," Dave Mustaine and company only played The Waters Club on one ocassion, and that was on this date. It makes sense with EXCITER's schedule, who were on tour in the U.S. at the time supporting their second album, Violence and Force, and it also makes sense with WITCH's schedule. (update June, 2010: metal fan Doug Klein was at this show, and he was kind enough to send me a photo of the only known poster still in existence for this gig. My thanks to Doug!) Although they had headlined at this club just three weeks earlier, the band's management took this opening slot in order to audition a second guitarist. No one in the band--particularly Ronny--wanted a second guitarist, but Tapestry thought it might round out their live sound. So, to apease Tapestry, Ronny brought in a guy named Danny Blaze. He had no live experience at all and wasn't very good, and that was the whole idea. In the middle of the show Jim got so fed up that he told Blaze to get off the stage. Not knowing what had happened, Peter followed Blaze and told him to get back out there and play. Jim again threw Blaze off the stage and Peter got the point. Tapestry never again asked WITCH to add another guitarist. Now, that's not all the drama that happened at this show! After soundcheck WITCH was told by EXCITER's crew that they were not allowed to use pyro and half their lights would be pulled. WITCH stage manager Marty "Moose" didn't take this very well. Just before WITCH took the stage Marty screwed three 2x4's into EXCITER's dressing room door, effectively locking them inside. WITCH went onstage and did their whole show, while EXCITER spent 20 minutes literally breaking down the door, doorframe, and 2x4s. When WITCH took the stage and began their first song, Punky realized that his snare had been slashed. He struggled through the opening song before a replacement snare was brought in from the truck. He blamed Dave Mustaine and MEGADETH because EXCITER were conveniently locked away. So when MEGADETH took the stage WITCH and their crew went to work on Mustaine's rented equipment van. They flattened all four tires and used pipes to break out all of the van's windows. All this happened while Danny Blaze was still in the club! WITCH took off, leaving Danny behind and unaware of what had just happened. When MEGADETH saw their van they chased down Blaze and beat him until security broke it up.

October 31, 1984
Reseda, California
The Country Club
Headline Act: Grim Reaper

Photographs of WITCH from this show were published in the March, 1985 issue of Japan's "Burrn" magazine, along with photos of LONDON and ODIN and an article about the burdgeoning L.A. metal scene. In these photos Ronny is wearing a blue leather suit that he purchased from Don Costa for $50.

November 2, 1984
Costa Mesa, California
The Concert Factory

November 17, 1984
Hollywood, California
The Troubadour
Opening Acts: Medusa, Pulse, Agent Steel

November 30, 1984
Anaheim, California
Radio City
Opening Acts: Sylum, Jekyll and Hyde

An ad appeared in BAM Magazine #195 announcing this show with POISON as the opening act. However, based on an ad in BAM #196, it appears that POISON opted out of this Radio City gig to appear with LEATHER ANGEL at the Concert Factory in Costa Mesa. photo by Rich Paris

December 15, 1984
San Francisco, California
Rock On Broadway
Co-Headline Act: Hellion
Opening Act: Scanner

At right is the Rock On Broadway marquee (photo courtesy Ronny Too). Ronny's future band MAX HAVOC played the night before.

December 17, 1984
Palo Alto, California
Keystone Palo Alto
Co-Headline Act: Hellion

With a day off between bookings with HELLION, it's very possible that WITCH played a show of their own on the 16th; however, this has proven impossible to research. After winning-over an angry crowd at their San Francisco show on July 14, WITCH returned to the Bay Area with fellow L.A. metal band HELLION for two more shows, and the crowd reaction was much more positive this time around. However, the band was kicked out of their hotel on the first day for trashing their rooms and throwing things out of the window (including the room's telephone). Punky's girlfriend was staying with a friend in Chinatown, so Punky and the boys stole their manager Jennifer Perry's car and set off to find her. They stayed with Punky's girlfriend that night and the next, then drove the equipment truck back to L.A. But, they never returned Jennifer's car to her, and she was left to track it down on her own somewhere in Chinatown.

December 22, 1984
San Pedro, California
The Dancing Waters Club
Opening Acts: Thrust, Destruction, Delirium, Sykes

For Christmas this year each band member received from Tapestry Artists $100 and a bottle of Jack Daniels.