--- title: Photos of SoCal's Skate, Beach and Punk Scenes, 1969 – 1982 description: Sunbathers and hardcore clubs; skaters and punk rockers -- photos of Southern California culture, from the late '60s to the early '80s canonical: https://time.com/3605965/southern-california-skate-beach-punk-photos-1969-1982/ author: Ben Cosgrove article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-24T20:10:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:06:54.392Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Photos of SoCal's Skate, Beach and Punk Scenes, 1969 – 1982 og:description: Sunbathers and hardcore clubs; skaters and punk rockers -- photos of Southern California culture, from the late '60s to the early '80s og:url: https://time.com/3605965/southern-california-skate-beach-punk-photos-1969-1982/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4c8e79fbfe93ef9a/69876b0035ba6fec55c05900/spot-sounds-of-two-eyes-opening-020.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 'Sounds of Two Eyes Opening,' Spot og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Photos of SoCal's Skate, Beach and Punk Scenes, 1969 – 1982 twitter:description: Sunbathers and hardcore clubs; skaters and punk rockers -- photos of Southern California culture, from the late '60s to the early '80s twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4c8e79fbfe93ef9a/69876b0035ba6fec55c05900/spot-sounds-of-two-eyes-opening-020.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Edge of the World: Photos of SoCal's Skate, Beach and Punk Scenes, 1969 – 1982 > Sponsored content. 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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account. by [Ben Cosgrove](https://time.com/author/ben-cosgrove/) ## Ben Cosgrove Nov 24, 2014 8:10 PM UTC  Minutemen; New Wave Theater. Minutemen; New Wave Theater.© Spot by [Ben Cosgrove](https://time.com/author/ben-cosgrove/) ## Ben Cosgrove Nov 24, 2014 8:10 PM UTC For countless fans, the names of the independent record labels that released so much of the most urgent and most original punk, hardcore and post-punk of the 1980s and ’90s are as familiar as the bands they first signed, recorded and unleashed on the world. Just glimpsing, say, a Homestead, Twin/Tone, Rough Trade, Matador or Lookout logo immediately brings to mind bands as diverse as Sebadoh, the Replacements, the Pixies, Guided by Voices, the Fall, Mudhoney, Green Day, Gang Green, the Lyres, the Misfits and a thousand other long-gone and, in a few improbable cases, still-thriving acts. Then there was Greg Ginn’s [SST Records](http://www.avclub.com/article/sst-records-67485). With albums, EPs and singles from bands like Black Flag, the Minutemen, Soundgarden, the Meat Puppets, Sonic Youth and the mighty, indispensable [Hüsker Dü](http://www.allmusic.com/artist/h%C3%BCsker-d%C3%BC-mn0000639053/biography), SST was arguably the most influential indie label of them all. Now, the main man behind so many of SST’s greatest records — a musician, producer and engineer who goes by the name Spot — has a new release of his own: a book of photographs, [_Sounds of Two Eyes Opening_](https://www.sinecurebooks.com/shop/sounds-of-two-eyes-opening-slipcase-exclusive/) (Sinecure). The book is not a traditional memoir chronicling the author’s admittedly sketchy memories of the good old/bad old days (thank god), but a collection of pictures from the late 1960s through the early 1980s. Taken singly and as a whole, Spot’s photos capture the look and feel of defining, evanescent crosscurrents in Southern California culture — sun-splashed beach scenes and dimly lit hardcore clubs; big-haired, bikini-clad roller skaters and grim, graffiti-adorned basements — with an intimacy and a fondness that’s impossible to feign. Spot himself notes in his foreword to the book that he “began taking photographs in 1969 and visually crossed cultural divides that folks now want to philosophize over, but such theorizing is always ineffective. In the end, you were either there, or you weren’t.” So maybe it’s best if we just shut up, and let the pictures tell the story. Before we do that, though, we’ll take a quick moment to note that Spot also writes in an afterward to _Two Eyes Opening_, touching on the often nameless and sometimes placeless captions in the book (and in this LIFE.com gallery): “Regrettably, there are names and details I damn well should not have forgotten, but I have. I humbly ask your forgiveness — it’s been over 30 years.” He’s right, of course. An awful lot of details have, unsurprisingly, gone walkabout over the intervening decades. But most people looking at these pictures today will feel not a sense of temporal disconnect or a desire for MORE INFORMATION, DAMN IT. Instead — through Spot’s talent for keeping both of his eyes fully open, for so long — most readers coming to these photos, for the first or the hundredth time, will encounter and embrace what might be called the pictures’ enduring immediacy. _For a while_ _,_ these photos remind us, _this is what it looked like to be alive and a part of_ _something, there_ _at the very edge of the world._ --- [_Sounds of Two Eyes Opening_](https://www.sinecurebooks.com/shop/sounds-of-two-eyes-opening-slipcase-exclusive/), with photos by Spot (edited by Johan Kugelberg and Ryan Richardson), is available from [Sinecure Books](https://www.sinecurebooks.com). Follow Spot [@spotinator](https://twitter.com/spotinator) and Sinecure [ @sinecurebooks](https://twitter.com/sinecurebooks). ---  Skaters; Lakewood. © Spot  Minutemen; New Wave Theater. © Spot  Pre-shrunken head; Hermosa. © Spot  The Cramps; Whisky a Go Go, LA. © Spot  Skaters; Runway. © Spot  Tony Adolescent, Henry, Dez; LA. © Spot  Laurie; Hermosa. © Spot  Jim Trash (Crowd) & friend; Fleetwood. © Spot  Ole; Runway. © Spot  The Alley Cats; Cove Theater, Hermosa. © Spot  Walking; Hermosa. © Spot  Ray Tate; Hermosa. A master of the DIY ethic before the acronym came into common usage. Cheapskates in Venice had been renting skates out of a van prior to this, but Ray launched his brick-and-mortar shop a week before Cheapskates opened theirs (and proceeded to grab all the glory). He fought with the city, engaged the Strand residents, and gave young twits a place to do more than score their next six-pack or bongload. Parents knew where their kids were; kids knew where their parents were. No secrets. Mister Rogers, Ozzy Osbourne, and Dorothy Hamill would have been tight friends there. © Spot  Inside storm drain; Palos Verdes. © Spot  Bicyclist; Hermosa. © Spot  Crenshaw Strip; LA. © Spot  Bird & cat; Surf Hut Cafe. © Spot  Phoenix; en route. © Spot  Big bowl; Runway. © Spot  Kathy; Hermosa. © Spot  Rocco & Cosmo; Hermosa. © Spot  Gigi; LA. © Spot  Eileen the handstand queen; Hermosa. © Spot  Kelly, Sandy, bible enthusiast; Hermosa. © Spot  Rain; Hermosa. © Spot ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3605965/southern-california-skate-beach-punk-photos-1969-1982/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3605965/southern-california-skate-beach-punk-photos-1969-1982/"},"headline":"Edge of the World: Photos of SoCal's Skate, Beach and Punk Scenes, 1969 – 1982","datePublished":"2014-11-24T20:10:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:06:54.392Z","description":"Sunbathers and hardcore clubs; skaters and punk rockers -- photos of Southern California culture, from the late '60s to the early '80s","url":"https://time.com/3605965/southern-california-skate-beach-punk-photos-1969-1982/","keywords":["photography","Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4c8e79fbfe93ef9a/69876b0035ba6fec55c05900/spot-sounds-of-two-eyes-opening-020.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ben Cosgrove","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ben-cosgrove/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4c8e79fbfe93ef9a/69876b0035ba6fec55c05900/spot-sounds-of-two-eyes-opening-020.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"'Sounds of Two Eyes Opening,' Spot","caption":"Minutemen; New Wave Theater.","creditText":"© Spot","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/photography/","name":"photography"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3605965/southern-california-skate-beach-punk-photos-1969-1982/","name":"Edge of the World: Photos of SoCal's Skate, Beach and Punk Scenes, 1969 – 1982"}}]}] ```