
Agnew, alongside bassist James McGearty, drummer George Belanger, and vocalist and lyricist Rozz Williams, who tragically died in 1998, crafted one of the earliest and finest pieces of punk/death rock, Only Theatre of Pain, originally released in 1982 on Frontier Records.Īgnew now plays in Symbolism, alongside old bandmate McGearty, and they’ve been around for a few years and have a record forthcoming in the New Year. punk scene, or should we just say Southern California, or, probably safest to say punk scene in general, who added his unmistakable signature sound to such bands as Adolescents, Christian Death, and D.I. It was a blast talking to guitarist Rikk Agnew, a godfather of the O.C.


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