Imperial Dogs Kickstart Carducci's 'History Of L.A. Punk'

One year ago today, the second half of former SST label vet Joe Carducci's epic "History of L.A. Punk" aired via John Allen's WFMU/Jersey City radio show. Carducci kickstarted the first half of the show -- which aired November 19, 2008 and is archived here -- with the Imperial Dogs' original 1975 recording of "This Ain't The Summer Of Love."

As Carducci -- author of Rock And The Pop Narcotic and Enter Naomi -- notes on his New Vulgate blog: "The first half begins about 15 minutes into the program with the Imperial Dogs cut, then continues through the entire second program. I tried to use one track per band in a roughly consecutive timeline from 1975 to 1985. I don't believe there is as good and as a long a program to be done regarding any other city's music in the punk era. Listen and prove me wrong."