page_title: Music of Los Angeles
section_title: 1970s
hierarchical_section_title: Music of Los Angeles / History / 20th century / 1970s
caption_attribution_description: English: Exene Cervenka (born Christine Cervenka February 1, 1956) performing with X at the at The Chestnut Cabaret in Philadelphia.
context_page_description: As well as being one of the most important cities in the world in the film industry, Los Angeles, California, is also one of the most important places in the world for the recorded music industry. Many landmarks in Los Angeles – such as Capitol Records, which resembles a stack of albums – are representative of this. A&M Records long occupied a studio off Sunset Boulevard built by Charlie Chaplin. The Warner Bros. built a major recording business in addition to their film business.
context_section_description: In the 1970s, bands such as Toto were some of the most 'heard' bands on radio; as most of the musicians in the band were well known session musicians.
  There was a sizable punk rock movement in the 1970s which spawned the hardcore punk movement featuring bands like X, Black Flag and Wasted Youth. Los Angeles' original late 1970s punk scene received less press attention than their counterparts in New York or London, but it included cult bands the Screamers, the Germs, the Weirdos, the Dils, the Bags, 45 Grave (founded by Paul B. Cutler), Nervous Gender, and X.
  There was also an East LA music scene that spawned bands like Los Lobos, War, The Plugz, and Los Illegals among many others.
caption: Exene Cervenka, summer 1986
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