TSOL back in the day

​The 4th annual OC Punk Rock Picnic is happening this Saturday, and the lineup of bands is epic. Six stages will showcase a few foundational American regional hardcore bands, as well as young up-and-comers that keep the scene alive today.
But first, we must pay our respect to our elders. Here are five locally grown bands that made their mark in the early '80s. (And yes, they are worth taking a break from drinking in the parking lot, I promise.)
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Most of the time, when you want to see an artist, you buy a ticket, drink a few beers, wait for an hour or so, see a performance (sometimes mediocre, sometimes stellar). Other times, you find out that waiting for the artist to go on for four hours is way more entertaining than actually watching the artist.

This is an account of my time with one of Wu Tang Clan's founding members, the GZA, last Friday at the Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa.

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• Orange County post-hardcore band Saosin performs Sunday at House of Blues Anaheim. In the OC Weekly feature, frontman Beau Burchell talks to our writer Eric Snider about the pressure to "deliver that single."
• Industrial dance icon Nitzer Ebb will be making bodies move Saturday at Galaxy Concert Theatre in Santa Ana. The band's feuding founders (they finally made piece after not speaking fro years) Douglas McCarthy and Vaughan "Bon" Harris spoke to OC Weekly writer Annie Wharton for this feature.  
• Metal muscleman Danzig performing with Pennywise Saturday at Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center.
• Indie acoustic trio Godric playing free show at the Gypsy Den.
• GNR drummer Steven Adler drumming--with a DJ--Saturday at Sutra.