Attitude Counts at "We Were Feared" World Premiere

Categories: A Clockwork Orange
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Photo by John Gilhooley
One of the most famous former patrons of the Cuckoo's Nest, with the long-gone Costa Mesa club's owner.
In the documentary Urban Struggle: The Battle of the Cuckoo's Nest, the Costa Mesa club's owner, Jerry Roach, says of punk during an on-camera interview from 30 years ago or so, "I liked the attitude, you know . . . Fuck you. I'll do what I want." Well, here's Roach at Sunday night's premiere of a new Cuckoo's Nest documentary, obviously liking the fuck-you attitude of Duane Peters, who cut his teeth as a 16-year-old punker at the Nest before going on to his own music and pro-skateboarding glory.

John Gilhooley got the shot and many others in this slideshow from the We Were Feared world premiere.

It was one of those rare assignments where a photographer would actually pay us to be there. Besides Peters (of U.S. Bombs, Die Hunns, Gunfight), Roach posed with members of D.I., the Adolescents, the Vandals, TSOL, China White and the Chiefs, among others.

There was no police action, as hinted at here, only good vibes gooey enough to make a punk puke.

"Great night at the We Were Feared movie premiere at NBFF with some old school punks/fans and families there to see and remember the old days at the Cuckoo's Nest," Gilhooley reports. "Everyone had a story about their time at 'The Nest,' as Duane Peters referred to it."

As for We Were Feared itself, Gilhooley gave two shutterbugged thumbs up, saying he especially liked the way Jonathan W.C. Mills' film tied the old schoolers in with today's punks, particularly the band the Diffs, "who gave their own take on what it means to be an individual and the kind of attitude it takes to be a punk."

What kind of attitude was that again, Jerry?

There's a repeat screening of We Were Feared at 9 p.m. Tuesday at Edwards Island Cinemas.

Comments (6)

poser alert says:

coker,
once again you show you are as much a poser as Duane Peters is. Duane was at the cukoos nest for about a month before it got closed and became the Concert Facory. Duanes a nice guy but he aint all the punk rock deity you and others put him up to be. At the time Duane was 16 he was in georgia or carolina one of those fuckin red neck states because he got sent to live with his dad. So check your facts and you spelling by the way before you go to print.

Posted On: Monday, Apr. 26 2010 @ 8:43PM
John Peters says:

Duane never lived in Ga.
When he was 16, he moved in with his Dad, in Newport Beach, Ca.
Get your facts straight, you Hick idiot.

Posted On: Tuesday, Apr. 27 2010 @ 8:03AM
Duane Peters says:

Who are you Coker ? some goon in a room with the power of the all mighty Keyboard at yer fucking side ? does the werd poseur?(correct spelling) make ya feel unrepressed ? can you do me a favour and get a gun from somebody as soon as possible and just go finish the job my man ! KiLL YERSELF PLEASE ! you are a waste of time and a waste of space! youve only one claim to fame ! I dont like you! -allah SLF
by the way,Thanks Dad ! and I lived right around the corner in a place called newport Crest- we lived in that same spot for years before that on 43rd street and before that ontario ca-I got sent to mich when I was 12 for a year because I got in trouble a lot.I was at the CooKoos nest almost everynight-I moved to SanFransico when it became the concert factory-I might have gone there once or twice before I left - infact I named a band called LOST CAUSE that played debut show and went and watched them and went to another place to watch discords first show- then I hung out at a place called the Mabuhay Gardens/On broadway in northbeach almost everynight along with the I beam over in the haight dist-then off to sac for a year....Hung with Tales of terror I drumed in the tTeddyboys to rehab my knee after I jump outta 4 story parking garage we opened for lords of the new church and did a sound check drumming with grand master flash and the furious five in a burger stand- shit we rolled a 7-11 werker ,I ended up on the first crime watch TV and had to split town and moved back south then Labufadora mexico for 8 mo.s were me and eva lost are first baby after 8 and a half months of pregnancy then back to sf in 84 were I played with Fire sports ,Ya Know ...Michael Belfer /Guitarist of the Sleepers-we got sighned and kicked off the label for shooting up but played opening night of NightBreak ,berkly square amoung other places I cant remember because by now you should have been man enough to pull the trigger with yer cannon foder self So ....better luck next life bro !

Posted On: Tuesday, Apr. 27 2010 @ 8:32AM
Matt Coker says:

Poser alert: Duane Peters says in "We Were Feared" he was at the Nest when he was 16. I did not witness it with my own eyes as I was in the I.E. and Pomona area from '77-'81.

Duane Peters: So that's the thanks I get for putting you up as a punk rock deity. Sheesh.

Posted On: Tuesday, Apr. 27 2010 @ 9:48AM
MILLS says:

to clarify - I'm "pretty sure" Duane is responding to 'poser alert' not to Matt who has been nothing but a huge supporter of the film...Duane, hope you liked it man.

Posted On: Tuesday, Apr. 27 2010 @ 1:24PM
voodoogrrrl says:

"Poser Alert" is the target here, not Coker.

Posted On: Tuesday, Apr. 27 2010 @ 1:48PM

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