EvanRude

The very first L.A. punk band to ever play a public show, opening for the Zeros and the Weirdos 4/16/77 at the Orpheum Theater on Sunset, directly across the street from Tower Records. For other artworks like this one, click the blue EvanRude link right up there 👆

Unique, cute and common Japanese saying for "I'm hungry." Literal translation: "mouth lonely." For other artworks like this one, click the blue EvanRude link right up there 👆

Unique, cute and common Japanese saying for "I'm hungry." Literal translation: "mouth lonely." For a color other than black, and to check out other artworks like this one, click the blue EvanRude link right up there 👆

One of the artist's early self portraits. To check out other artworks like this one, click the blue EvanRude link right up there 👆

Perhaps the artist had a premonition of AI 40 years hence? To check out other artworks like this one, click the blue EvanRude link right up there 👆

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One of the artist's largest paintings: 16 feet wide. To check out other artworks like this one, click the blue EvanRude link right up there 👆

Some anatomy for ya. To check out other artworks like this one, click the blue EvanRude link right up there 👆

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Basquiat exhibit at the Tokyo Mori Museum 2019. To check out other artworks like this one, click the blue EvanRude link right up there 👆

Loin. To check out other artworks like this one, click the blue EvanRude link right up there 👆

One of the artist's friends and contemporaries, Keith Haring. To check out other artworks like this one, click the blue EvanRude link right up there 👆

One of many Basquiat-Warhol mashups from the mid-1980s. To check out other artworks like this one, click the blue EvanRude link right up there 👆

One of many Basquiat-Warhol mashups from the mid-1980s. To check out other artworks like this one, click the blue EvanRude link right up there 👆

Vincent van Gogh's Agostina Segatori 1887. To check out other artworks like this one, click the blue EvanRude link right up there 👆

Vincent van Gogh's Terrace of a café at night (Place du Forum) 1888. To check out other artworks like this one, click the blue EvanRude link right up there 👆

Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night Over the Rhône. To check out other artworks like this one, click the blue EvanRude link right up there 👆

Vincent van Gogh's Girl in White. To check out other artworks like this one, click the blue EvanRude link right up there 👆

A walk in the absinthe forest with VvG and a companion. To check out other artworks like this one, click the blue EvanRude link right up there 👆

The incredible Bad Brains at Godzilla's in the stinkin' San Fernando Valley March 26 1982. Although HR never liked the term, Bad Brains were considered the originators of hardcore punk and always put on a stunning performance. To check out other artworks like this one, click the blue EvanRude link right up there 👆

Exene of the L.A. punk band X looking tired (or tyred, if you're British). To check out other artworks like this one, click the blue EvanRude link right up there 👆

Many bands, playing to save the Masque club, all for naught: Day 1 The Zeros The Dils The Eyes The Screamers The Germs The Controllers The Bags The Deadbeats Day 2 The Weirdos The Dickies Shock Skulls Arthur J (& the Goldcups) The Alley Cats Black Randy (& the Metrosquad) F-Word X The Randoms The Flesh Eaters The Plugz To check out other artworks like this one, click the blue EvanRude link right up there 👆

Alice & Pat way, way back in the day, day. To check out other artworks like this one, click the blue EvanRude link right up there 👆

Have a cigarette - and Fuck Christmas - with FEAR + Circle Jerks + Adolescents @ The Starwood December 9, 1980. To check out other artworks like this one, click the blue EvanRude link right up there 👆

The early days of punk in Los Angeles: Flyer for The Weirdos, The Germs & The Bags playing an afternoon show @ the Whisky a GoGo in 1977. To check out other artworks like this one, click the blue EvanRude link right up there 👆

...and ICE CREAM! To check out other artworks like this one, click the blue EvanRude link right up there 👆

Be on TV with The Weirdos! To check out other artworks like this one, click the blue EvanRude link right up there 👆

Show your support. To check out other artworks like this one, click the blue EvanRude link right up there 👆

Flyer for Agent Orange, The Gloryholes, The Romains, etc. at Portland Oregon's infamous Satyricon punk rock club. To check out other artworks like this one, click the blue EvanRude link right up there 👆

Flyer for the 1980 Fenders Ballroom show. To check out other artworks like this one, click the blue EvanRude link right up there 👆

Hellin Killer, Trudi, Pleasant, Darby Crash (or possibly Bobby Pyn at that time), Nicky Beat, Alice Bag, mystery girl, Lorna Doom, Pat Smear. To check out other artworks like this one, click the blue EvanRude link right up there 👆

Now they're both in a box. Crypto. To check out other artworks like this one, click the blue EvanRude link right up there 👆

A variation inspired by Banksy currency work. Harry'll need a batch of these now that he's out on his bum and sponging off Oprah. To check out other artworks like this one, click the blue EvanRude link right up there 👆

If you repeat a lie often enough it becomes truth. To check out other artworks like this one, click the blue EvanRude link right up there 👆