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LAM :
I miss yhe old SOMA. I played in a battle of the bands again at Blink in the mid 90s, I sang for 93.3 for the opening of the Mira Mesa Epicenter. I mean, I went to high school across the street. Not only did I sing for that opening, but I was in a dance group that performed. I performed.manu times at the Epicententer then went and watched my students perform there years later. The scene was so different then. Going to Unwritten Law shows and having out at the taco shop with them afterwards. It was through this scene that I saw Alien ant Farm before anyone knew who they were. I still have their demo tape.
2026-08-19 20:33:47
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Food Diego :
I missed talking about Chain Reaction in Anaheim. Camerica played there too. We also filmed a Jughead’s Revenge music video there for the Upthrust VHS. Today, copies of that tape are the only way to watch it! RIP Chain
2026-08-17 21:37:16
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Daddycita papichulo :
Liked this
2026-08-19 21:38:31
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Jiminy Christmas :
Everything is gone 😭😭😭 we had it so good and didn’t even know it
2026-08-18 16:01:22
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Sulo King :
Gimp was such a rad band! I wish they l acted longer
2026-08-20 22:33:18
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Mixquik :
So awesome! I’ve got that uptrust vhs!!!
2026-08-19 02:01:51
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Thenosyneighbor FoodandDrinks :
Pre-blink182?
2026-08-18 22:16:33
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Rotted :
I miss the epicenter. I live across the street from it still. 🤘🤘
2026-08-18 07:47:51
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Punk In Drublic :
Oh man I haven’t heard the Epicenter mentioned in forever!! I saw a bunch of great shows there. They were pretty strict about capacity. And there wasn’t any online ticket purchases. You just had to get there early and buy a ticket at the door, until it sold out like 30 minutes before the door opened. There was nothing special about the “tickets” being sold. They were just raffle tickets 🎟️so when shows were sold out we would just look at what color raffle tickets they were using that day, then we’d drive 5 minutes down Mira Mesa Blvd. to Party City and buy a roll of the same color tickets 🎟️and get into the “sold out” shows. Of course we gave raffle tickets away free to others who were locked out as well. Those nights would be packed like fukn sardines because 50-60 people above capacity would tickets too 🤣😂🤘
2026-08-18 15:09:23
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Ballz3 :
Nice, I watched the whole thing! The fact that you came across a channel who was just advertising they were accepting music videos to be sent in for air is crazy. Such luck, and an amazing opportunity for bands and video producers.
2026-08-20 10:01:49
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Gabe :
I love learning about local band history in San Diego! 🔥
2026-08-19 05:30:30
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Nikkuubeats :
I remember going to shows at Canes in MB and just Java cafe in Chula
2026-08-19 18:37:37
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Malinhuahua :
Thanks for this it is a very accurate depiction of the music seen back then as well as the challenges of recording or making videos. I was in that same practice studio in Miramar I can still smell it, so many bands packed in there. Played dream street all the time, the venue challenges were real haha
2026-08-18 14:31:23
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Matty Dingdong :
I can't believe I just saw a Gimp sticker! I was just talking about Gimp a few days ago
2026-08-18 15:23:32
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SweetlyCraftedSanDiego :
Epicentre and Soma raised me.
2026-08-18 14:17:06
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user5515792590970 :
Only went to the Epicenter twice, once for Boxcar Racer and another to see Larger Than Life. I was at Canes all the time. Saw a lot of bands there
2026-08-18 21:34:10
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halfassedjedi :
Man the Che cafe was great. Used to go there almost every weekend and run around the campus before shows when I was like 13
2026-08-18 22:37:48
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Weezy_F_ :
Very cool story. I miss the old SOMA. Been to many shows there. 🤟🏽Growing up in Mira Mesa I know the Epicenter too.
2026-08-18 03:32:00
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Matty Dingdong :
dude! I had upthrust! that's wild! I bought it mostly for Against the Wall but I totally had that
2026-08-18 15:21:52
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Just Observing :
word was that there were so many violations of that building on Marina that Lynn totally ignored for years and it was just too expensive to redo or something
2026-08-19 18:04:19
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Nemo :
Is this on YouTube?
2026-08-19 03:32:53
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aureum :
RIP epicentre
2026-08-18 13:40:03
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AlbertC84 :
where can I find yalls music
2026-08-18 18:55:48
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Zaphoed 🥓 :
did you ever do the local band night at Belly up
2026-08-18 03:41:28
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Liz Villa :
I remember watching shows at the iceoplex in middle school
2026-08-19 04:18:46
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