I lived in Sausalito in 79-81 and was only into the Punk scene in that last year, so even if I ran around a lot in that short time, I don't know how many people remember me. I recall having thought up the name Johnny Holocaust, but I'm not sure if I ever really used it much. I was probably just John. I used to wear a suede jacket with a tear across the shoulder patched with a long roe of safety pins and a red Anarchist A and I was blond, quite young (14-15) and cute - all conditions which have since passed.

First of all, I was sorry to read here about Denz passing. We weren't the firmest of friends, but he did live in my bed room for a week once.

I attended Tamalpais High School, had a huge crush on Mitzi (and am assuming that she's the Mitzi here on Tribes - we got in touch five or six years ago, but then I lost her addy in a computer crash). My partners in Punk (although I think we first bonded over D&D) at Tam were Peter and Jonathan; Peter was tall and slim and Jonathan quite short. I don't remember any last names or other biographical details, sadly. Peter lived with his mom first in Mill Valley, then Strawberry. Jonathan also lived in Mill Valley.

I was back at Tam in 97, trying to get access to their records, but it turns out they keep nothing but the names of graduates and I don't think any one of them stayed in school. If anyone can point me in the right direction to find either one or both of them, I would be ecstatic. The very last thing I heard about Jonathan was in 82 or so when he had grown a beard and become a Metal head or something. Not sure about that, but so the rumor went.

I was also friends with Jennifer Seid, nicknamed HCB for Hard Cold Bitch. Last I heard she married "the bass player from Toiling Midgets", but contact with some TM members hasn't made that any more clear.

For a while I dated a girl called Karen and lived with her in the East Bay, maybe Oakland. She shared the apartment with a girl named Ayisha. I think Karen and Ayisha are the main girls on the back on the Eastern Front compilation (with the aforementioned Toiling Midgets on it) - I haven't seen the sleeve in years, though. If anyone has a scan of that, I would be very grateful indeed. I seem to remember Rob Noxious (or possibly Bob Noxious) hanging out there with us, too. She drove a VW convertible that would often be crammed full with 8-9 punks going to after parties.

My main claim to fame is having been painted red on stage while Flipper were playing at either 10th St Hall or Barrington Hall (which one was an old church?) and eventually being kicked off stage by Bruce Loose. Well, that, and being Jello Biafra's guide to Stockholm when he came over here, but that's another story entirely.

I also remember visiting Josh when he lived in a warehouse and riding my Flipper skateboard in the vast area. He hated me, though, because I was one of the younger kids who just approriated the MCP DFA slogan from him and Frank (I think there was a third iconic Marin County Punk to us youngsters, but his name eludes me). Peter and I stayed over at Frank's house one night after a DOA gig at Club Foot where they'd sneaked us under-agers in through the back door, as I recall. Another thread here mentioned knowing where they are, so I assume they're in this tribe...or not?

But the one person I would most like to reconnect with is Leslie. She was twice my age (28!) and I remember seeing her at the Flamin' Groovies/Young Marble Giants gig before I met her working in an art supply store in Sausalito. She quickly took me under her wing, always letting me stay at her apartment (near/in the Tenderloin?) when I couldn't make it back to Marin. I remember that her building had an Egyptian/Scarab motif in the decorations, but that's about it. She meant a great deal to me, so any clues there would - again - be much appreciated. Dark hair, curvy and not all that Hardcore, but more New/No Wavey in style.

Other people I recall: D.O.G., Eric (whose dad was a famous chef in France or Belgium), that blonde girl who lived with a brunette right next to Target Video and many others whose names have slipped away long, long ago.