The Crowd

The Crowd was a brief component of the ‘beach punk' scene of Huntington Beach, California, USA, in the early 80s. Featuring Jim ‘Trash' Decker (vocals), Jay Decker (bass), Jim Kaa (guitar, vocals), Tracy Porterfield (vocals) and Barry ‘Cuda' Miranda (drums), they were almost completely divorced from the prevailing hardcore punk ethos. Dressed in dayglo beachwear, and with their own version of communal dancing (it is often suggested that Decker invented the ‘slam dance'), the Crowd specialized in trashy surf punk, akin to a less skilled Agent Orange. Their debut album, A World ...