Twisted Roots

One of many early Los Angeles punk-new wave bands who didn't record too much, Twisted Roots' impact was almost exclusively local. Playing their first show at the Whisky a Go Go in August 1981 and breaking up in January 1982 (though keyboardist Paul Roessler tried to keep the group going for a while with other musicians), their output was limited to a three-song 7" and a song on the Posh Boy compilation Rodney on the ROQ, Vol. 2. They've generated some retrospective interest, though, by virtue of including several musicians who were in more famous bands, particularly guitarist ...