Craig Ibarra

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Craig Ibarra
BornSan Pedro, CA[1]
OccupationAuthor, record label owner
GenreMusic

Craig Ibarra is an author, and show promoter,[2] and co-owner of the record label Water Under the Bridge Records.[3] Ibarra is the author of A Wailing Of A Town: An Oral History of Early San Pedro Punk And More 1977-1985,[4] a non-fiction oral history of the San Pedro punk scene of the late 70s to the mid-1980s.[5] The book was self-published by Ibarra's publishing house, END FWY Press.[6]

Career[]

SST Records[]

Ibarra began working in the art department of SST Records in his late teens.[6] He worked there from 1987 to 1996[1] and designed the artwork and art direction for the Black Flag album Wasted…Again.[7] According to Ibarra, he came up with the title for Dinosaur Jr's Fossils album while he was working at SST.[8]

Water Under The Bridge Records[]

Ibarra's label has released albums by San Pedro bands The Reactionaries,[9] Saccharine Trust (The Great One Is Dead split release with Recess Records[10]), Peer Group and Mood of Defiance.[4]

A Wailing Of A Town[]

Main article: A Wailing Of A Town

A Wailing Of A Town: An Oral History of Early San Pedro Punk And More 1977-1985 explores the music scene of San Pedro from the late 70s to the mid 80s. It focuses on such overlooked groups as Hari-Kari, Peer Group, and Mood of Defiance.[11] Ibarra spent years working on the book[2] and estimated that 99.9% of the photos in the book have never been previously published.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Hit or Miss - An Art Exhibit by Craig Ibarra". 4th Street Vine. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
  2. ^ a b Scott, Tim (April 7, 2015). "San Pedro Punk Rules OK". Noisey. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
  3. ^ "About Us". Water Under the Bridge Records. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
  4. ^ a b Thompson, Elise (April 4, 2015). "LA Beat Interview: Craig Ibarra, Author of "A Wailing Of A Town"". Los Angeles Beat. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
  5. ^ Wood, Liz (June 9, 2015). "This Week in Posivibes: A Wailing of a Town". The Rumpus. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
  6. ^ a b c Ziegler, Chris (June 4, 2015). "A Wailing Of A Town: An Oral History of Early San Pedro Punk 1977-1985". L.A. Record. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
  7. ^ "Black Flag - Wasted...Again". AllMusic. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
  8. ^ Ibarra, Craig (February 11, 2011). "Craig Ibarra February 11, 2011". Facebook. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
  9. ^ Margasak, Peter (March 15, 2010). "Pre-Minutemen Foursome the Reactionaries Surface on Vinyl". Chicago Reader. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
  10. ^ "Saccharine Trust – The Great One Is Dead". Recess Records. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
  11. ^ McDonnell, Evelyn (July 2, 2015). "'A Wailing of a Town' paints a vivid picture of San Pedro's punk scene". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 20, 2019.

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