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Black Randy and the Metrosquad were a funk/punk/glam rock act from the late 1970s and early 1980s Los Angeles punk scene. They gained notoriety not only for their surreal and smutty sense of humor, but also for their amalgamation of proto-punk, 70s soul, pop, and avant-garde music. The band formed in Los Angeles in 1977 with Black Randy (who wasn’t black) as front man and David Brown (who wasn’t brown) as musical director, playing keyboards and the guitar.
Black Randy’s lyrics gave him a reputation for being as witty as he was offensive with songs about gay prostitution, Marlon Brando, and Idi Amin. These songs were compiled onto their only album, “Pass the Dust, I Think I’m Bowie”, which had sophisticated, innovative musical arrangements that had more in common with post-punk. This album, along with a brief appearance in Lou Adler’s 1981 satirical punk rock film “Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains”, led to the band being the most represented act on Dangerhouse Records, the seminal L.A. punk label they helped establish. Dangerhouse gave L.A. punk the jump start it needed, releasing early singles by The Germs, X, Weirdos and Avengers. Established in 1978, the label folded in late 1980, less than a year before Black Flag codified punk into hardcore, and then began the next phase of L.A. punk.
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