the CRAMPS - Beyond Tiki

S Shipwreckjoey Member San Diego, CA Joined: Nov 29, 2002 Posts: 1794	S Shipwreckjoey Posted posted on Wed, Apr 30, 2003 12:37 AM Ben, I agree with you about the Cuckoos Nest being the renowned Costa Mesa punk club. Unfortunately the only time I had the opportunity to go there was a weeknight when a couple of my roomates in a band called the Injections played there and I went along to help set up equipment and empty some beer bottles. Being like a teusday night things were pretty low key. Perhaps the strangest thing I ever saw in relation to the Cuckoos Nest though was when I was staying at my grandmother's house in N.Long Beach for a couple of weeks while moving into a new place and she would sit in front of her TV and watch nothing but this religious station (read Tammy & Jim Bakker) and I came back one night to a lively punk show being broadcast from the Cuckoos Nest on her TV complete with half naked, mowhawked stage divers, lots of cussing and spitting, etc, etc! I said "hey grandma, watcha watchin'?" "Oh' it's things this young Christian missionary films to show us how Satan is influencing our children. Later, he talks to the kids after it's over to convince them to leave this unholy lifestyle and devote their lives to the church". Well I was going to head off to bed but I just had to stick around for that part. I wonder if there's anyway to get some archival footage of this bizaar moment in Cuckoo history?

Ben, I agree with you about the Cuckoos Nest being the renowned Costa Mesa punk club. Unfortunately the only time I had the opportunity to go there was a weeknight when a couple of my roomates in a band called the Injections played there and I went along to help set up equipment and empty some beer bottles. Being like a teusday night things were pretty low key. Perhaps the strangest thing I ever saw in relation to the Cuckoos Nest though was when I was staying at my grandmother's house in N.Long Beach for a couple of weeks while moving into a new place and she would sit in front of her TV and watch nothing but this religious station (read Tammy & Jim Bakker) and I came back one night to a lively punk show being broadcast from the Cuckoos Nest on her TV complete with half naked, mowhawked stage divers, lots of cussing and spitting, etc, etc! I said "hey grandma, watcha watchin'?" "Oh' it's things this young Christian missionary films to show us how Satan is influencing our children. Later, he talks to the kids after it's over to convince them to leave this unholy lifestyle and devote their lives to the church". Well I was going to head off to bed but I just had to stick around for that part. I wonder if there's anyway to get some archival footage of this bizaar moment in Cuckoo history?

Post #32070 by Shipwreckjoey on Wed, Apr 30, 2003 12:37 AM