Long before punk rock became part of mainstream music history, The Decline of Western Civilization captured the movement at its loudest, rawest and most chaotic. Directed by Penelope Spheeris, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The film became an instant hit. Investors purchased the DIY film from Spooner, with empty promises to elevate his storytelling to ...

High Desert native James Spooner interviewed 100 Black punks across the nation in 2003 at a time when alternative scenes were perceived as overwhelmingly white. He turned the recorded interviews into ...