The Alley Cats - nothing means nothing anymore ( live at madame wong's 21-1-1983)

The Alley Cats were a Los Angeles based punk trio, consisting of Randy Stodola (Guitar & Vocals), Dianne Chai (Bass & Vocals) and John McCarty (Drums). Similar in sound to X (they were once described as "X-Lite") they were a regular fixture in the L.A. punk scene from the late 70s to the early 80s.

Signed to the Faulty Products distributed Time Coast Records (quite possibly their own label) they released one single and the LP, NIGHTMARE CITY. They were soon signed to MCA Records where one more LP was recorded (the modestly well-received ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH).

Stodola and Chai (husband & wife in real life) tried again in 1985 when they reunited as The Zarkons recording RIDERS IN THE LONG BLACK PARADE (on Enigma/Time Coast). After that, drummer John McCarty was replaced by Terry Cooley and Zarkons added a lead vocalist named simply, Rente (Freda Rente, later with fIREHOSE, now solo). This quartet recorded and released BETWEEN THE IDEA & THE REALITY... FALLS THE SHADOW (Atlantic) in 1988. After that they more or less vanished.

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[TheStrainers]

Hong Kong Cafe and Madames Wongs days were so bitchin!

[PayingDebtToKarma]

lovely, especially the photographs you have of them!