GWYNNE KAHN
One of the early L.A. punk rock bands was the Pandoras, an all-female band that was formed in 1983 by bandleader Paula Pierce (lead vocals, guitar, harmonica) and Gwynne Kahn (organ and vocals). Pierce’s boyfriend at the time was Shelley Ganz, leader of a garage rock revival band called the Unclaimed; while Kahn was dating Joe Nolte who was in a similar band called the Last. Bambi Conway (bass and vocals) and Casey Gomez (drums) rounded out the original line-up of the Pandoras.
(December 2013)
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When playing L.A. clubs, the bands there often looked down on San Diego bands like the Tell-Tale Hearts; the album name, High Tide (Big Noses & Pizza Faces) comes from a dismissive comment in 1984 by Gwynne Kahn of the Pandoras: “The Tell-Tale Hearts? Oh, they’re just a bunch of ugly boys with big noses and pizza faces!”
(September 2017)
