The “Black Pope” and Founding Father of the Church of Satan, Anton Szandor LaVey, was born of Jewish parents Michael and Gertrude Levey in Chicago, Illinois, on April 11, 1930. The family moved to San Francisco when Howie was an infant. Some would contend he pretty much remained as such throughout his theatrical life (d. October 29, 1997).

Circus magazine called The Tubes “the bull-goose loonies of the San Francisco scene.” Although originally comprised of Arizona musicians, the band was really an outgrowth of the outrageous theatrical rock scene…

On January 2, 1979, in Beverly Hills, California, Iranian protesters congregated outside the home of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. The shah’s mother and sister, who’d been staying there, grew increasingly apprehensive as the protest outside their doors escalated into violence.