The Coyote
was ORIGINAL
Los Angeles
PUNK ROCKER
The grand prize was a 20 minute live radio show performance.
When THE RICH were informed they'd won the San Diego battle of the bands contest, they'd already moved to Venice Beach, California where they lived a few houses away from the V13 headquarters on Broadway. (Coyote thought they were shooting firecrackers off... they were drive-by shootings from the rival gang, The Crips.)
This is the song that won the KPRI battle of the bands contest, "The Pauper." It was written in 1977 and recorded in 1978 in San Diego on a 16-track Stevens 2" tape recorder...
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"The Pauper" by The Rich 1978: 
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This is one of the songs from the 20-minute KPRI radio show, "Hello Again."
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"Hello Again" by The Rich 1978:
Song lyrics: "Hello Again" at www.shaolinMUSIC.com
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 Then in 1979? we returned from the premiere opening of the movie ALIEN starring Sigourney Weaver? This song, "Aliann" is about the little alien baby jumping out of John Hurts' chest and running off screaming...
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"Aliann" by The Rich 1978:
Song lyrics: That's Coyote screaming like an alien...
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 In 1979 or 1980 I wrote this song about our original guitarist in THE RICH. This is the band that performed from 1980 into 1981 at any Los Angeles gig that existed back then. Vincent Lauria "Vincenzo" on guitar. Bill Stewart "Billy Basher" on drums. Richard Del Connor "The Raunch" on bass and lead vocals.
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"Damn The Man" by The Rich 1980:
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Oh yeah. Here's another punker for you. This was written in 1980 about my fellow punkers in other bands. We stopped billing ourselves as punk rock because we didn't like being spit on. Seriously. The more they liked you the more logeys you got. Sometimes they threw beer bottles... that were full... I'd kick them offstage... We had to have a bodyguard to get in and out of the clubs, especially in Chinatown where the Chinese gangs would beat you up in the parking lot and take your guitars.
Bands like The Clash and Sex Pistols would spit back at the audience... We kinda went NEW WAVE in 1980 by adding some reggae arrangements to our songs. Capitol Records chose The Knack over The Rich and then we added a horn section to our band.
 This song is dedicated to my new San Diego neighbors Ryan and Matt who got all excited when they found out I was one of the original West Coast Punk Rockers. This song, "Billy Boy," and "On The Streets," were written about my punker buddies and their self-destruction on...
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