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Barney Cortez
Barney Cortez came up through Los Angeles nightclubs and dive bars in the 1980s, writing songs that leaned into the raw side of punk rock. That song became...
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Barney Cortez came up through Los Angeles nightclubs and dive bars in the 1980s, writing songs that leaned into the raw side of punk rock.
That song became his calling card, and he kept recording through the early '90s with albums like Demons and Redemption. He worked with a few other musicians from that scene, including Iggy Pop and Lou Reed, but mostly stayed on the edges of the mainstream.
Cortez never really softened his approach, and by the mid-'90s he was still putting out records like Scar. The music held onto that gritty, unpolished feel he'd built his name on.
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