The Rickshaw Presents: Agent Orange
w/ guests, Big John Bates
Agent Orange
The Original Southern California Punk/Surf Power Trio, Agent Orange, is one of only a handful of bands who have been continually active since the earliest days of the West Coast Punk Scene.
A small circle of musical rebels who came together to form a movement, they took their place front and center to experience and participate in the explosion of now legendary underground music that was created during the golden era of American Punk Rock.
Being the first to combine the melodic California surf guitar sound with the frantic energy of punk, Agent Orange invented the formula that would come to define the Orange County punk sound. Highly influential to many of the bands who have followed in their path, Agent Orange have always stayed one step ahead.
agentorangesocalpunk.bandcamp.com
Big John Bates
Psychobilly, Garage Rock and Punk Blues are a few of the labels that have been attached to Big John Bates. John began his career as singer and co-founder of Canadian thrash metal legends Annihilator and never stopped. Big John Bates grew out of the beginnings of the second-wave psychobilly scene, carving out a reputation in Europe and across North America with a big Gretsch, a gruff baritone and an infamous live show. 2023 saw BJB’s return to the stage, turning a 4-year hiatus into a new beginning; assembling a rock’n’roll trio with a barn-burner of a setlist that spans their career.
Venue Accessibility
This venue is fully wheelchair accessible.
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that this event will be on the unceded and ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ / sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.