1. Red Asphalt formed in San Francisco '78, taking their name from an educational video that teenagers had to watch in DMV class back in the '70s and '80s (the documentary itself is surprisingly boring and tame). They played the SF punk circuit, including gigs at the Deaf Club, the Sound Of Music, and probably The Mab too. Their sole release, one 4-song EP consisting of Krautrock-inspired manic synth punk, felching high prices in specialty record shops everywhere.

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