How Chinese Food Fueled the Rise of California Punk Movie Updates

Set during the recession of the late 1970s and early 1980s, Chinatown restaurants from Sacramento to San Francisco start renting their banquet halls for rehearsal space and booking the young bands of nascent West Coast punk as dinner entertainment to bring in additional business. These Chinese and Filipino restaurants become some of California's most important venues and the focal point of the seminal West Coast punk music scene.