Biography
Wasted Youth (also known as LA’s Wasted Youth) was an early 1980s hardcore punk band from Los Angeles, California. The band followed in the footsteps of Black Flag and Circle Jerks. It was a prominent and popular act among the Los Angeles punk underground.
Members went on to perform in the tribal-industrial group Savage Republic; Joey Castillo became a drummer for Danzig from 1994 to 2002, and later Queens of the Stone Age from 2002 to 2012 and is now the drummer for Circle Jerks as of July 2021; while Dave Kushner, who played bass on Black Daze, went on to become a member of Velvet Revolver from 2002 to 2008.
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Members
- Lucky Lehrer
- Jeff Long
- Allen Stiritz
- Danny Spira
- Sean Dunnigan
- Paul Rossi
- Tim Gallegos
- Jay Bentley
- Jeff Dahlgren
- Dave Kushner
- Joey Castillo