Kamala Parks

Kamala Lyn Parks is an American drummer and songwriter from Berkeley, California. She played drums for Kamala & The Karnivores (with Ivy DuBois of Bitch Fight and Sweet Baby, Lynda Skulpone, and Michelle Cruz Gonzales of Bitch Fight and Spitboy), Cringer, The Gr’ups, Naked Aggression, and Hers Never Existed.[1][2]

Kamala Lyn Parks
Parks at a backyard show in Pinole, California in 1989
Born
Berkeley, California
EducationCivil Engineering and Planning
Alma materU.C. Berkeley
OccupationDrummer, Musician, Songwriter

In 1986, Victor Hayden and Kamala partnered with Maximumrocknroll to establish 924 Gilman Street, an all-ages collectively organized music venue in Berkeley. She was instrumental in finding the warehouse in North Berkeley that became home to the local punk scene. She also actively participated in the city council meeting for the venue's zoning approval.[3][4] For years, she booked shows at Gilman, while also cultivating a national tour network for punk bands such as Operation Ivy, Neurosis, and Citizen Fish.[5][6]

She starred in and acted as a consultant for the 2018 movie Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk.[7]

Discography

With Kamala & the Karnivores

With The Gr'ups
  • The Gr'ups 7" EP (Immature Records, Zafio Records, 1992)
  • Buildings Are The Purtiest Trees I've Seen 7", EP (Zafio Records, Duotone Records, 1993)
  • A Li'l Lost 1992-1994 (Recess Records, 2011)

References
  1. Livermore, Larry (2015-11-13). How to Ru(i)n a Record Label: The Story of Lookout Records. BookBaby. ISBN 9780989196369.
  2. Makagon, Daniel (2015-08-17). Underground: The Subterranean Culture of DIY Punk Shows. Microcosm Publishing. ISBN 9781621064442.
  3. Boulware, Jack; Tudor, Silke (2009-09-29). Gimme Something Better: The Profound, Progressive, and Occasionally Pointless History of Bay Area Punk from Dead Kennedys to Green Day. Penguin. ISBN 9781101145005.
  4. Prested, Kevin (2014-11-28). Punk USA: The Rise and Fall of Lookout Records. Microcosm Publishing. ISBN 9781621069201.
  5. Lefebvre, Sam. "924 Gilman Street's 'Alumni Donor Retention Program'". East Bay Express. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  6. "East Bay Punk: Kamala Lyn Parks, All Ages Venues & General Community". New Noise Magazine. 2017-07-25. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  7. "Kamala Parks". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
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