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The Avengers' current tour helps fans relive punk rock's early days

By George Lang Comments

Published: October 12, 2007

In 1977, when The Avengers first blasted through "Teenage Rebel” at San Francisco's Mabuhay Gardens, Penelope Houston was the rebel of the title, a San Francisco Art Institute student with spiky blond hair and a surplus of rage. The group was one of the first punk bands in the Bay Area at a time when there was barely a template for punk — there was the first Ramones disc, but for the most part, The Avengers were making it up as they went along.

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