Chris Willman Music WriterWith the Go-Go’s now finally inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year — about 15 years after it should have happened — are there any other major injustices in the world left to correct?
Headlines say yes, actually, but still, it was easy to focus on tiny moral conquests that have been achieved as the group returned to Southern California for a series of homecoming shows this week.
It’s a victory lap that isn’t leaving any skid marks on any hearts.The big kahuna of their SoCal tour-within-a-tour this week is Wednesday night’s show at Crypto.com Arena, a venue that’s seven miles and about 43 years from the Masque, where the earliest incarnation of the group started out as a punk group.
Not even a “pop-punk” band, to cite the modern lingo, but something close to just having the single P, before they quickly realized they could write hooks and play slower than 180 bpm.
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