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Craig Ibarra is an American author and show promoter,[2] and co-owner of the record label Water Under the Bridge Records.[3] Ibarra is the author of A Wailing of a Town: An Oral History of Early San Pedro Punk and More 1977–1985,[4] a non-fiction oral history of the San Pedro punk scene of the late 70s to the mid-1980s.[5] The book was self-published by Ibarra's publishing house, END FWY Press.[6]

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Craig Ibarra
Born	San Pedro, California, U.S.[1]
Occupation	Author, record label owner
Genre	Music

Career

SST Records

Ibarra began working in the art department of SST Records in his late teens.[6] He worked there from 1987 to 1996[1] and designed the artwork and art direction for the Black Flag album Wasted…Again.[7] According to Ibarra, he came up with the title for Dinosaur Jr.'s Fossils album while he was working at SST.[8]

Water Under the Bridge Records

Ibarra's label has released albums by San Pedro bands The Reactionaries,[9] Saccharine Trust (The Great One Is Dead split release with Recess Records[10]), Peer Group and Mood of Defiance.[4]

A Wailing of a Town

A Wailing of a Town: An Oral History of Early San Pedro Punk and More 1977–1985 explores the music scene of San Pedro from the late 70s to the mid-80s. It focuses on such overlooked groups as Hari-Kari, Peer Group, and Mood of Defiance.[11] Ibarra spent years working on the book[2] and estimated that 99.9% of the photos in the book have never been previously published.[6]

References

External links

• Water Under the Bridge Records
• END FWY Press

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