Thee Indigents
Paradigm Winter Release Show
Santa Ana, Calif.
December 15, 2018
From the Fall Edition of Paradigm.
ANAHEIM, CALIF. – L.D. Chase is going back in his mind about when Thee Indigents first started.
Their very first show was a 4th of July gig at what they’ve called a “craphole” in Huntington Beach, but Thee Indigents were practicing and playing at parties since 1998, making this their 20th year.
“Oh, that’s right,” Thee Indigents guitarist said quietly maybe surprising himself with the calculation, the revelation.
He’s standing in the tiny parking lot of Dollhut Studios on Adams Street in Anaheim with the rest of Thee Indigents — Richard Salazar (aka Sal on vocals), P.G. (bass) and Gearbox (drums) – and they’ve just capped a two-hour practice. They're sitting on brickwork just outside the building’s entrance. The anniversary’s a milestone that’s hardly acknowledged by the rest of the crew or by anyone outside the band, once pegged by OC Weekly as an act to go see.
Reviews in the past have likened Thee Indigents to derivatives of The Stitches, but they hold court with a place of their own within Orange County’s storied punk rock past — and present. Yes, they play a brand of snot-nosed punk endemic to 90s Orange County. But, it’s a lazy comparison when 20 years should earn a band a nod as something in their own right without having to reference someone else. …. Click Through for More.