their punk-rock [era] was from 10 years old to 80. And you see 80-year-olds, a few of them attempting to stage dive, which is risky because they weigh more." One major addition to the festival ...

But most bands on the Phoenix punk scene of the early ‘80s had their own thing going on. “None of the bands were really your stereotypical punk-rock bands or New Wave bands,” Beram says.

The Jr. Chemists brought 'a childlike wonder of making noise' to the Phoenix punk scene of the early '80s. Michael Cornelius went on to co-found JFA.