Ruxton, Maryland originally an estate mecca for Baltimore’s wealthy, was the birth place for both the Bollocks and Law & Order. Three Dagher brothers (also known as the Bollocks) were partners in a punk and ska collaboration where they played at the Marble Bar, Odd Fellows, Terminal 406, and UMBC from 1979 through 1983. The Bollocks played with the Teen Idles at Odd Fellows on August 29th 1980 just one week after meeting Ian MacKaye when his first band was opening up for the Cramps at the legendary Ontario theater on August 21, 1980.

At the Teen Idles show at Odd Fellows we had no idea that Henry Rollins who was a roadie for Teen Idles would climb to the great heights of the punk rock scene many years later. The Bollocks played with Black Flag at Terminal 406 a few days before Henry Rollins joined them. Henry’s band SOA had opened up for Black Flag a couple of days later and the rest is history.

Sidetracking to the subject of tattoos, Bill Stevenson had a brief period
singing with the Bollocks and is likely credited with getting the Bollocks the Black Flag gig at Terminal 406. Bill Stevenson is better known today as co-owner/founder of Baltimore Tattoo Museum.

Jello Biafra with the Dead Kennedys was instrumental in getting both Law & Order and the Bollocks recognized on the West coast. The Bollocks played with the Dead Kennedys and 1/2 Japanese on July 15, 1982 at Terminal 406.