Poorman’s 15 Minutes of Fame:


Vex Billingsgate (Suburban Lawns)
& George Hurley (The Minutemen)
of the band Suburban John

A band from Long Beach, CA that
features founding members of
80s post-punk band Suburban Lawns:
Vex Billingsgate (Billy Ranson) on bass,
John Gleur (John McBurney) on guitar,
and George Hurley of Minutemen/
fIREHOSE on drums.

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