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A staple of Berkeley's Gilman scene in the late '80s and early '90s, San Jose punk band Preachers That Lie gave Green Day their first gig, opening up for them. They played with Bille Joe and company more than a dozen times after that, although eventually it was PTL opening up for Green Day. They played with Bad Religion, NOFX and other punk bands that would go on to superstardom. Mixing the circular drone of the Germs with the heavy guitar of the Black Flag, and the acid wit of the Dead Kennedys, PTL went from singing jokey, Dead Milkmen-type songs about girls and sex to anti-conformity social anthems and attacks on conservative types and Christianity. The band played its last show in 1995, after a nine-year run, before imploding while on tour in Colorado, when their bassist literally walked away from the band, ditching them at a hotel. Now they're getting together for another reunion show, at the Voodoo Lounge on Wednesday, Dec. 23, and prepping a best-of disc that may finally get the band its due.—Steve Palopoli, sanjose.comMore Info
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