Moved into Skinhead Manor

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In the fall of 1979, following a visit by touring British Oi! band Sham 69 , the oldest two Stern brothers moved into a large house in Hollywood, near Hollywood High School and christening it “Skinhead Manor.” The large punk house became a meeting place which drew participants from as far away as Huntington Beach in Orange County and Oxnard , which is west of Thousand Oaks, California . The house was a nexus for creative energy around a small recording studio onsite. Bands including Circle Jerks used Skinhead Manor as a practice space and residents planned to the launch a pirate radio station.