Redd Kross Doc To Screen in Jersey City December 22

Written By Mike Greenblatt
Redd Kross movie

Punk-rock fans in Jersey City will get to be among the first in the country to see the new documentary—Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story—with Pearl Jam, The Go-Go’s, Soundgarden, Black Flag, The Bangles, Sonic Youth, The Melvins, Mudhoney, Dinosaur Jr., Veruca Salt, Circle Jerks, The Germs and more on December 22 at Monty Hall on Montgomery Street where radio station WFMU is housed.

Redd Kross has long been a major influence on West Coast underground rock. Formed in 1978 when the McDonald brothers were 11 and 15 years old, they never looked back, amassing a cult following that included David Bowie and Hollywood Director Francis Ford Coppola. Thirteen drummers and a kidnapping later, they’re still at it to this day with a new self-titled double album, an international tour—did you see them last July at White Eagle Hall?—and a new memoir, Now You’re One Of Us: The Incredible Story Of Redd Kross.

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Mike Greenblatt

MIKE GREENBLATT has been writing for Goldmine magazine and New Jersey's Aquarian Weekly for more than 35 years. His writing subjects fill the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

He's interviewed Joe Cocker, Graham Nash, David Crosby, Carlos Santana, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Johnny Cash, and members of The Rolling Stones and The Beatles. He was 18 when he attended Woodstock in 1969.

In addition to writing about music, Greenblatt has worked on publicity campaigns for The Animals, Pat Benatar, Johnny Winter, Tommy James and Richard Branson, among others. He is currently the editor of The Jersey Sound.

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