Punk Music in Chinatown

Punk music in Chinatown burned bright, but it burned fast. Within a few years, the genre had evolved and by 1981, bands like the bags, the alley cats and the dills had drifted out of the scene. The Hong Kong Cafe was the last time either Barry or Kim worked in the music industry in any meaningful way. Esther stuck it out with Madame Wong's longer and the party raged on for a few more years. In 1986, she told the LA Times, "The kids that come here now, they drive me crazy"