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The Southern California punk scene is rallying around one of its own. T.S.O.L. founding bassist Mike Roche has been dealing with declining health following Parkinson's disease and dementia diagnoses revealed by his longtime partner Tracy Vaughn in 2024, and on November 7 a stacked lineup will play a benefit show in his honor at the Garden Amphitheatre in Garden Grove, CA.

The bill includes The Offspring, Pennywise, Circle Jerks, Adolescents, Guttermouth, Change Today, Mainliners, Death By Stereo, Love Canal, and Dissension — an all-SoCal lineup that reads like a family tree of West Coast punk. Tickets go on sale Friday, Sept. 18 at 9 a.m. PT via Gardenamp.com, and the venue is donating its space free of charge. A GoFundMe is also active for those who can't attend: https://gofund.me/8e607380b

"Mike Roche is basically the reason I'm playing in a punk band," said Pennywise's Fletcher Dragge. "T.S.O.L. was the first 'real' punk show I ever attended... This lineup is a bunch of bands and friends from the punk rock community coming together to help one of our own."

The Offspring's Noodles echoed the sentiment: "Without T.S.O.L. there would be no Offspring. Mike Roche's bass playing is a huge part of the reason why... So when we heard he needed our help, we jumped at the chance to pitch in."

Shepard Fairey has designed a commemorative print for the show, available exclusively at the event. Roche, a founding member of T.S.O.L. since 1978, has his Rickenbacker on display at The Punk Rock Museum.

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