The Alley Cats are a punk trio from Los Angeles’ South Bay area. Led by Randy Stodola (guitar/vocals) and Diane Chai (bass/vocals) and rounded out by drummer John McCarthy, the Alley Cats play a ferocious brand of pure LA punk.
Originally signed to Dangerhouse Records along with other California-based punk bands including X, The Weirdos, The Avengers, The Dils, and Bags, they
released their first single “Nothing Means Nothing Anymore” backed with “Give Me a Little Pain” on March 30, 1978.
The band appears in the 1982 film Urgh! A Music War.
The Alley Cats were regular performers at such Los Angeles venues as The Masque, Whisky a Go Go, Hong Kong Café, and Club 88
Reformed as “The Zarkons”, they released two albums, Riders In The Long Black Parade (1985) and Between the Idea & the Reality…Falls the Shadow (1988), before disbanding in 1988.
Randy has reformed the Alley Cats and is currently performing in and around the Los Angeles area and San Francisco. The current line 
up includes Matt Laskey on drums and Apryl Cady on bass.
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Hello, Friends of Randy! Just wanted to pop in and give you all an update. The current tally of Randy’s injuries from Tuesday night’s assault: 8 fractured ribs 1 punctured & partially collapsed lung 1 adrenal hematoma Countless bruises and scrapes CT of his head was clear, so that brilliant noggin will continue to contribute […]
Excerpt from Randy Stodola’s Poetry World Weekly! Historic Issue #1. —– As winter’s chill breath haunts the now shivering landscape of this city of sorrow its citizens – though they may scurry about in a more hurried fashion – are still steeled by their bold determination to get from here to there But for me […]
Excerpt from Randy Stodola’s Poetry World Weekly! Historic Issue #2. —– I saw you walking in the cool of the evening I saw you tredging down this trail of tears I glimpsed your face and beheld you were smiling But with your smile you confirmed all my fears For I could see That you wanted […]
