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“Let Them Know: The Story of Youth Brigade and BYO Records” documentary is set to premiere at the San Francisco Indie Film Festival on February 13th and 16th. The documentary will tell the story of how the punk band youth Brigade got started along with the label BYO Records. More info can be found down below:

Movie is premiering:
Friday 2/13/09 @ 7:15pm and Monday 2/16/09 @ 7:15pm
Roxie Theatre in SF – To get tix / more info:
www.roxie.com or www.sfindie.com

A lasting tribute and testament to over 25 years of BYO, Youth Brigade and the DIY spirit that has inspired and continues to inspire so many to change the world….

By the time the second wave of Los Angeles punk rock began to crest in the early 1980s, most historians had already closed the book. But things were just starting to get interesting.

The music got harder and faster. Politics became integral to the scene. Police-on-punk violence and massive riots were de rigueur. The concept of “D.I.Y.” transformed from a necessity to a battle cry.

And the Better Youth Organization was born.

Founded by brothers Shawn and Mark Stern from the influential L.A. punk band Youth Brigade, the BYO was part political movement, part business venture. It was a way to organize punks to take positive action to help sustain their scene and their way of life. The ideals upon which it was founded helped countless bands put on shows, put out records, and otherwise get their music out to the world. It allowed for the making of the landmark punk documentary “Another State of Mind”. And it spawned BYO Records, which stands today as one of the oldest surviving independent punk rock labels in the world.

BYO, Youth Brigade, and the Stern family are three intertwined entities that comprise a too-often-overlooked chapter in the history of punk.

This is that chapter.

BYO is proud to announce the pending release of this historical documentary film which will be accompanied in a box set with an 80 page hardcover book and 2 audio cd’s featuring all the top punk bands in North America covering songs from the extensive BYO Records catalog. Some of the bands involved include: Dropkick Murphys, Pennywise, NOFX, Lagwagon, Matt Skiba, Bouncing Souls, Anti-Flag, American Steel, Youth Brigade, Off With Their Heads, Leatherface, plus many more