Judy Zarra

"... the script calls for this, let's do it here.?" Monday, band and film crew took over the Electric Banana, the Oakland punk and metal club owned by Johnny and Judy Zarra, for performance shots. Filming started at 6 30 a m and didn't end till 11 pm.. Zarra added. "Thank God they were done. They ran out of film.? The band, which reportedly plays melodie, Celtic- influenced rock, will be touring Canada and the United States stailing ln ..."

"... or visit Jane Vranish can be reached at Rockettes get a kick out of ln a previous life, back when was still the Electric Banana. Pittsburgh's premier punk club, Judy Zarra used to treat the bigger touring acts, from Black Flag to Social Distortion, to her homemade Italian cooking. Thursday night, she fed the Rockettes what was probably the greatest eggplant ..."

"... fatal heart attack during a show at its North Side facility a few years ago. "There wasn't a doctor in the house, and no one could administer CPR," says Judy Zarra, the Public theater's house manager. "He died in the lobby ofilio theater during tile first act. But his wife, who was with him, refused to leave and insisted on staying ..."

"... once famous for its Sunday night hardcore began focusing more on thrash metal and its stationary headbanging ?We haven't had many hardcore shows in the past few years,? says Judy Zarra, the banana's manager, ?because there haven't been that many hardcore acts. Since then, for much of the underground music scene, moshing has be- come a decidedly uncool thing to do, ..."