~Welcome to the Official Kommunity FK Website~
Expect exquisite live music from David J, a reunited Shiva Burlesque (Jeffrey Clark and Grant-Lee Phillips), Patrik Mata’s essential Goth/Punk group Kommunity FK celebrating their 47th Anniversary with their first performance in six years, New York-based dream pop folk rock group Springhouse in their first West Coast performances in over 30 years, The Ophelias’ Leslie Medford, New York dancer and weaver of exquisite audio dreamscapes Alison Clancy and a one-night-only collaboration between Henry Frayne’s guitar-based instrumental group Lanterna with IPR’s Bruce Licher adding liquid guitar melodies on top. There will be film projections and exclusive merch, new and old friends to enjoy the IPR bash with. Additional performances will be announced later on.
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Kommunity FK was created by Patrik Mata in 1978 in the midst of the LA punk explosion.
Unknowingly, Patrik's new musical genre became a cross between post punk against a darker gloom that became the genesis
of American alterative/gothic/deathrock. Mata's style of creating original pieces reaches far into several genres of music with the classification of "Alternative Music"as the structured sound of Kommunity FK.
Mata's influences of William S. Burroughs, Jean Cocteau, Salvador Dali, and early Bowie were woven through a dreamy musical side
combined with experimental synthesized art punk. Kommunity FK's beginnings were raw. Mata's visionary soundscapes were all his own.
The original pronunciation of Mata's new creation was "Kommunity Fuck".
Very daring for the time when the later part of the band name was the top word of what was then known as the FCC's 'seven words not to be uttered' list.
Changed by Mata to "Kommunity FK" so promoters back in the day had no problem placing the headliners name on their marquees.
The FK has stuck throughout the decades ever since the bands live performance inception.
Patrik Mata, fully armed with his own recording studio (Vision & The Voice Studios) Mata has continued Kommunity FK as a ground breaker within the world of music. Mata not only records new Kommunity FK pieces and remixes at the Vision & The Voice Studios daily, but also works for clientele such as movie sound tracks and other artist material. Mata also DJs for numerous clubs including the first reopening of the Los Angeles based "Bat Cave" and acting host for several Gothik/Deathrock live & digital events .
Kommunity FK performs internationally and records new material in the same tradition as they always have since 1978-
As an original forerunner of Alternative music....~We will Not Fall~