Dr. Strange Summer Bash brings Bomber, Zoinks! and CH3 to festival's second day

The second day of the Dr. Strange Summer Bash ran across two rooms, a large main stage and a smaller side stage, with a lineup that paired brand-new bands with acts that have been around for decades. VIP tickets ran $45 and included a viewing area at the front of the main stage plus free pizza and drinks backstage.

Los Angeles Oi band Bomber was one of the afternoon's standouts. Though the group itself is fairly new, its members have played punk since the 1990s in bands including Toughskins, The Choice and The Generators. They performed under a banner reading "Don't Be Racist. Thanks!" and drew a strong response from the crowd.

In the smaller room, K/Crush played its grit-pop material with James Kaa of The Crowd on guitar and Chuk Davis of Smut Peddlers on rhythm guitar. The set included "Right Time," a well-known song from The Crowd's catalog. Back on the main stage, Zoinks! revisited early-1990s melodic punk, playing songs from "Bad Move Space Cadet" along with "Sapsucker Sluggo." The band formed in Reno, Nevada, and released the LP "Well and Good" through Dr. Strange Records in 1997.

The Penetratorz, featuring Jorge Casillas and Joe McNally, both formerly of Voodoo Glow Skulls, plus Eddie Casillas, Keith Olson and Mark Torres, delivered no-frills punk with a roots rock undercurrent. At one point McNally stepped off the stage and swung his mic cord like a jump rope for a young fan in the crowd.

CH3 packed the main room, opening with 1982's "I Wanna Know Why" and working through "Catholic Boy" and the newer "Put 'Em Up." Mike Magrann and Kimm have led the band for 44 years, with Anthony Thompson on bass for roughly 25 and Nick Manning on drums for about 10. Redlands' The Maxies closed things out with their costumed routine and mascot Bipolar Bear.