Plaid Retina was an American punk rock band from Visalia, California, formed in 1986 and active until 1996.

The history of Plaid Retina begins in 1984, in Visalia, a small city in California Central Valley, when drummer Don Hudgens joined metal band Oblivion, a high school band established by Travis, Jeff Gilley, "Bryan T" Thompson, Alarick Garcia and Mike Matthews. The crew for that band also included Matt Morris and Jeff Beck. It was at this time Hudgens and Matt Morris met up with Kelly Casper, who was part of that scene at Redwood High School.

Even though the band was not from Los Angeles, the band managed to keep up with the underground scene in Los Angeles (150 miles from Visalia), which was what made them unique in their small-town local scene. Heavy Metal's definition, however, was about to be shattered by a plethora of different influences. The advent of hardcore punk acts such as Minor Threat and the Suicidal Tendencies, whose first album made a huge impression of the metal scene, caused the members of the band to splinter.

Discography

* Plaid Retina - Lookout! Records (1988, 7" vinyl)

* Boxcar - Musical Tragedies (1990, 7" vinyl)

* Pinkeye - Lookout! Records (1989, 12" vinyl)

* Rejection - Duck Butter Records (1990, 7" vinyl)

* Mind Tracing The Going Down - Very Small Records (1991, 12" vinyl)

o Also released on compact disc via Shmin Esso/Duck Butter Records in 1991

* The Spark. - Very Small Records (1993, 7" vinyl)

* What I Cant Have - Little Deputy Records (19??, 7" vinyl)

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