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46-537: Raymond John " East Bay Ray" Pepperell (born November 17, 1958) is an American musician who plays guitar for the San Francisco Bay area -based punk band Dead Kennedys . His guitar work was influenced by jazz and rockabilly . Alongside Jello Biafra 's astute lyrics and unique vibrato-based vocal style, East Bay Ray's playing was one of the defining factors of the music of the Dead Kennedys, and by extension, of

92-404: A drummer for RHCP for a short time) and Robert Fripp , to garage-pop with Pearl Harbor , retro-jungle-surf with Johnny Feelings, and exotica lounge music with Frenchy. He composed and recorded a sound track for an early independent film by David Siegel and Scott McGhee, who later made the film noir movie The Deep End . In the early 1990s, Ray formed the funk/rock band Skrapyard and released Sex

138-414: A path as the hip-hop-influenced hardcore band (hed)pe's debut album proudly announced they were." CMJ described the album's sound as combining "down-tuned guitars with booty-licious beats...and hardcore raps that are littered by more cussing than a sailor." Beatdust described the band as "becoming another Limp Bizkit clone" with Broke and the subsequent Blackout , which were recorded to pay back

184-410: Is Sex on Alternative Tentacles featuring Ron West, Robert Ball, Andy Kaps and Jason Collins. In 2000, Ray appeared on Hed PE 's second studio album, Broke , performing guitar on the song "Waiting to Die", and other nu-metal bands have cited him and the Dead Kennedys as an influence. East Bay Ray was involved in all the Dead Kennedys' studio recordings and is credited for mixing and producing

230-698: Is a major center for the development of rock , folk , funk , jazz , hip hop , soul and women's music . Bay Area thrash metal has centered strongly on the East Bay, including the bands Exodus and Metallica , among others. Possessed and Death , both considered the first death metal bands, have roots or connections in the East Bay: Possessed formed in El Sobrante , with Death debuting nationally while in Concord . Major music (and sports) venues include

276-537: Is evidenced by a 7" single he recorded in 1984 called "Trouble in Town"/"Poison Heart." After Dead Kennedys stopped touring in February 1986, East Bay Ray formed the band Kage with female vocalist Bana Witt. He played guitar on a range of projects including an Algerian Raï music album for Cheikha Rimitti called Sidi Mansour , which also featured Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea (coincidentally, D.H. Peligro later became

322-770: Is strongly promoted by city and county agencies, and by organizations like the East Bay Bicycle Coalition . Major pedestrian paths across the region include the San Francisco Bay Trail , the Bay Area Ridge Trail , the Ohlone Greenway , Iron Horse Regional Trail , Contra Costa Canal Trail, and the Richmond Greenway . Rail service in the East Bay dates to the First transcontinental railroad , when

368-537: Is the birthplace of many musical acts, including Creedence Clearwater Revival , Country Joe and the Fish . Counting Crows , Yesterday and Today , Digital Underground , Green Day , Operation Ivy , Primus , Rancid , Set Your Goals , Tower of Power (whose debut album is titled East Bay Grease ), The Pointer Sisters , MC Hammer , Tony! Toni! Toné! , Tupac Shakur , Too Short , Spice 1 , en Vogue , Pete Escovedo and Sheila E , Keyshia Cole , and Mac Dre . The region

414-544: Is the most populous subregion in the Bay Area, containing the second- and third-most populous Bay Area counties of Alameda (1.7 million) and Contra Costa (1.1 million). Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay by population and the third largest in the Bay Area. The city serves as a major transportation hub for the U.S. West Coast , and its port is the largest in Northern California . Increased population has led to

460-600: Is the second studio album by American rock band Hed PE . Released on August 22, 2000, the album expanded the band's sound to incorporate classic rock and world music influences. It peaked at #63 on the Billboard 200 , and features the band's best known single, "Bartender", which peaked at #23 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and at #27 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, and appeared on

506-714: The Count Basie Orchestra and Lightnin' Hopkins . His mother was a fan of the Weavers and Pete Seeger . His parents, who were also active in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, also influenced him politically. Ray graduated from the University of California, Berkeley and planned to become an architect, but found architecture too artistically limiting. By this time, he had already began writing and playing music as he realized that he could not live without it. Before

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552-707: The Dead Kennedys , East Bay Ray played guitar with a San Francisco Bay Area based rockabilly / doo-wop bar band Cruis'n, releasing one single, "Vicky's Hickey", sold primarily at their shows. The Dead Kennedys were an idiosyncratic punk rock band. Although they kept their music for the most part loud, fast, and aggressive, they threw in eclectic flourishes. These experiments included the guitar playing of East Bay Ray, who took cues from sources such as film music (spy movie scores and Ennio Morricone Spaghetti Western scores), instrumental surf rock (the guitar stylings of Dick Dale and George Tomsco of The Fireballs ), as well as

598-1135: The Oakland Arena ; adjacent Oakland Coliseum ; the Oakland Paramount Theater , venue for the Oakland East Bay Symphony ; the Fox Oakland Theatre , the UC Berkeley Greek Theater , the nonprofit The Freight and Salvage , and the Concord Pavilion (formerly Sleep Train Pavilion). Major museums include the Oakland Museum of California , the Lawrence Hall of Science and the Chabot Space and Science Center . The East Bay Regional Parks District operates over fifty parks, many consisting of significant acreage of wildlands, in

644-718: The Transbay Terminal across the lower deck. Streetcars were replaced with busses in 1948 and transbay service halted in 1958. The system's assets were sold to the newly formed AC Transit in 1960. The East Bay's modern rail transit service is Bay Area Rapid Transit , or BART, which was primarily designed to deliver commuters to San Francisco via the Transbay Tube , and to a lesser extent Oakland and Berkeley. Amtrak 's California Zephyr terminates in Emeryville , providing connections as far as Chicago , and further stations across

690-717: The Western Pacific Railroad was contracted by the Central Pacific Railroad to provide the link between the Bay and Sacramento . This railroad eventually became the Niles Canyon Railway . Service to Alameda commenced in September 1869, four months after driving the golden spike at Promintory, Utah . Oakland Long Wharf eventually became the western terminus before ferry service to San Francisco. This road provided

736-406: The "AC" moniker. County Connection , WestCAT , WHEELS , Tri Delta Transit and Union City Transit also provide bus service in the East Bay. Ferry service is provided by San Francisco Bay Ferry from Jack London Square and Alameda Harbor, with service at Richmond Ferry Terminal slated to begin in 2018. Hercules may also see future ferry service to San Francisco. Bicycle transportation

782-473: The "second wave" of American punk. He is also the only Dead Kennedy to remain a constant member of the band since its formation. Raymond John Pepperell was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay area and was musically influenced by both his parents, who organized local art and music festivals in their suburban neighborhood. His father had a collection of 1930s and 1940s jazz and blues records, and would take him and his brother to performances by Muddy Waters ,

828-453: The Bay and Live at the Deaf Club . Starting in 2001, East Bay Ray headed the legal struggle to win ownership of Dead Kennedys' intellectual property and to secure royalties withheld from the band by Jello Biafra . Biafra was found civilly liable for fraud, malice and breach of contract. Ray authorized and had a production credit for a CD of live Dead Kennedys recordings titled Mutiny on

874-481: The Bay . East Bay Ray was responsible, along with his ex-bandmates Klaus Flouride and D.H. Peligro , for licensing songs such as "Police Truck" and "Holiday in Cambodia" to major corporations for use in video games and films. Dead Kennedys, including Biafra, had previously approved the use of the band's songs in the major film corporation releases Neighbors (1981), and Class (1983). In 1999, Biafra himself approved

920-578: The Bay Area. The East Bay Monthly , another free newspaper, has been published since 1970. In the early years of the evolution of USA Today , during the early 1980s, they operated regional newspapers, with the region's paper entitled East Bay Today . The Solano Avenue Stroll , the oldest and largest street festival in the greater San Francisco Bay Area, is held every September on the Solano Avenue shopping district in Albany and Berkeley. The East Bay

966-400: The East Bay are served by Amtrak California 's Coast Starlight and San Joaquin . The East Bay has a mixed economy of services, manufacturing, and small and large businesses. The region is headquarters to a number of highly notable businesses, including Kaiser Permanente , Chevron , and Safeway , among others. The East Bay Economic Development Alliance was founded by Alameda County as

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1012-520: The East Bay is highly urbanized. The East Bay shoreline is an urban corridor with several cities exceeding 100,000 residents, including the cities of Oakland , Hayward , Fremont , Richmond , and Berkeley . In the inland valleys on the east side of the Berkeley Hills, the land is mostly developed, particularly on the eastern fringe of Contra Costa county and the Tri-Valley area. In the inland valleys,

1058-564: The East Bay until they declared bankruptcy. The New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI) automobile manufacturing plant employed about 5,100 employees at its peak. Tesla, Inc. has taken over part of the NUMMI plant, which is still the only automobile manufacturing plant in California. The East Bay is served by a number of both public and private higher education institutions: Colleges Universities Broke (album) Broke

1104-466: The East Bay, many directly adjacent to urban centers. Tilden Regional Park , is one of the largest regional parks (2,000 acres (8.1 km )) located directly adjacent to the urban center of Berkeley. Briones Regional Park , at 5,000 acres, is another large wildlands park near an urban center, Walnut Creek. The East Bay also has a rich political history. One of the revolutionary movements founded in Oakland

1150-465: The East Bay. Today, the valleys east of the Berkeley Hills contain large affluent suburban communities such as Walnut Creek, San Ramon and Pleasanton . The East Bay is not a formally defined region, aside from its being described as a region inclusive of Alameda and Contra Costa counties. As development moves generally eastward, new areas are described as being part of the East Bay . In 1996, BART

1196-527: The Economic Development Advisory Board in 1990 as a public/private partnership with the mission to promote the East Bay as an important region for development, with Contra Costa County joining in 1996, and the current name chosen in 2006. The East Bay, as a part of the greater Bay Area, is a highly developed region, and is a major center for new and established economic ventures. Along with the county governments of Alameda and Contra Costa,

1242-466: The album's sound as being "Focused and mature" and said that Hed PE "possess the wherewithal to express their anger and frustration musically..." Melody Maker said the album was "about as black as this pimp-rock is gonna get, hip-hop credible in a way no one in the field has been since Urban Dance Squad ....it's a great album..." The most negative response to the album came from critics who viewed its lyrics as misogynistic. Jive Records included

1288-428: The area. State Route 61 , State Route 84 , State Route 123 , State Route 185 , and State Route 238 are major surface streets that receive state funding for maintenance. San Pablo Avenue previously carried U.S. Route 40 until the terminus was moved progressively east to Utah . AC Transit is the major bus transit agency for the region, and provides bus service throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties, hence

1334-590: The band's first single, " California Uber Alles "/"Man with the Dogs", the band's first LP Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables with Oliver Dicicco, the EP In God We Trust, Inc. and he mixed " Holiday in Cambodia "/" Police Truck ". Ray was one of the founders of the original Alternative Tentacles Records , set up for other artists and Dead Kennedys, and was a partner in it until the mid-1980s. Ray mixed and produced two CDs of live Dead Kennedys recordings, Mutiny on

1380-414: The growth of large edge cities such as Alameda , Concord , Emeryville , Fremont , Hayward , Livermore , Pleasanton , San Ramon , and Walnut Creek . Although initial development in the greater Bay Area focused on San Francisco , the coastal East Bay came to prominence in the middle of the 19th century as the part of the Bay Area most accessible by land from the east. The transcontinental railroad

1426-416: The largest employers are: Other major companies with headquarters in the East Bay include 10x Genomics , 24 Hour Fitness , Alibris , ANG Newspapers , Clif Bar , Clorox , Columbus Salame , Dreyer's , Ellie Mae , GE Digital , Ghirardelli Chocolate Company , Gillig Corporation , LeapFrog , Peet's Coffee , Pixar Animation Studios , Ross Stores and Workday . Mervyn's headquarters were located in

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1472-532: The late part of the century, the Key System provided interurban routes across Alameda county, with connections to San Francisco ferries via their private Key System Pier. Southern Pacific ran a competing system, East Bay Electric Lines, until they, too, had the Key System take over operations. When the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opened in 1936, Key System cars could make the trip directly to

1518-559: The license to Tony Hawk's video game. Ray was a featured artist in the April 2006 edition of Guitar Player magazine talking about recording production techniques and in the January 2006 issue of Guitar World . Ray guests on the track "Guitar Hero" on The Dresden Dolls lead singer/pianist Amanda Palmer 's solo debut, Who Killed Amanda Palmer . Ray also released the 7" single Trouble in Town in 1984 (Alternative Tentacles Records), featuring

1564-411: The losses owed to the label to recoup the commercial failure of the band's 1997 self-titled debut album . The album features guest appearances in recognition of Hed PE's hardcore punk and heavy metal influences, including Dead Kennedys guitarist East Bay Ray , who performs on the song "Waiting to Die", and singers Serj Tankian of System of a Down and Morgan Lander of Kittie , who appear on

1610-476: The population density is less and the cities smaller. Cities exceeding 100,000 residents in the inland valleys include Antioch and Concord . East Bay cities include: The East Bay has a free weekly newspaper, the East Bay Express , which has reported on the culture and politics of the East Bay for over 30 years, and has influenced the identification of the East Bay as a culturally defined region of

1656-634: The population doubling between 1940 and 1960, and doubling again by 2000. The 1937 completion of the Caldecott Tunnel through the Berkeley Hills fueled growth further east, where there was undeveloped land. Cities in the Diablo Valley, including Concord and Walnut Creek , saw their populations increase tenfold or more between 1950 and 1970. The addition of the BART commuter rail system in 1972 further encouraged development in increasingly far-flung regions of

1702-657: The psychedelic music of the 60s (especially early Pink Floyd ) with his trademark echo effects. With help from Jello Biafra and Klaus Flouride , East Bay Ray crafted a distinct and driving guitar style and sound. In interviews East Bay Ray has cited the playing of Syd Barrett on Pink Floyd's first album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn , as well as the music of the Ohio Players , and the guitar playing of Elvis Presley side-man Scotty Moore (with his trademark echo), as influences. East Bay Ray's fondness for Spaghetti Western music

1748-526: The retrospectives The Best of Hed Planet Earth and Major Pain 2 Indee Freedom: The Best of Hed P.E. The album sold over 250,000 copies. In contrast to the band's first album, which largely mixed hardcore punk with hip hop , Broke incorporates new elements, including classic rock and world music influences. AllMusic described the musical style of Broke as drawing from hip hop and that Hed PE "opted for slick production and mundane verse/chorus/verse formatting rather than continuing to blaze

1794-627: The sole link to the rest of the country until about 1879 when a more direct route across the Carquinez Strait was completed. Today, Altamont Corridor Express (ACE) operates commuter rail services through Niles Canyon to San Jose. Streetcar service across the East Bay was historically provided by the Key System , incorporated in 1902 as the San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose Railway . An amalgamation of several streetcar companies established in

1840-437: The song "Feel Good". The album peaked at #63 on the Billboard 200 , while its first single, "Bartender", peaked at #23 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and at #27 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. A music video for "Killing Time", the second single from Broke , was produced in promotion of the film 3000 Miles To Graceland , which featured the song on its soundtrack. Response from professional critics

1886-559: The songs "Poisoned Heart" and "Trouble in Town", with guest vocalists Vince and Steve One. East Bay (San Francisco Bay Area) The East Bay is the eastern region of the San Francisco Bay Area and includes cities along the eastern shores of the San Francisco Bay and San Pablo Bay . The region has grown to include inland communities in Alameda and Contra Costa counties. With a population of roughly 2.8 million in 2024, it

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1932-439: Was built in what would become Berkeley. The 1906 San Francisco earthquake saw a large number of refugees flee to the relatively undamaged East Bay, and the region continued to grow rapidly. As the East Bay grew, the push to connect it with a more permanent link than ferry service resulted in the completion of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge in 1936. The Bay Area saw further growth in the decades following World War II, with

1978-511: Was completed in 1869 with its western terminus at the newly constructed Oakland Long Wharf , and the new city of Oakland rapidly developed into a significant seaport. Today the Port of Oakland is the Bay Area's largest port and the fifth largest container shipping port in the United States. In 1868, the University of California was formed from the private College of California and a new campus

2024-613: Was extended from its terminus in Concord to a new station in Pittsburg , symbolically incorporating the newly expanded Delta communities of Pittsburg and Antioch as extended regions of the East Bay. Beyond the borders of Alameda County, the large population of Tracy is connected as a bedroom community housing commuters traveling to or through the East Bay. Except for some hills and ridges which exist as parklands or undeveloped land, and some farmland in eastern Contra Costa and Alameda Counties,

2070-420: Was mixed. AllMusic 's Jason D. Taylor wrote that the album "may have not found as much success in the competitive mainstream market as some would have liked, and even despite its distinct departure from the group's debut, it is an album that shows more vision than other rap-tinged rock albums to come out in 2000." Rolling Stone said that with Broke , " Rap metal has found its Motley Crue ." Q described

2116-639: Was the Black Panther Party . The East Bay is home to many of the restaurants central to the creation of California cuisine , including Chez Panisse . All vehicular crossings of the San Francisco Bay land in the counties comprising the East Bay. Interstate highways in the East Bay include Interstates 80 , 580 , 680 , 880 , 980 , and 238 . California State Routes 24 , 4 , 13 , 92 , 160 , 242 , 84 , and Richmond Parkway are limited access highways for at least part of their lengths in

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