Thursday, March 26, 2026
One Man Running live at Arcata Brewery May 1991
Of all the bands in Humboldt in the late 80s / early 90s, One Man Running was a local favorite that had the most potential to break out of the Redwood Curtain and perhaps could have made it big in the greater North America punk scene. I first saw them when Garden Weasel played our very first house show with them and Grimace in Westhaven at the Yowling Zygotes house. Chuck on bass and vocals I already knew from him being the lead singer in Grimace; Morgan on drums and vocals and Moshe on guitar rounded out the trio. Killer pop-punk delievered in that rough, doper style of Humboldt County that was unmistakeable. There was no mic stand at that first show and I remember holding the mic up so Chuck could sing as the band ripped through their set in the kitchen of the party house ... I digress - the recordings posted here come from 6 months later at the place that became known as Humboldt Brews (?) I think, formerly Tsunamis, formerly Toppers, formerly a bowling alley in downtown Arcata. I don't have the flier on hand - maybe Justin has an image of it. I know Garden Weasel was on this bill but damned if I can rememebr who else was. Please scrape your bowl and enjoy the heartfelt doper pop punk of One Man Running! Live at Arcata Brewery.
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how about a very delayed follow up to Ed's One man Running post back on march 26th. this font is called "luckiest guy" and hol...
As someone who was born after they broke up and on the other side of California, I think they could have been big. They had amazing songs, great players, and I fell in love with Chuck's voice. I have been playing the shit out of OMR for god, like 16 years now. I probably play the Stress ep about 5 times a year. Shown it to all my friends. Nobody, even the most crustgrind guy I know has anything bad to say about them. They're better than any of the mainstream pop punk. They really did become one of my favorite bands in music.
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