The Northstate Archive : Social Concern

Social Concern was formed in 2003 by Sarah Shintaku, Brandi Benson, and Ami Rose. As far as I know (correct me if I'm wrong), they are the only all girl punk band to ever come out of Redding. I remember the first time I saw them was in 2004 at Caldwell Park. I wasn't too into them the first time I saw them, but over the next year, they really began to grow on me. In 2005, I was trying to set up a show and contacted Social Concern about playing. Their bass player Ami and I started talking on AIM about the show and other random things, and it ended coming out that she only lived a mile from my house. Social Concern practiced there too. Out of this is how I became friends with Ami and met the rest of the band. In the late summer of 2006, Ami and Brandi moved to Chico and Sarah to Sacramento. After moving, they continued with a couple different drummers, released two more albums, did two Western US tours, and countless west coast tours. After their last tour in the summer of 2010, they went on to an undefined hiatus.