Origin Hawthorne, California, U.S. Genres Alternative rock,power pop,punk rock,pop punk Years active 1980–19972004–present Redd Kross is an American rock band from Hawthorne, California, who had their roots in 1978 in a punk rock band called the Tourists, which was started by brothers Jeff and Steve McDonald while Steve was still in middle school.[1] With the addition of friends Greg Hetson and John Stielow on drums, the band's first gig was opening for Black Flag. The band has since released seven albums and three EPs. Redd Kross have devoted their career to making subversive entertainment in a high pop celebrity style, reintroducing forbidden classic-rock tropes as melodies, harmonies, ripping musicianship, & primary colors-stuff that had (largely) been ditched in the underground rock's post-punk, No Wave, hardcore, & sensitive-egghead scenes