Gary Heffern, Penetrators singer who inspired Eddie Vedder, dies at 72: “The ground zero of the punk scene”

Gary Heffern, the singer for pioneering San Diego punk band the Penetrators, whose music inspired a young Eddie Vedder, has died at 72.

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