The original 1977 line-up of San Francisco punk band The Offs was:
Billy Hawk - guitar, Don Vinil - vocals, Fast Floyd - bass, & Bob Steeler - drums. They were later joined by Bob Roberts - saxophone.

They recorded for CD Presents and 415 Records, played venues like the Deaf Club and Mabuhay Gardens, appearing with bands like The Dead Kennedys,The Lewd and The Sleepers. The Offs' singer, Don Vinil was one of the first openly gay people in the West Coast punk scene before his death from a heroin overdose on Ninth St. in New York in 1983. V.Vale of Search & Destroy & RE/Search introduced Vinil to guitarist Billy Hawk after Vinil was kicked out of his first band, Grand Mal. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.