Mike Atta benefit to star Watt, Adolescents, Burger tape, more Former first-generation Southern California punk guitarist Mike Atta might not be as known as some of the peers he and his band the Middle Class influenced, but his place in the annals of L.A. rebel music is understood. The band was founded in 1977, and was one of the region's first hard-core punk bands -- if not the first. Need evidence? The lineup for Friday night's benefit concert at the Echoplex, which has been organized in an effort to stem Atta's medical bills from cancer treatments, will feature some of the great names of early L.A. punk. They will include Alice Bag, Channel 3, 45 Grave, Mike Watt (ex of Minutemen) and his Missingmen, Channel 3, Shattered Faith, the Urinals, White Flag, Agent Orange and others. Toss in younger punks, including one of the region's best in Audacity, and the result is a night of chords and screams in honor of Atta's riffs. Atta, who now owns and operates the excellent vintage furniture shop Out of Vogue in Fullerton, has as good a taste in antiques as in riffs. Want an expert's opinion? How about the late Brendan Mullen, founder of the underground Hollywood punk club the Masque, who spoke to the OC Weekly in 2002 about the Atta brothers' band: "Many hold the Middle Class up as probably the first American hard-core band, which basically meant playing faster downbeat tempos than the first wave of 'Hollywood' proto-hard-core bands like the Germs and the Bags." More enticement: How about Fullerton record store/label Burger Records' killer punk mixtape, which will be sold in conjunction with the benefit? Below is the track listing, which was selected by White Flag's Pat Fear and features original artwork by Raymond Pettibon: 01 7 Seconds - Compro 02 Adolescents - Conquest Of The Planet Of The See Monkeys 03 Adrenalin O.D. - Small Talk 04 Anarchy 6 - Suburban Jail 05 Audacity - Five People In The Bedroom 06 Big Boys - I'm Sorry 07 Channel 3 - Another Day 08 Circle Jerks - Red Tape 09 Cows - Chow 10 Eddie & The Subtitles - American Society 11 EMPIRE - English Mist 12 F - The Yellow Corn Boy 13 Fastbacks - Fast Enough 14 Flag Of Democracy - Suburban Cowboy 15 Germs - Out Of Time (Live) 16 Giuda - Number 10 17 Government Issue - Plain To See 18 Halo Of Flies - Ballad Of Extreme Hate 19 Love Canal - Jimmy Closet 20 Meatmen - Stud 21 Mike Watt + The Missingmen - Sweet Honey Pie 22 Mudhoney - Tales Of Terror 23 Necros - Help 24 Negative Approach - Pressure/Fair Warning (Live) 25 Nervous Gender - Slave (Demo) 26 NOFX - New Years Revolution 27 OFF! - Poison City 28 Redd Kross - Pretty Please Me (Live At Amoeba) 29 Scream - Cry Wolf (Demo) 30 Shattered Faith - Right Is Right 31 SIN34 - 34 Sins 32 The Detours - The Saint 33 The Fix - No Idols 34 The F.U.s - Death Wish (Live) 35 The Garden - 8 Foot Tall Man Walking Out Of The Forest 36 The Middle Class - Body and Soul 37 The Mormons - Razorburn Stigmata 38 The Muffs - When I Was Down 39 Vatican Commandos - Housewives on Valium 40 White Flag - Radio Free Misanthropia} 41 White Night - Oh Crud The tape will be sold on the Burger site starting Saturday. The show is Friday starting at 8:30. Get there early, because Agent Orange goes on first. Live review: Pennywise at the Palladium Jello Biafra on 'Nazi Punks' and hate speech Review: A rowdy, shaggy night for Bad Religion