Bart Mendoza

[10] As a concert promoter he's helped bring many artists to San Diego, particularly from 1985 to 1991 when Mendoza co-produced a series of music festivals, New Sounds,[11] featuring Mod and sixties oriented groups from the U.S. and Europe.

The band's lineup included Mendoza and British musicians Edward Ball of The Times and Television Personalities, Paul Bevoir of The Jetset and Small Town Parade, as well as Simon Smith of the Merton Parkas and Mood Six.

[15] Mendoza co-founded the indie label Blindspot Records in 1991, with more than two dozen albums to date including releases from Skelpin, Mark Decerbo & Four Eyes, Skid Roper and others.

[19] He has also art directed albums for numerous artists including Alicia Previn, The Eddies[20] and Dave Humphries, as well as compilations such as Power Chords, Harmonies and Mistletoe.

He has also penned liner notes for artists including Phil Angeloff, Ray Brandes,[27] Ryan Ferguson[28] and The Lolas[29] and music compilations such as This is Mod Volume 6,[30] from Cherry Red Records.

[32] Since 1999 Mendoza has had numerous songs he has written or co-written, covered by artists including: Canada's The Kingpins, "Plan of Action,",[33] Germany's Daniel Hall, "Survive",[34] Spain's Happy Losers, "Blurs Somewhere"[35] and Los Angeles based band, The Andersons "Rain or Shine.

[46] On January 23, 2014, Mendoza took part in an all star tribute to music promoter Tim Mays at the Birch North Park Theatre, performing alongside members of The Penetrators, Rocket From The Crypt, Pinback, Skelpin, The Black Heart Procession, No Knife, Uncle Joe's Big Ol' Driver and many others.

[47] On April 4, 2014, in a special presentation at the Lafayette Hotel, Mendoza was honored along with 40 other prominent San Diego artists, business and community leaders, including El Vez, John Reis, Robin Henkel and Gregory Page.

[48][49][50] In May 2014, Mendoza was interviewed on the TV Talk show, Tonight in San Diego (Episode 12), by host David Vaughn, with True Stories also performing two songs on air.

Meanwhile, in June 2014, Mendoza appeared on the soundtrack to the Lester Bangs documentary, A Box Full of Rocks, directed by Raul Sandelin, backing Jon Kanis on his track, "It Is and It Isn't" alongside the Shambles.

During the same time frame Manual Scan recorded a Mendoza penned theme song for DJ Tim Pyles, heard at the beginning of his Sunday evening Loudspeaker program on XETRA-FM (91X).