[1] He also helped in establishing a number of DIY collectives, such as 924 Gilman Street,[2] Blacklist Mailorder, and the Epicenter Zone record store.
[3][4] Yohannan was initially a 1960s counterculture-era leftist, before shifting this ideology to the punk scene.
"[5] As a self-appointed "punks' herdsman", Yohannan had a reputation as being notoriously difficult.
[7] The band Green Day recorded the song "Platypus (I Hate You)" on their 1997 album Nimrod.
The NOFX song "I'm Telling Tim" from their 1997 album So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes was also about Yohannan.