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He fondly remembers “every rec center function playing, live board recordings on CD-Rs of backyard and junkyard bands.”

Aside from Del Toro’s “Pan’s Labyrinth” and “The Devil’s Backbone,” Ezban also cites as key references the Austrian psychological horror flick “Goodnight Mommy,” as well as George A. Romero’s “Day of the Dead” and the Spanish found-footage zombie saga “Rec.”

Around 2017, he got involved with a DIY venue in downtown Los Angeles known as the Rec Center and organized a wide range of punk rock, metal and experimental shows.

Not long after the Rec Center permanently closed, Dice joined up with another DIY venue downtown, Towne Square.

The previous two DIY spots Dice was involved in, Towne Square and the Rec Center, also fostered relationships with unhoused members of their communities, coordinating collection drives and offering pay for odd jobs.