History
The gang started as "Peni Death Squad (PDS), a punk gang in the 1980s, the name being derived from the anarcho-punk/deathrock band, 'Rudimentary Peni'. Originally, PDS was mainly a loose-knit group of suburban teens, runaways and homeless youngsters. Other examples of Southern California hardcore punk gangs included La Mirada punks, Vicious Circle, The HB's, FFF (Fight For Freedom), L.A. Death Squad (L.A.D.S.), Circle One, and Bakersfield's Zero-Core. These groups were typically made up of suburban counter-culture teenagers, skaters, surfers, etc.
The formation of the group was greatly influenced by members in the hardcore punk rock scene in Long Beach, California during the 1980s. However, by the 1990s, PEN1’s base of operations had partially been relocated to Orange County where they began recruiting suburban adolescents. By the 2000s, the gang’s influence has spread throughout California and Arizona, with some members in Idaho and Nevada. They have ties to the prison gangs Aryan Brotherhood and Nazi Lowriders. Their main rivals are the Bloods, Crips, the Norteños, Nuestra Familia, Black Guerilla Family.
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