Chiyo Nukaga

Chiyo Nukaga played drums in Noothgrush and had a weekly radio show on 89.7fm KFJC called The Dark Side with Leia Organa when she moved into The Compound. She started to do art modeling at the Academy of Art in SF in February, 1998. She enjoyed her time at the Compound a lot but later got an apartment in Berkeley in 1999 on Ashby Ave with George Rice who was in High on Fire at the time. They had some good parties there and had some good friends’ bands stay there on their tours as well. She got a second job at the Berkeley Bowl to supplement the art modeling income and met her husband Rick from the Enemies there.She really enjoyed her time at the various punk house/apartments and feel lucky to have had such nice roommates. It was always fun to cook and clean with them as well as party and relax. She always felt like they were family. To this day she is still in contact with almost all of her former roommates. The way we lived in the 90’s shaped who she is today and how she still lives her life. She still lives in Oakland and near Mac Arthur Blvd & every time she sees the street sign she thinks of the Compound and she loves it.