shadesdrawn

The show Friday night was crazy. We showed up about two hours beforehand, had some drinks, and while we got progressively inebriated we noticed that we were booked with a skinhead band... awesome.

Things went pretty smooth until after we played. I think one small fight broke out while we were playing, but it was broken up pretty fast. I think we played well. None of the usual nervous bullshit that goes along with us playing out. I heard quite a few positive comments about us, we sold some shirts, and I stuck one of our stickers on some drunk girls forehead.

Shortly after we played, the shit hit the fan. My buddy Jason and I were sitting at our merch table when a flood of bouncers and skinheads came tumbling out from the stage room. I managed to throw enough elbows to keep the riot away from our merch table long enough for the bouncers to get the apes out of the bar. As soon as it hit the street trash cans were thrown back and forth, some asshole put his foot or fist through the front window, and the cops arrived shortly after.

Luckily the show wasn't shut down, and the rest of the bands played without any problems. Someone posing as our manager stole our cut of the door. How this happened, I have no idea, but whatever. Exciting stuff to say the least.