AGENT ORANGE
THE REAL BITTERS
THE AMOEBAS
Billys lounge Grand Rapids
Jan 13th 2010
Ok so bar shows fucking suck. That’s the bottom line. Why play in a bar… what’s the point? So a couple pals and I decided we would venture off to this wonderful show. When I first heard about this show I contacted the dude in charge and asked him if he would be into doing it at a real venue. He sadly declined. So said I would put together a flyer since a bar has no idea how to make a flyer at all. So I did and I got on the guest list and went off to the show. So we got a seat in the back and got some good local beers that had a nice price tag on them. So when we sat down we ended up next to a table filled with “once I was a punk” kind of people. You know the drill MISFITS on the speakers bouncing in their seats thinking about old times and how the new kids are lame. These dudes fucking sucked. Fat stupid and no business even talking about punk or hardcore. So I ended up finding a Galaga machine in the back of the bar so I played a game that lasted over an hour so I only heard the first band THE REAL BITTERS. They sounded great, but really in a bar you have no reason to watch the band. All you will see is some fucking moron standing in front holding a beer high in the air pumping his fist. They did sound great one of the best times I have heard them. Next was THE AMEOBAS local young band. I had no idea why they played after THE BITTERS since they are a new band but whatever. They also are the local party band and just did not come off well in a bar. The songs sounded great, but just had no energy at all, but what can you do. They have a new bass player, and they sound much better with him. Next up was the mighty AGENT ORANGE. Well they sounded and looked great. They did not sound or look dated at all. But again the energy was not any place to be found at all. Just old fucking punks out for one night only. All I can really say is I hope I read some drunk driving accidents from last night and some of these old fuckers are put in the grave once and for all. I have to say I am an older punk, but the bottom line I am still punk. I don’t go out once a year and pump my fist to FEAR songs on some shitty jukebox at some dive bar. Grow up and get out we are the new kids get out of our way!
I happen to know being there, that PLENTY of people were under 21. So get the fuck over it, just because agent orange didnt want to play at the daac or some house doesnt mean you have to bash every fucking aspect of the show. Who CARES. It was fun, people had fun. It’s completely and utterly terrible that you would wish “a drunk driving accident” on anyone. Get over it man.
“All I can really say is I hope I read some drunk driving accidents from last night and some of these old fuckers are put in the grave once and for all.”
I hated the interview up until this point and then it got pretty good.
taylor doesn’t get it.