Early January or February, The Jerks, Spacebong and other bands I can't remember (Possibly Prisonbitch) Put on an alleyway show in Hindmarsh near the Gov, The Trainstation and the local Library. We walked there from the city up past the brewery, past all the nasty pubs where 50-year old strippers perform at 4 in the afternoon, and past the Football [soccer] stadium where sweaty fat men shouted at athletes to kick a ball in the right direction.
It took us half an hour to find the right direction of the alleyway, and while we walked Johnny [Adams] divulged us with tales of him teasing police officers when he was drunk. We finally got to the location, which was a god-for-saken field full of gravel, dirt, weeds, empty bottle and used condoms. The gig was inside a tiny shed. Spacebong played first or close to the start, playing only two songs where one happened to go for 25 minutes and the other one for eight. It was hard to breathe, the moshers kicked up so much dust that it replaced the oxygen inside the shed, and there where so many people crowding around the door that you had to ram people to get out.
The Jerks played and it was fun to watch till Goon Jake, who we were sure was on something, climbed up on the shed rafters that were holding the building together. Paranoid that the whole thing would collapse, because Goon Jake is ridiculously tall, I crept towards the back. I realised the shed had a lift up door, so we pushed that up and the air, smell of alcohol and drunken rabble flooded in... then the cops showed.
They left pretty quickly though, they thought the kids weren't drinking... Heh heh
xo
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Twas the night that many a band played in the Balfours factory turned squat. I think The lineup was Johnny Adams, Daisy Cutter, The Jerks and the other bands I can't remember. Johnny had so much Goon that he passed out and knocked one of the speakers over. That speaker doesn't work anymore. The Jerks had finished playing and just about everyone was exploring the factory. Upstairs was massive and although the toilets didn't work, people used them anyway. This is where the amusing tales of past shows should be... But i need you to tell me about them. email me your story and I'll feature it here. If you have any photos then send them too, but it must be relevant to the tale XD |
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