Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
Riot Fest East conquered Philly this past Saturday with a line-up that bridged the divide between old and young fans of punk rock. And to my suprise, the old heads probably out-numbered the youngins, which made for an eclectic mix of music lovers. The day was filled with legendary bands giving amazing performances for almost 12 hours, non-stop. The roster included The Descendents, Dead Milkmen, X, Plow United, Hot Water Music, Naked Raygun, 7 Seconds, Suicide Machines, Samiam, Weston, The Menzingers, Excitebike, Shot Baker, Larry and His Flask, The Holy ...
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
Touting themselves as the real punk rock tour of the summer, while bad mouthing the corporate bullshit that now goes along with the Warped Tour, you knew you were in for a fun night. Laugh it off! started the night out with a fun up tempo quirkiness reminiscent of early Descendents, not bad for only their third gig. The Holy Mess was up next confessing that it was much to early for them to play, because they had no time to drink first. Lots of energy out of this local Philly band and it shows in the pictures. Dead To Me followed up by confessing that they had enjoyed a few too many city wide specials at ...
Riot Fest East conquered Philly this past Saturday with a line-up that bridged the divide between old and young fans of punk rock. And to my suprise, the old heads probably out-numbered the youngins, which made for an eclectic mix of music lovers. The day was filled with legendary bands giving amazing performances for almost 12 hours, non-stop. The roster included The Descendents, Dead Milkmen, X, Plow United, Hot Water Music, Naked Raygun, 7 Seconds, Suicide Machines, Samiam, Weston, The Menzingers, Excitebike, Shot Baker, Larry and His Flask, The Holy ...