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Published: July 19, 2007Nick Gaitan of The Umbrella Man remembers the last Los Skarnales gig ever (at the Continental Club) as both the best and worst of his life. "What a fucking crazy bunch of people. They were all dressed up because it was Halloween weekend. Kids, young kids jumping the back gate because the place was sold out. Felt like I was at a funeral, but a really drunk, dressed-up funeral. My zipper fucking broke right before we went on and I could not get through this place. After it was all done, there was some drunk chick standing on a bar bench by the cooler saying, 'Let me sing one to y'all!' with a little white ring around her right nostril, her slut-red lipstick smeared on like the Goddamn Joker. A guy was crying out front 'cause he got his ass beat and bloodied. This wasn't cool, but I heard he was bawling out front. I think I saw him when they had him by his hair, but we couldn't stop playing, this was our last show. I suppose what made it the best was that there was more going on in that room that night than so many other places at the time. Like an old carnival, just with drugs and booze and fighting fuckers. What made it the worst was the fuckers jumping on stage and disconnecting shit, the four big fights, and you couldn't get this one goddamn drunk to stop asking, 'But why????'"
Anyone remember Burning Inside's last show downstairs at Fitz? It was like a week or so after 9/11 and the world was absolutely batshit. I seem to remember the lead singer at one point just sitting down and flipping off his band. It was great. I nursed a fearsome blow to the nads I contracted while in the pit. The best part was the band in shambles, with some of the guys stripped down to boxer shorts, singing "Tiny Dancer" a cappella. This of course was when "hardcore" meant a bunch of bald dudes in basketball shorts and Intergrity shirts, plus a smattering of SHARPS. Today, all I see is wild manes of straightened, over processed hair, and kids who just hit puberty. No one is drunk, and no one is bleeding. and that is sad.
Man, 2001 was awesome.
Comment by Craig Hlavaty — July 18, 2007 @ 07:13PM