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October 31, 2016
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Stiff Little Fingers, Vision
So I could go to class all day and then see Vision at night? Awesome! On Fridays that semester, I only had one class (a seminar on Homer), so after it finished (2pm?) I left campus for a bit, probably to the Barnes and Noble down the road by the mall, and then came back to campus to have dinner with a friend and then head to the gig. It was weird walking across campus and recognizing the cars of some friends parked on campus. A few bands played before Vision, but I hung out with friends and then met…
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October 24, 2016
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Bankshot 18, Dead Nation, Degenerics, Endeavor, The Illbilly Boys, Worthless
So this show was fine and all, but my big memory of it is the night before someone IM’d me claiming to be Matt Molnar and said they would get me on their guest list. I knew Matt pretty well, so I thought this was cool and headed up to the show. He had no idea what I was talking about and it turned out I had been pranked. I could have laughed it off, but I was actually pretty pissed. So three or four years go by and I finally figured out who it was that did it. This…
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October 10, 2016
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9 Lives, A Moments Peace, Ensign, Kill Your Idols, Parade Brigade Fanzine, Public Urination, Purpose, Rise Above, Step Ahead
I do not remember a ton from this show, but the big thing I remember is interviewing Kill Your Idols in the bathroom of Casino Skate Park. That was the only quiet place we could find unfortunately. It stunk in there and we did a quick interview to get out of the place. I never printed the interview despite Parade Brigade Fanzine beginning right after this. I also did a Purpose interview right around this time that never got printed. Actually, I think that might have been at Casino Skate Park too maybe? I do not know why we never…
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September 26, 2016
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Antidote, Dynamo, Full Speed Ahead, The Icmen, Underdog
After a pretty iffy Antidote show in Red Bank a few weeks before, we headed up to Asbury Park to see them again. Full Speed Ahead were also playing, but another band really impressed us. Dynamo was Carl The Mosher’s, ex of The Icemen and Underdog, newest band. In fact, I think a few people from his lineup of The Icemen were in it? They were great NYHC kind of mixing up the 82 and 88 styles. People started going off and also Rat Bones was there getting down. We had gotten to know him a little bit and despite…
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September 19, 2016
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Ensign, Grade, Side By Side
This show was either in 1999 or 2000, but it is a little fuzzy in my head. I do know that it was on a week night and I needed to leave as easly as possible for a morning class (which could mean 2000 because I had an art history class at 8am with Carson, a few bros, and a bunch of pretty prepped out young ladies who hung out with us (!?) instead of the bros. Wah? I am still confused about tthat one for sure). Ensign were….Ensign at this show. I remember Chris Oliver sang Lou Kollar’s part…
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September 12, 2016
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Converge, Dillinger Escape Plan, For The Love Of, Indecision, Nora, Try Fail Try, Turmoil, You & I
This was an odd show for me to go to, so I am so fuzzy on who played this show because I spent a lot of time hanging out with other friends who were randomly at this show too. If you are not from the area, you need to know that people would go to Middlesex just to hang out. I probably did it once or twice myself. I do remember Dillinger Escape Plan because at the end of their set the last song faded out, but then we all heard some familiar drum beats and then suddenly they busted into…
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September 5, 2016
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Full Speed Ahead, Reagan Youth, Three Against One, War Zone
I remember 3 Against 1 covered War Zone and a lot of people were going off for Full Speed Ahead. Sometime during their set, a teenage girl got hit really hard and I think was concussed. Someone covered Reagan Youth at this show too.
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August 29, 2016
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Dillinger Escape Plan
I saw Dillinger Escape Plan a few times in the fall of 1999. I did not really like them, but Justin and I went up to this show after finishing our classes for the day. I have no idea who else played. I think I hung out outside for a lot of the show with friends.
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August 22, 2016
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Degenerics, Full Speed Ahead, SOV, Worthless
This was my first experiences with all these bands. S.O.V. I would see a lot over the years and of course DJ ended up in Full Speed Ahead too. Worthless were a pop punk band I did not like. Degenerics were still kind of getting their sound together at this point, but eventually they would be pretty raging. One of my friends interviewed S.O.V. and Worthless at another show, but I do not know if he ever printed them or anything.
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August 15, 2016
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Underdog
This was a pretty generic Underdog show. They were quite good and I chilled up front for the whole set because a bunch of drunk BACK IN THE DAY dickheads were dancing like shitheads. I have no memory of who else played at all.
