I went to high school with Ian from Hogan’s Heroes/OS101/Friendly Fire’s younger brother Pete. He dropped out of school sometime in the fall of 1996, but he was one of the people who introduced me to straight edge. We hung around at the Smith house for most of this day. Their parents were pretty nice people who put up with a ton of us running in and out the house all the time. A few generations of hardcore kids bounced around in there. It sucks both of the Smith parents have passed away.
Baxter was Ian’s side project. They were a pretty emo band who did a demo tape and a seven inch. I think one of our friends, who I had kind of fallen out with after a botched science class project, and this other dude who was straight edge for like three months went to this show too.
The 508 House was a cool house in Toms River that did shows for a few years. I saw a bunch of bands and met tons of people I would get to know as the years went on. I do not remember a ton of specifics about any of these bands, but Baxter and Lucky No. 13 were well received. I think Lucky No. 13 only did a demo? I heard it in someone’s car once and I think they had just recorded it.
I have no idea who Whatever were. Franklin was a band from Philadelphia and I do not remember much about them. I do remember buying about $25 worth of fanzines at this show including a new issue of Trustkill and some others.
