Black Panda/ Ape-Shits/ Scrabble Robot/ Monkeytown/ Hoodrats/ Sober Daze/ Deadly Companions (Monarch Events Center - July 11, ‘08)
By Samm Newton • Jul 16th, 2008 • Category: Live Sound
Friday night I thought I’d go check out the Tangled Snark Summer Parties at the Monarch, which I, for some reason unbeknownst to me, figured would be a good idea. Little did I understand that I had just stepped into a melting pot of drunkenness, violence, and downright craziness in its lowest form; in other words, my naïve ass just got thrown into the middle of a punk show. Mixed in with the raw coolness of chick drummers and intense bassists, there lingered angst-riddled fans, the spilling of much innocent alcohol, and miniature mosh pits where guys took off their shirts and leaped onto stage. Well, they attempted to leap on stage anyway, but mostly just ran at the stage missing it the majority of times, so they’d fall and then try to do it again about a hundred times. I kept thinking to myself, “Holy shit! What the hell did I get myself into this time…and how many more times is this guy gonna fall down before we call an ambulance!?” Of course, that was nothing compared to the insanity that would explode onstage by the end of the night.
