This was a blast. Mike Mika works for a local basement waterproofing company called Vulcan. They were planning to rent the R.G. Gazebo and have a party and he asked if we would play. This was about 3 months in advance and I agreed. He also offered to pay for the generator which we would need to power our shit. The day finally came. There was quite a turnout although like your typical party crowd, there were no fans of punk rock or anything remotely similar to what we are capable or interested in playing. So we jammed a lot and when I got the vibe before the show that there were some rap fans around, we decided to start out with an improvisational rap. We also called at the last minute George from Tribal Warfare. We had talked about jamming with him many times before but never did. We certainly needed no rehearsal and he freestyled for a long time. Eventually, one of the partygoers came up and grabbed a mic and started to flow. George passed me the mic and I started to bust ‘Don’t Believe the Hype’ by Public Enemy. This other guy knew the words and joined in. We were passing mics left and right and then I just started to rip the hell out of my guitar. It was great. We ate and drank for free and played for about 2 or 3 hours. Later in the day some younger kids showed up and we played a huge set of punk rock. The highlight was Rob’s bass drum pedals breaking. All that took was a little duct tape and they easily lasted the gig.
