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by davesec_Archive
biggest douchebag bands i have seen:
1. nu-metal band made up of fat bald 40-year-old toughguys somehow managing to both crash & play at one of our shows. i don't think there was anyone over 19 at this show including all the bands playing. i think the nu-metal band had been playing a separate show on the 2nd floor and something messed up, so they came down to where we were and set up. it was so weird.
2. "slit writhing elizabeth". we get to this show, everyone's friendly and then the promoter says we're staying with one of the dudes from this band. everything's good until they start playing, they're just a giant bunch of goofy-looking retards. anyway afterwards we're in the van in the parking lot (we're are in the absolute middle of fucking nowhere, by the way) and the dude from the band says he needs to pick up his girlfriend or something and that he'll be right back, and then we can follow him. the dude disappears (it's about 9:30pm) and doesn't come back until about midnight. i'm not sure why we waited so long, we basically just sat in the van and drank and bemoaned playing in little shit towns.
anyway the dude comes back, tells us to follow him to his parents' place, and then like 40 minutes later we finally get there. at this point, in his parents' driveway, he tells us WE CAN'T ACTUALLY SLEEP INSIDE HIS HOUSE. his parents aren't home but we're going to have to crash in the van in his driveway. and the whole night is retarded. fortunately it's summer and we've got a tent/sleeping bags with us so we set up in his front lawn (which he isn't too pleased about) because we have no idea where we are/where a hotel could be/we're tired. and then the next morning i remember our singer knocking on his door forl ike 45 minutes because he wanted to use the bathroom and the dude's girlfriend answered and they were so pissed that we hadn't left yet. anyway i also had to use the bathroom so the guy's like 'downstairs' and i go down there and he's got like 700 couches down there and this luscious thick carpeting and it's dark and air conditioned and i couldn't believe he wouldn't let us sleep down there. looking back i'm really pissed we didn't shit all over his lawn or something.
3. some fucking hardcore band in upstate NY. the show was put on by a 16 year old, one of the nicest kids, and again i'm probably one of the older kids there at 18. i think this is in oswego NY. anyway all the bands are having fun, and then the last band gets on stage. they're pretty terrible and the singer is getting pissed so he starts throwing himself around and 'moshing' (no stage, everyone's on the floor). the singer has to be in his 30s. anyway he definitely breaks the promoter's girlfriend's finger, i later find out she's 14. afterwards since i'm 18 i feel like i should say something even though the promoter/girlfriend are both okay about everything and i tell the singer 'hey dude, i'm not sure if you're aware you broke that girl's finger swinging your arms around' and the singer turns on me and screams out 'THIS IS HARDCORE, HARDCORE IS ABOUT BREAKING FINGERS!!!' and then i think i said something like 'dude, she's 14' and he yells out something about how hardcore is about breaking 14-year-old fingers or something equally ridiculous.
4. best douchbag support band: drunken hobo who kicked his way into a show in new jersey, started screaming along to one of the songs, disappeared, re-appeared with a really old/broken acoustic guitar, got on stage with the band and started rocking the fuck out strumming the guitar and singing along.
