It is hard to believe that it has been a week since the Asian Man Records 15th Anniversary spectacular. The first night was held at Slim’s, and started off right with buckets full of free shirts, Cds, pins, and posters.
It was rumoured throughout the week that Link 80 was supposed to also be on this bill, but the bands that were there included the Chinkees, MU330, and a Slapstick reunion that blew the crowd away. Oh yeah, a very drunk Matt Skiba also made several memorable appearances.
Mike Park head of Asian Man, and lead for the Chinkees started the festival right, with a high energy skankin’ set, and some great chatter in between including where the name name the Chinkees came from. Turns out that as is well known Park hates racism so he chose this name to bring a focus on the subject. He explained that he want the Chinkees to attck the subject on a constant basis, but the crew ended up having to much fun , so they didn’t tackle quite as much as they would have liked. But from all the anti-racism gear available you can tell Park heads that fight as much as possible.
MU330 was next up and they kept the momentum going. Pumping up the crowd with an aggressive set that include great tunes like Tune Me Out, Hoosier Love, and Ireland. The MU330 set was like every other one as it felt like one of your buddies was up thier playing due to all the interaction , and have most of the band members milling through the crowd throughout the show.
The reunion of Slapstick was definitely the highlight of the show for most of those in attendance, and Slapstick did not disappoint. Bredan Kelly, who played every night of the festival put on a great show, playing several great songs (she doesn't love me, sick of this place, broken down), and letting Matt Skiba put the show over the top with some great druken humour.
If you ever get a chance to see Slapstick get on top of it becuase they are unreal. Here is just a taste.
The entire show was awesome, and from the "it was a perfect night" category even the security was pretty cool. They let the kids mosh hard, and even found my hat when it was knocked off while MU330 was playing.
Best music experience of my life.
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