I was in a skate punk band in high school, we were one of 4 bands for a show at some VFW in the north shore. We had a big local band headlining, a band called Fake ID (Soon to be known as, “The Drive”, from Attleboro who came up to headline the show. They really captured that Blink182 audience but on a more local level.
After our set, I found myself in the back of the VFW watching the game from halftime on. It was just me and the Bassist from the opening act. The 4th quarter began as the set right before the headliner was wrapping up. Long story short, as the comeback started happening, slowly more and more started to join us in the back watching the game. It ended up that the headliner was ready to go, but the entire audience of about 140 kids or so were in the back going crazy watching this comeback. That was a really special moment for me where two worlds that didn’t really go together collided. I’ll never forget that game