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growth-or-happiness t1_j6wvpjt wrote

My first concert as far back as I can remember was in Joplin. I think the coffee joint was the Java Bean? Crave and I think The Rowskabouts. My younger brother and I were latch key kids. So we wondered around a lot at night. I would sit downtown and hang out with the hat lady at the library. My favorite band was Initial Detonation.

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elaborate_hoxha t1_j6yex53 wrote

Magic Bean. Jeff is a scumbag but I saw some great local shows there. Big Bad Chubba, Odd Things Happen…, Squelch, Barbie Holocaust, maybe U$MC? and so many more bands. River Front Times did an article about this era of the DIY punk scene in Springfield.

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growth-or-happiness t1_j6yfm60 wrote

U$MC. I missed their final show because I was out hitchhiking. Remember General Zod? I remember throwing chat rock at his member one show. That was part of the show.

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elaborate_hoxha t1_j6yg7j3 wrote

I remember them. Wasn’t that a Gabe Harper band? Did you ever go to shows at Harpers Bizarre or The Looney Bin?

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Educational-Soup5335 t1_j70jgz2 wrote

Yeah Gabe was the singer. I used to go watch General Zod practice in the basement at a house by MSU. I remember seeing them and some other local bands play in a field somewhere and the stage was made of pallets around 1998 or so.

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growth-or-happiness t1_j6ygi4r wrote

It was a Gabe band. And no, I didn’t have the pleasure of the other shows. I ended up spending more time at Gene’s. I feel like I lived there for a while. Dementia Praecox was always fun.

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elaborate_hoxha t1_j6ygyx1 wrote

Think I was out of shows by then. Got too violent. Was a raver, briefly, after that period. This was 96-97 right?

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growth-or-happiness t1_j6yh8gr wrote

Yeah around there. I was lil Brian, or Brian, or Bri, or rarely punk rock Brian. 13” liberty spike Mohawk and such.

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elaborate_hoxha t1_j6yhp3b wrote

Cool. I’ve got too much self inflicted brain damage to remember too much from that period. Honestly just surprised how many unsupervised teens were roaming around then. Total chaos.

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growth-or-happiness t1_j6yieet wrote

Lol I used to listen to Total Chaos as well. And yeah, things were crazy. But it was fun. The movie Suburbia was a documentary at times. But even seeing a Vaginal Discharge show would brighten me up.

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growth-or-happiness t1_j6ww9g9 wrote

I got to see Nile and Cannibal Corpse. Amazing to see live because the bass players were just great. Everyone was. Adeem and Mac Lethal were great. Got to see Brother Ali in Lincoln one year. That was super great.

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malevolentk t1_j710hsc wrote

In Joplin it was the Java Hut if I remember correctly - there were a lot of concerts there in the 90s and it was a fun place

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