October 4th our first show in Adelaide, we’re playin in a kool pub called Crown and Anchor. The punks was there, the metalheads, goth kittens and hardcore kids were all there. It’s obvious Adelaide got a good and positive underground scene. The show started at 9 pm with streetpunks heroes The Jerx. Then Stolen Youth came next storming the room w/ their super tight hardcore punk. These local boys got true die hard fans and they pogo, sing-a-long the whole set. Freakin’ amazing, mate. We hit the stage around 11 pm, the soundman told us that we’re allowed to do a longer set, so we burned the room down with 10 songs, broke a few drum sticks and guitar strings and the result was our t-shirt, merchandise and CD’s sold out! Our Streetwise Guide to Bali books were also on everybody’s pockets. This is good….and bad. We’ve got another 12 shows and no more merchandise and CD to sell. This is why. A week a go we shipped more merchandise/CD from Bali to Joe’s address, but just like what happened in Brisbane, it’s stuck at Adelaide customs. Gotta find a way to get it all back tomorrow. After show, some locals came with their stories about how they discover us when they came to Bali and some came for a handshake and a Kodak moment. We had a good time hangin out with the great people and the amazing bands of Adelaide. It was a memorable nite!

October 5th
seems like a big day for the underground scene in Adelaide. One of the hardcore punk legend God So Love The World is having a last show before their official split. The venue is on a open-door skate park, it’s free and illegal and we’re on the bill. Yeah, breaking the law in Down Under!
After a tiring day and $120 bill at the customs, we finally get our stuff back. Thanx to Joe the snake-charmer. We got at the venue around 8 pm and it’s already packed with around 300 kids. We were looking for the stage and guess what, there’s none coz the bands were playing inside the skate bowl. Man, how cool was that! Great bands, skaters, BMX rider and amazing venue. We saw some were wearing Superman Is Dead t-shirts and that just gave us more gasoline to burn. It’s good coz it was 9 degree Celsius, totally freezing but the hospitality of the locals [plus the whiskey] kept us warm. 9 pm we hit the skate bowl, we nailed it again after some trouble with the bass drum. Sold a few CD’s and met some of the who’s who in Adelaide’s underground scene. God So Love The World play after us and it was crazy! The skate bowl turned into an aggressive pogo area. Kids were so into them and it gave us goose bumps to see how emotional the crowd were. Giving last salute for their heroes. There’s something for us to learn here, to be a great band you don’t have to sell million records. It’s all about honesty and integrity, and they’ll remember you……… FOREVER.
Cheers,
Jrx