Pacific Standard Time: X, Dead Kennedy’s, and The Avengers @ The MOCA

By Daniel Rolnik On January 30, 2012

When do you ever get the chance to see punk rock bands perform at a museum? Never, right! So it was absolutely wild to watch X, The Dead Kennedy’s, and The Avengers play full sets on a stage setup outside the doors of the MOCA. And to top it all off, you could still walk through the exhibit Under The Big Black Sun while listening to each group’s sonic bliss echoing throughout the walls. The Avengers kicked off the night and got everybody in high spirits by playing songs like “Uh Oh!” with more clarity and oomph then ever before. Then the Dead Kennedy’s came on and got everyone skanking in a mini-pit when they raged into “Too Drunk To Fuck” – which by the way sounded so much better live with their new singer then on the original recording with Jello Biafra. And finally X, the band the crowd was really waiting for, got the fans in such a frenzy that they nearly broke through the barricade and crushed the photographers in front of the stage. Luckily though, no one got hurt. And I don’t know if something like this will ever happen again, but it was just kind of beautiful to see punk rockers of all ages gathered in front of a museum to have a good time, get a little rowdy, and pay homage to the groups that gave the West Coast a whole new attitude.

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The Avengers

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