Leatherface @ St. Mike's 3/12

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(copied from facebook)

PLEASE NOTE VENUE/TIME/21+ CHANGE!!!! (show has been moved from the farside to st. mikes pub, and doors will be at 9PM. this show is no longer all-ages, and we apologize for that sincerely. moving the show to the pub made the most sense for this show, all things considered).

sometimes when promoting a show you use words like "epic" or "legendary", but i promise you it'll be a long time before i'll mean those descriptives with anywhere near this amount of sincerity.

on friday night, march 12th, the farside will be hosting LEATHERFACE, a british melodic punk band that began writing and playing music 22 years ago. leatherface was and is a pioneering force in punk music, heavily influencing bands such as HOT WATER MUSIC (responsible for encouraging leatherface out of retirement years ago), AVAIL, DILLINGER FOUR, et cetera.

leatherface relies on the gruff and intelligent lyrics of frankie stubbs, whose howls and coughed vocals seem to emanate from an unending and unimproving pit of despair and frustration deep inside of him.

this is the type of show you will not want to miss if you're a fan of punk music. fans of leatherface would maybe travel great distances to see the band play in a setting this intimate. if you haven't heard leatherface yet, i'd suggest starting with 1991's "mush", which is essentially a perfect punk rock document and one of the best albums ive personally ever heard. seriously!

sorry for the prescript. here's the details!:

**** FRIDAY MARCH 12th / Doors 9PM
*** $8 for 2 touring bands
** 21+ (not all ages! we apologize)

LEATHERFACE (Sunderland, UK) - legendary punk rock outfit
www.leatherface.uk.com/

YESTERDAY'S RING (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) - thoughtful punk/country hybrid; ex- saint catherines, fifth hour hero
www.myspace.com/yesterdaysringmtl

WITCHFINGER (Tallahassee, Florida) - pissed off, energetic local pop punk
www.myspace.com/witchfinger

LUCKY SCARS (Tallahassee, Florida) - local punk/oi mainstays!
www.myspace.com/luckyscars

[jessica]

I'm glad that it moved to st.mike's.. everyone will be able to drink at the show now!

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I like that, too, but it does take it from all ages to 21+, which sucks for a lot of people.

[jessica]

yeah that's true.

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We need a good, all ages (or at least 18+) venue about that size with beer for us oldies.

[jessica]

yeah I agree. I just wish we had a better fucking punk/skin scene so we could get better shows through here...it's just kind of impossible when there's not enough people into the music. blehhh

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Agreed on that. Although the crowd was surprisingly good - for this town - at the last Scars show. How did that happen?

[jessica]

if it wasn't for lucky scars I probably would hardly ever go to shows where I actually liked the music, and if it wasn't for them we probably wouldn't have had some of the better bands come through here.

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Completely agreed. I've said this a few times, but I'll repeat it. Doing my zine, I heard a LOT of various local oi bands, and Lucky Scars are so much better than anything else I heard that wasn't on a label that it's sort of amazing. They really need to get signed.

I just meant, some of the people who came out to St. Mike's for the show the other night NEVER come to shows. Why is that? How can we get more people out to more shows?

[jessica]

I have no idea...people are being lazy and not cool.

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I understand that. I get lazy about shows.

[leila]

I can't believe it was going to be at Farside to begin with. That place seems a bit too small for Leatherface.

Maybe start flyering around FSU and TCC? It may cause some lame folks to come out but along with them may be some good kids.

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Yeah, but FSU are total dicks about letting people flier.

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So, this is Friday. Anyone excited?

[jessica]

hell yeah!