Giant Robot Store and GR2 News

Revelation Records‘ 25th anniversary happened last weekend and I went to two of the four shows. Here are some pics that I’m sharing in B&W. As my friend Ben Clark says, that’s how punk rock is supposed to look. Sorry, no Quicksand pics because I didn’t go on Sunday. I suggest you keep an eye on Atiba Jefferson‘s site because his Instagram pics from the shows were pretty hot. Bobby Hundreds covered it on his blog, too.

Night Zero, which was added after the weekend shows were announced had the widest range of sounds and styles. The first two bands, Kiss It Goodbye (Seattle) and In My Eyes (Boston), were of the straight-up, no-bullshit, unfiltered hardcore and straight edge variety.

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Andre Ward (above) says: If it was me personally, I would admit defeat and say, ‘Here’s your belt back.’” (SFGate – Ward) Usually after a bad decision, people go to the tapes then they come up with the, “turn down the sound and then you’ll see…” but it’s not happening this time around? Why? Yes, maybe there’s not much else to find out. What’s left to do? Start a Twitter campaign for Tim Bradley to give the belt back? #GIVEITBACK ? Surely there’s tons of money in it for Bradley, so he’s not giving back a belt any time soon… It could be the difference of ten million dollars, but Bradley has to admit defeat against Pacquiao and still get a rematch.
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