Jughead's Revenge

A skate/punk rock/tattoo festival-type show sprang up in San Francisco and featured a bill with Face To Face, Circle Jerks, The Ataris, Adolescents, and more.  The Ataris dropped out because their singer was in a car wreck and Jughead’s Revenge dropped in.  Bummer about the accident, but I was happy to see JR playing in the city. The event’s website listed their set time at 7PM.  I got there at 6:55PM and they were already playing.  That was the first sign of the crappy show to come.

The show was held in a long warehouse on a pier at Fort Mason.  Such a building can be used for many things; a rock concert should not be one of them.  The sound and acoustics were just so bad.  The music sounded muddy and reverberated.  It was clear enough to make out the songs and vocals, but degraded enough to leave a bad impression.

As for the band, they sounded great.  It’s a shame I missed a good part of their set, but what I did catch was a nice mix — Pain, Domino, Just Start Shooting, Kill Security, and they closed with one of my favorites, Victims and Volunteers.

I hadn’t seen Jughead’s Revenge in a good 10 years, but I still had a solid idea what they looked like.  When I saw them yesterday I hardly recognized the singer as he had put on a few pounds and was rocking some longer hair. But the important thing here is they still sounded the same and looked like they had fun performing the show.  It seems hardly anyone in the audience knew their songs, though a few people seemed to enjoy the music.  I hope JR keeps up this little comeback they have going and even write some new material.

The poor sound quality and just overall vibe from the event was off-putting enough to drive us out of there after only one band, but that worked out cause then we caught the Sharks playoffs game at a nearby bar…win win! Next time, Face To Face, next time.