Suburban Dammit

We received an invitation to play at one of the biggest shows of the year held at the then newly-minted Esplanade.

It was an amazing scene, 3 stages at different spots along the bay with the bands on each stage playing at the same time. If a certain set did not appeal, you could saunter over to the other stages and watch other bands.

The atmoshere was loud and electric, groups of fans and bands were mixing all over the place, wandering here and there. Lots of small groups sitting on the grass drinking beer and watching the performances while the standard gothic gals with the crazy make-up roamed around.

By this time in 2003, we had a whole new line-up of songs to play. We hardly performed anything from the We Nearly Killed Each Other album, in fact we had so many new songs that a half-hour set cannot contain all of them.

This must have been the set list that night, courtesy of Aaron who stuck two A4 sized papers together so that we can see clearly what song is coming up next.

This show was memorable for me as it was closest to a Woodstock scene as I imagine it. Equally interesting is that many of the people who caught us were not the usual punk rockers. They were the middle-aged couple with 2 kids stumbling on this event as they strolled at Esplanade. They were the young groups of students barely out of their uniforms. Even a couple of elderly men and ladies sat down to see what we were up to.