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Debacle Concert Sept. 24-25
Posted on 09/04/2010
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http://www.myspace.com/549181131 KENT (OH)?Rock reunions have become just as common as new bands forming. But what if a group of bands got back together? What if a musical ?scene? re-united? Like a time capsule being unearthed, on September 24th and 25th, fans once again can dive head-first into the music that ignited a generation of late Boomers and Gen X?ers. Seventeen of the most influential bands from the Akron and Kent scene will perform live at The Kent Stage in Kent, Ohio in what is billed in fitting punk ethos as ?The Debacle?. In the northeast corner of Ohio during the late 1970?s and 80?s an original music scene was thriving in the Akron and Kent area that came to influence the rest of the musical world. Bands like The Bizarros, 0 DFX, The Nelsons, Joy Circuit, The Attitude, Germ Free Adolescents, and In Fear of Roses took the stage to deliver their musical manifestations of a new, underground scene hosted at clubs like The Bank, JB?s Down, and Mother?s Junction. It was a time before ?alternative? was even a term used to describe this influential emergence of culture and music. If it wasn?t Top 40, it was either New Wave or Punk. And if you heard it on the radio, you must have been tuned to college radio far left on the dial. The Debacle show begins Friday September 24th at 7:30 p.m. with a Tribute to Akron legend, the F Models? late Ig Nition and closes Saturday September 25th when the influential punk band Zero Defex takes the stage at 11:30 p.m. And as it would have been in 1982, tickets are only $5. Proceeds benefit The Kent Stage, operated by the Western Reserve Folk Arts Association, including a raffle to benefit the Akron-Canton Food Bank.