The Smith Street BandBoth the Reverence and The Smith Street Band have been moving from strength to strength over the last year, so it's hard to imagine a better way to celebrate SLAM Day than tonight's sold-out show.
Locals Kissing Booth and The Bennies kick off proceedings tonight, The Bennies with Smith Street Band's Lee Hartney filling in for their injured guitarist. Members of Smith Street Band, Bomb The Music Industry! and the Gun Runners join The Bennies for various songs throughout the set, showing off the awesome sense of community in the punk scene.
New York's Bomb The Music Industry! are up next. It's the final tour for the band and this weekend's Melbourne shows are their last before heading home. Despite this, the mood is jovial and the set is full of the crazy antics they're known for. Members swap instruments, a fan gets given a guitar, someone gets hit with a bass and everyone has an absolute ball the entire time.
The Smith Street Band waste no time laying into a mix of songs from both their albums. The crowd shouts along to every word and people are crowdsurfing almost immediately; things only settle down briefly when they play a brand new song. We're all sweltering in the packed bandroom, so it's a bit of a relief that the set is fairly short. But with a show this fun and bands this passionate, no one leaves disappointed.
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