A spontaneous act of civil disobedience and a heart warming rendition of TWISTED SITSTER's "WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT" was the last thing I expected when I went to The View to catch SKEGGS, DUMB PUNTS, WOD, THE GOOCH PALMS, BAXTER and PIST IDIOTS. 

So, my plan was to catch the start of BEC SANDRIDGE at The Botany View, run up to WARWARDS for POLISH CLUB, run back to TBV for SKEGGS and the rest. By the time I got back to TBV, management had security stop the show and the crowd was gettn' antsy.

The story thus far: TOBY TWO STRING was on drums for DUMB PUNTS and may or may not have tried to crowd surf. Seems harmless enough until security decide this isn't on and want to put a stop to it. An alleged assault against security (this has been denied by other band members and crowd members) led to the show being stopped with management eventually calling the rest of the night off, and the cops in.

The crowd, on a high from getting a good 10 min or so of heavy duty moshing they thought had been lost forever did not want the night to end. As police arrived and started a what seemed to be impossible task of clearing the venue, everyone sat down and started singing TWISTED SISTER's "WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT" with two fingers raised to the establishment.

While missing out on some ACE bands sucks and the nanny state of Sydney continues, moments like these are priceless. As long as we keep sinning "WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT, ANYMOOOOOORE" eventually, we will be heard.

I just want someone to look at me the way that guy looks at that orange traffic cone. You'll know it when you see it.

#keepsydneyopen