Monday, June 29, 2009

Jonathan Anastas - DYS


Choke and Jon Anastas with Slap Shot at the Rat in Boston, while Hank "SE" Peirce takes on the crowd, Photo: Bruce Rhodes


DYS / Slap Shot bassist Jon Anastas drops a killer memorable show entry on us Boston Crew style. -Tim DCXX


DOA at Cantones in Boston.

Tiny Italian place in Boston's financial district by day, punk club by night. More "New Wave" than Hardcore. They don't know what to do with us as it is.

The band starts late.

Big pit starts. Boston punch thrash at its most intense.

First song, "Fucked Up Ronnie."

Someone goes airborne. I want to say it was someone from the skater crew, Jake Phelps, Larry Hitch or Paul "Punky" Roberts, as they liked the dives, where Al and Choke tended to like the ground more, but I could be wrong.

Either by accident, or on purpose, the diver catches and pulls down one of those drop ceiling tiles, the fiberglass with asbestos, and it hits the floor showering everyone with a white powder.

It's like a lightbulb goes off in the crowd's collective brain.

Second Song "the Enemy."


Everyone starts diving, grabbing tiles, pulling the whole ceiling down, tile by tile. The dust is now thick in the air, you can't really see or breathe. People are putting bandanas over their noses and mouths outlaw style, or pulling their sleeve hats down to cover their faces and protect their lungs.

The owner, Teddy Cantone and the fat bouncers go nuts, unplugging the band, throwing us out as the Boston Police arrive.

Two songs. Total chaos.

The Boston crew ends up milling around outside, covered in white powder from the tiles. Everyone looks like dry wallers. Everyone is coughing up asbestos and fiberglass.

There is never another hardcore show at Cantones and they soon go out of business.


Jon Anastas and Dave Smalley with DYS at the Rat, Photo: Steve Risteen

3 comments:

Drew Stone said...
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It's the perfect kind of music in order to start kicking some asses! Hell yeah! Nice for a revolted mosh my friend! GReat band!

C said...

Yeah that Cantones(isn't that the family of NY actor/comedian New Jersey's WWORTV's STEAMPIPE ALLEY/ SEX IN THE CITY Mario Cantone?)show I was doing an interview with Joey & the band in the kitchen, prior to them taking the stage. This would be my 1st time seeing the band(I was a fan since their 1st single/album before HARDCORE '81's release)for my radio show 3 HOURS OF HELL ON SUNDAY on WMWM 91.7 FM Salem State Radio. I was asking Joey about Simon Wilde(aka Stubby Pecker)The Skulls, Subhumans,and the Canadian punk scene with the other members, Wimpy farting, and Kilslug slugging it live in the background. I remember Jake off to the left side getting air off a table and punching out the asbestos ceiling tiles, and it all coming down... if there ever was a Boston show to be @, that was one of them!