[DID NOT ATTEND: March 31, April 3, April 4, 2026] Circle Jerks / Gorilla Biscuits / Negative Approach
I liked a lot of 80s punks, but I was never really into Circle Jerks. I mean, they were legends of course, but for whatever reason I never got their music. When these shows were announced I was actually surprised that Circle Jerks were still a thing. Actually, I guess they are once again a thing. They tend to reunite and then stop and reunite and stop. They’ve been touring now since 2019 (but haven’t released any new music since 1995). I Really did consider going to this show. I mean, it’s the Circle Jerks after all. And they were playing THREE dates. But I was completely shut out on all of these dates.
The March 31 date was the same night as The Teeth who I didn’t want to miss. April 3 I had tickets to Puscifer and April 4th I had tickets to Nothing. And then we wound up going to Minnesota the first few days of April, so I wouldn’t have been able to go anyway.
I’m not sure what an old school punk show like this would be like–is it all old punks in a pit or is it all young kids in a pit an old guys standing around. I mean I do love seeing that they played 31 songs in roughly an hour–nice old school punk. And since they played two dates in Philly, they probably won’t come back around any time soon. Oh well. Not a bucket list band, but it would have been fun.
All I know about Gorilla Biscuits is that I bought their Start Today CD in college and it had 99 tracks, which was a really fun at the time. I hadn’t really thought about them much since then, and was kind of surprised to see that they were touring (which I guess they have been doing since 2005?). They have released no new music since Start Today (1988). So I guess their shows aren’t very different each night. I’m not sure I would have recognized many of the songs but it would have been fun to see them too. They played about 40 minutes (not bad since they released about 30 minutes of music)
Negative Approach is yet another hardcore band who is still around but who hasn’t out out new music since their debut album Tied Down (1983). I’m aware of the band but really know very little about them. Unlike the other three bands, when they started playing again in 2006, only the singer remained–everyone else was new. But it’s the same guys since 2006 which is longer than the original incarnation lasted (1981-1984). They played for about 30 minutes)
It sounds like a fun night of old school punk and I wish I’d been able to go.
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