LOS ANGELES, CA-
“…You can’t go wrong booking an iconic band (of any genre) at a music festival, and Circle Jerks are perhaps one of the most iconic Los Angeles-based hardcore punk bands ever. Formed in 1979, these punk stalwarts have taken breaks from the group in order to pursue other ventures, but you can’t keep a good thing locked up forever, and despite several lay-offs, they always take some time in their respective lives to reform like Voltron to give long-time fans what they need.
Their debut studio album, Group Sex was released in 1980, and the band has been celebrating its 40th anniversary, bringing the party to This Ain’t No Picnic. They were supposed to tour/celebrate the anniversary in 2020, but we all know what happened in 2020. Thankfully, its postponement brought them to The Greens stage at This Ain’t No Picnic.
As soon as the band started ripping into their set, the circle pit started to kick up dust. They jammed through a majority of the Group Sex tracks (“Deny Everything”, “I Just Want Some Skank”, “Live Fast Die Young”, “Wasted”, etc.)… oddly enough, they didn’t perform the title Track. Keith Morris noted that he had the privilege of picking the songs for the setlist on this day, and he admitted that he put his favorite song on the setlist, “When The Shit Hits The Fan” (off of Golden Shower of Hits). This got the band and the crowd hyped, and I saw the circle of dust grow exponentially from a distance. Nothing like a good old punk show…”
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