The punk/ska scene has one of the most supportive and loyal fan bases amongst all musical genres and I think there is a simple reason for this: honesty. We are an honest people, unashamed of our scars and proud of our triumphs.
Music brings people to Colfax and is helping to re-establish it as Denver’s true main street. So, keep those bar and venue doors open and continue to fill Colfax with music the likes of Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls.
The rocks filled in quickly last Thursday with a wide variety of fans; there were Country leaning cowboy types, hipsters, buttoned up 9 to 5ers, and more than a small contingent of Punk fans waiting on the second opener Frank Turner to soothe their souls. All in all it was about the perfect night in Morrison and the diverse line-up pleased the masses.
Twenty and thirtysomethings, most dressed in what could be described as mix of “punk casual,” mingled around the Fillmore as Frank Turner sang “Can’t I just spend the next four years at a punk show. Can’t I just spend the next four years getting wasted?” as he opened a cathartic evening of Folk-Punk. This new track, entitled “The Sand In The Gears,” is a call-to-arms in response to the election and subsequent shit-show of Donald Trump.