Berserktown 3 Photos

Berserktown 3 hit Los Angeles last weekend and it was a fun mess. All three days seemed like one never-ending show so here are a bunch of photos from everything.

 

Photos & words: Jordan Joseffer

 

Marquee

Beserktown 3 started out at the Teragram Ballroom in Los Angeles

 

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Neil Hamburger surprised the crowd with some jokes before Psychic TV

 

PsychicTV

Psychic TV jammed through their Force the Hand of Chance album in its entireity

 

Duffel

Corey Duffel and his wife Rachel kept the 45s spinning a couple doors down

 

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Then after the show everyone headed to the after show

 

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Stupid Life kicked things off around 2 am

 

GorillaAngreb

Gorilla Angreb from Copenhagen reformed after a nine-year hiatus and was the special guest of the night

 

Criminal

Criminal from Los Angeles

 

Nandas

Nandas

 

Men

I thought it was pretty funny that The Men were opening up for The Kids

 

Urochromes

Urochromes

 

Rixie

Rixe brought the Oi all the way from France

 

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Gorilla Angreb got to play the main stage for their second set of the day

 

Kids

The US government finally granted access to these Beligian punk legends. The Kids killed it

 

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Hank Wood and the Hammerheads wrapped things up at the Teragram for the night. They're one of the best live bands around right now

 

AnaCurra

Everyone rushed over to E 7th to catch a surprise set from Ana Curra

 

Mommy

Mommy from NYC rules

 

Warthog5am

Warthog made it on stage at 5 am

 

Cheena

A few hours later Cheena picked things back up at the main stage. Check out their brand new album Spend the Night With... for some good rock

 

MarchingChurch

If you get the chance to see Marching Church live, do it

 

Anasazi2

The chaos before the storm. Anasazi played a killer set then towards the end the sound guys took their mic and proceeded to flip the switch on the bass amp. The stage manager was met with a quick fist to the mouth

 

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As things escalated the singer took the chain from his boot and whipped it around like a mace

 

Anasazichair

The staff retreated so he spiked a few stage monitors and chucked a chair into the crowd

 

stage

Mostly everyone there knew what they were getting into and was generally stoked on Anasazi's set. Hopefully the sound guys learned not to unplug mics and turn off amps but apparently after they were too scared to work and suggested that everybody there was lucky he didn't have a gun. They shut down the show at the Teragram

 

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While the organizers scrambled to find a new venue to continue the show I went next door to check out Alexander Heir's art show

 

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AH3

 

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Hours later and the show was back on at Union a few miles away. Warthog with their second set of the day

 

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Everyone jammed up front to witness the first ever US appearance of Sweden's Brainbombs

 

Listen to these bands here:

Anasazi

Ana Curra

Brainbombs

Cheena

Criminal

Gorilla Angreb

Hank Wood and the Hammerheads

The Kids

Marching Church

The Men

Mommy

Nandas

Psychic TV

Rixe
Stupid Life

Urochromes

Warthog

 

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