Stick to Your Guns sells out the Marquis
by Max Giffin
The Marquis Theatre sold out on April 3 when hardcore bands Stick To Your Guns, Stray From The Path, and The Ghost Inside played. Despite another sold out show at the Summit featuring hardcore and metal artists, the turn out was phenomenal. Stick To Your Guns from Orange County, CA, had a particularly memorable performance.
Three songs into the band’s set, the crowd stormed the stage, diving over each other for the chance to yell into the mic. Vocalist Abraham Saucedo stepped back and let the fans take control for the rest of the song. As it came to an end, everyone made their way back into the audience mostly by diving into the crowd and being carried back.
After another couple songs, Denver’s infamous Maris the Great stepped on stage. Maris is the front man in Denver punk band Maris the Great and the Faggots of Death, most known for his outrageous look, flamboyant homosexuality, and his habit of ‘killing’ bands. His fictitious murders consist of a gory photo shoot depicting band members as dying, dead, or zombiefied, and on his website, maristhegreat.com, they are pared with an interview. Stick To Your Guns was Maris’ kill of the day, and they invited him to play a small part in their show. Maris started his speech by saying that Stick To Your Guns is a band known to be proud supporters of gay rights, and that “if they can survive a day with Maris the Great, you know they’re for real.” He brought out his ‘zombie bass’ painted with guts and gore, and handed it to the band’s bass player, Matt King, saying that “there is no song more appropriate to be played with this bass, than this song.” Before playing, the band asked fans to raise their middle fingers up to all of the close-minded individuals who cannot accept gay lifestyle. This intermission was followed by “Life in a Box”, a song that shares the band’s opinion on homophobia. The venue rang with the words, “This is a place of acceptance, not a place of repentance. So save your breath, you homophobic s***head.”
The events that took place during Stick To Your Gun’s set didn’t end there. Later on, the band stopped to speak about taking responsibility in your life, and towards the end, Saucedo dedicated a song to the kids coming from troubled families. He reminds the audience that you should never lay a hand on your child. Finally, a young man purposed to his girlfriend on stage. She said yes, and the band congratulated them on their new engagement. Moments like that are reminders that in hardcore music, fans are family and the band cares about every individual. Stick To Your Guns always strives to send a positive message and re-enforce the fan to band bond. The hardcore scene revolves around family, and this show was the perfect example of what it means.
Category: National News
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