JOE HARDCORE BENEFIT SHOW
I am really amazed at what Bob and Robby put together. I love you guys.
Cold World
Floorpunch
The Wrongside
Pegasus
Face Reality
Agitator
Broad Street Ministry
doors at 730
15 dollars
Last week, Joe “Hardcore” Mckay was arrested in Philadelphia while driving in his car on the way to work on his friend’s house. He was unaware that his passenger was carrying illegal drugs and despite the fact that both he and the passenger admitted that he was unaware of what was in the car at the time, he was charged with a felony possession charge. His lawyer is confident that the case will not stand in court, yet as we all know, good lawyers cost money. Outside of the shows that Joe books, he is a family man with 3 kids and child support to pay. His job is seasonal and with all the recent rain, has been in and out of work over the past 2 months. Needless to say, this is a terrible time for him and his loved ones at home to have to stress over the pending charges and scrape together money for a lawyer.
Joe is someone I consider to be one of my closest and best friends so when I heard about what happened I wanted to help out anyway I could. The thing that made the most sense to me was to do a show. He did everything he could to convince me that we could think of other alternatives but after a lot of arguing I got my way and was left with less than 3 weeks to put something together. With the help of Robby Redcheeks and Dave Sausage, the lineup that we created is:
COLD WORLD
FLOORPUNCH
THE WRONGSIDE
PEGASUS
FACE REALITY
AGITATOR
These bands were all generous enough to agree to play when I asked and I could not be more thankful. Floorpunch and The Wrongside arent exactly active, Cold World flew Dan in from England, Face Reality is making the drive from Detroit, and Agitator is set to open it all up. It proves how much people care about Joe and what he has done for Philly/hardcore kids in general over the last couple of years. Anyone that has been to a show here has seen him/probably ended up in a conversation with him and should know how much hardcore has meant to him and how much he puts into making everything the best it can be. Now when he’s in need, it’s time to give some back.
I wanna say thank you to Linas Garsys for doing an unreal job on the prints that Robby is going to screen and a sincere thanks to bands for playing and labels that are contributing things to be raffled off at the show-deathwish, backtoback,harvcore, b9, triple b, youngblood and react! There will also be assorted other things for sale at the show, shirts, prints, posters,etc. This will be something that is truly special to be a part of and I couldn’t be more happy to see the hardcore community show their support and be able to see an incredible show at the same time. Also, thanks to LIAM and everyone at broad street for letting us have the event at their venue for 100 percent free just because they wanted to help as much as possible/not take any money in return for their kindness
If you want to help but can’t make it to the show, we have set up a paypal where you can donate.
If you go to the Paypal site, you can just type in the email address “helpjoehardcore@gmail.com ” as the recipient to donate. Thank you so much to everyone in advance, you have no idea how uplifting and amazing all of the support is for Joe! Can’t wait to see everyone at the show. - Jess
(via ericesun)
