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A few years back I was chilling in Downtown Los Angeles, and Rage Against the Machine held a free concert right outside the democratic national convention, turning Los Angeles into a riot zone!
I thought I would never hear about another riot that was motived through music of some kind, and here we are, 2008, and Pennywise’s latest concert turns into a riot! Did they go into one of their anthems and insight a real riot? I’m not sure what sparked the powder keg, but this is great news for punk rock fans that are tired of pop and looking to raise their fist, literally.
It could have just been too many people showing up to see them play, and the venue not having enough room, but still…we need a good punk rock riot.

Word on the street is, Pennywise has gone gold. That’s right, 500,000 units gone.
Well…not units. Apparently Myspace gave away the album to 500,000+ fans who became their friends on the website textango.com.
This is kind of hard to believe, considering Pennywise has never been a band that has been on the charts selling lots of records, and even with major festivals giving them punk rock credibility, they’re not exactly The Offspring or anything.