Growing up in Maine, we didn’t get a lot of “cool” gigs.
Bold never played Maine. Youth Of Today never played Maine … Granted, I would have only been 10 or 11 when they played.
But lots of cool bands never played Maine. We had Sam Black Church and Tree every weekend. Oddly, I don’t recall Murphy’s Law ever playing Maine.
So when “major” bands would come through, kids would come out in force. Such was the case on June 14, 1997.
June 14 1997 @Zootz Portland Maine: Snapcase, Cast Iron Hike, Eventide and Ground Zero
Kids were lined out of Zootz waiting for this gig. The moshing was intense (for Maine, mind you. Years later, I would see Madball play a Masonic Lodge in Cambridge, Mass. It was then that I learned what HARD moshing really was). The crowd went crazy. And when Snapcase played, the place blew up. They covered She by The Misfits. Dudes were stoked.
This particular shirt is an obvious Outspoken rip-off. “Straight Edge Isn’t Cool Anymore … So What?” Snapcase loved to make shows for one day events. I had a Hungry Charlies shirt somewhere. This one is dated June 18, 1995 with a Syracuse NY mention. We’ll have to get Guav or Buske to comment on the significance.
leewayrulesok has a ton of great auctions up so check those other sales too.
Murphy’s Law played Asylum in Portland in the late 90s :)
I had already moved to Worcester before the Asylum started booking shows.