{"id":17734,"date":"2010-11-19T22:52:39","date_gmt":"2010-11-20T03:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/defunkd.com\/staging\/?p=17734"},"modified":"2010-11-19T22:52:39","modified_gmt":"2010-11-20T03:52:39","slug":"ensign-blasts-through-europe-2001","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defunkd.com\/teetilldeath\/ensign-blasts-through-europe-2001\/","title":{"rendered":"Ensign Bl&#8217;asts Through Europe 2001"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let this be the spark! That&#8217;s right. Ensign hit Europe fast and hard back in 2001. I think this was in support of their Nitro record <em>The Price of Progression<\/em>. I of course, wasn&#8217;t there to see it. I&#8217;m guessing discopaul wasn&#8217;t there either. But I can understand why he&#8217;d want to snap up this Bl&#8217;ast rip off design. Smart look. Interestingly enough some of my favorite shows featured Ensign, but oddly, I can&#8217;t recall ever really seeing Ensign play. Granted, I have shit memory but with these shows, you&#8217;d think I&#8217;d remember <strong>SOMETHING<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>December 15th 1997 @The 180 Club Hagerstown MD: Yuletide Hardcore Fest: Rancor, Fastbreak, Floorpunch, Rain On The Parade, Ensign, Ten Yard Fight, and Bane<br  \/>\nNovember 28 1998 @The Gym Clinton Mass: Ten Yard Fight, Shutdown, Ensign and Sick Of It All<br  \/>\nMarch 5, 2000 @Manville Elks Lodge Manville NJ: Matt Fest Day 2: AF, Hatebreed, Bane, Vision, Ensign, &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The one Ensign gig I can recall was one of the first shows I saw after leaving Maine for Worcester. IT was at the Bristol Bike Exchange in Connecticut. Super cold, super late. This was back in the day when every Connecticut show started at least 3 hours later than expected. It wasn&#8217;t a rare occurrence for headlining bands to begin setting up at 1am. Sigh. I remember more about the event leading up to the bands than the actual bands. My memory sucks. Very uncool.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vintage Ensign Bl&#8217;asts Through Europe 2001 tee\" title=\"Vintage Ensign Bl&#8217;asts Through Europe 2001 tee\" title=\"click to view on ebay\" src=\"https:\/\/defunkd.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/19.ensignblast.jpg\" alt=\"\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vintage Ensign Bl&#8217;asts Through Europe 2001 tee\" title=\"Vintage Ensign Bl&#8217;asts Through Europe 2001 tee\" style=\"text-decoration: none; border: 0; padding: 0; margin: 0;\" src=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/roverimp\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?pub=5574737960&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336547836&amp;mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]\" alt=\"\"  \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let this be the spark! That&#8217;s right. Ensign hit Europe fast and hard back in 2001. I think this was in support of their Nitro record The Price of Progression. I of course, wasn&#8217;t there to see it. 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