Tompkins Square Park Riot Reunion
August 14th, 2011 by chocko
Triangle Fire
Wombat In Combat
Hammerbrain
Last weekend marked the infamous 1988 Tompkins Square Riots where NYPD’s worst swarmed in on a downtown park, enforcing a midnight curfew that didn’t exist…clubbing away at the homeless park residents and bystanders that stood in the way. Tompkins Square park became a warzone and police brutality ran rampant. Much of the surrounding neighborhood has been gentrified over the years, but the survivors and residents soldier on to make sure nobody forgets about the riots that happened not too long ago. August 6 and 7, 2011 marked the 23rd anniversary and punk rock bands played in the park and vendors at tables sold merchandise and alternative media such as The Shadow and World War 3 which features underground political comics and cartoons.
Chocko stopped by the park on Sunday and was able to catch some killer sets by Triangle Fire from Athens, Georgia; and NYC’s Wombat in Combat and original gangsters of the punk scene…Hammerbrain! It was definitely cool to see Paul Kostabi, original member of Youth Gone Mad and White Zombie, rocking out in the lineup. It was good to see punk rockers, junkies, and misfits of society shaking it up in the pit. The next free punk show at Tompkins Square Park is on September 24 from 2-6 pm and features Iconicide, Fed Up!, Crybaby, Deans of Discipline, Nothing But Enemies and Blackout Shoppers.
Tags: hammerbrain, hardcore punk, punk, triangle fire, wombat in combat
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