
The first time I saw the great Santa Cruz band Scowl, someone in the pit got kicked so hard that he had to be helped out of the venue. That was two years ago. Now, Scowl are playing on late-night TV. That’s crazy. It’s even crazier when you consider that Scowl are still a hardcore band in a lot of ways. I’ll probably go see them play a DIY venue in a few months, opening for Drain. This is a band with its feet in two different worlds, and that’s a fascinating place to be.