Many years ago, I appeared amongst the pages of the erstwhile British music publication, the NME. I had attended a gig by The Rollins Band, as fronted by the ex-lead singer of the American punk band Black Flag, Henry Rollins, who at the time loathed stage divers. Because I was friends with idiots, I was flung on stage, and was described in print as exhibiting “equal parts of bravado and stupidity”. In this spirit (which resulted in my broken nose), this post has been written.
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