Seven years ago in September PUP came to my town for a show the night before I was supposed to start a new job. I had fallen in love with their second album, most especially the punk assault that is "DVP" and really wanted to go see them.
The show was on a Sunday night and if it had been a higher profile act my partner may have joined me, but as she is not a fan of punk she encouraged me to find someone else to go along to the show. Unfortunately, that didn't happen, so I decided at the last minute to go to the show solo. I figured, "PUP isn't that huge, I'm sure I can get a ticket at the box office."
Nope.
I showed up to the venue and found out that yes, indeed, the show had sold out. Had I gone online I would have seen that, but I just assumed that it would not sell out. I stood there in line as the people in front of me were finding out that there were no tickets left; I lingered there for a moment when I heard someone say, "Mr. Diaz..."
I turned and recognized that the bouncer checking IDs at the front door was a former student of mine (I was a high school teacher in a previous life). I walked over to say "hello" and he asked what I was doing there.
"Well, I decided last minute to check out the show, but I see it's sold out."
John, the bouncer, stopped checking IDs, slapped a wristaband around my wrist, and said, "come with me, I've got you."
He then escorted me through the door to the other bouncers checking tickets and pointed to me and then them and said, "hey, this guy's good, let him in."
And just like that, I got to see PUP for free (though I made sure to buy merch to make sure they made money from me; no such thing as a free lunch!).
That night as part of their set they played "DVP" as the last song and it was AWESOME!
Listen for yourself and tell me this track isn't fire!
Seven years later, thanks John!
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