![]() First time Exciter were in Cleveland, they played the cinderblock cellar beneath the Agora (aka the Pop Shop). Had mace/pepper spray go off in the crowd on more than one occasion. ![]() Left Birch Hill (Old Bridge, NJ) to find both of my Mustang's side mirrors kicked off (Yes, kicked! Boot prints were visible on the hood and roof). Somehow it didn't break, but the bottle's outline was permanently etched in the passenger side window. Someone walking towards L'Amours (Brooklyn), having just left the subway, tossed a beer bottle at the car where we were pre-gaming. ![]() Most of the destruction occurs outside the venue. Hear it's not gotten any better in the intervening years! Some have been comical, luckily, none were horrific, although a few and/or their location have been scary, if not outright dangerous: most notoriously: Cricket Club, in Irvington, NJ, Blondies and the bombed-out Beirut looking neighborhood surrounding Harpos, in Detroit, during the ‘80s. Seen lots of strange and wonderful things. When I started out, the hockey arena shows had a perennial smoky haze hovering over the floor at about the level of the second tier and the only real “danger” was not being alert to the Frisbees that descended from multiple angles, threatening to spill your beer, or knock someone in the head, whichever was worse.
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