The show in Santa Cruz on 11/30 is not only the exact five year anniversary of our EP āReality After Reality,ā but it is also Scowlās 400th show altogether. These are milestones I never thought Iād achieve with any band of mine and Iām honored to share a stage with such amazing bands to celebrate it.
We havenāt played Chico since just before the pandemic. It was a generator show under a highway overpass on our tour with Punitive Damage. It holds a special place in our hearts, our second tour ever was with our friends from Chico in The Choice. The last photo in this post is from that very tour, it was also Baileyās first tour with the band.
We havenāt played Fresno since the very end of 2022, but more importantly, havenāt played our own show there since 2020 at the CYC. I personally spent many hours traveling to and attending shows at that venue. My first bandās first show ever was there. I hold a lot of love for Fresno.
Our third show ever was in Bakersfield, it was also the first date of our first tour. Bailey wasnāt even in the band yet, our good friend
@shudashoota played I think five shows with us, four of them being that first tour.
Itās our first time ever in SLO, and to my memory, Iāve only ever personally played there once before. A really awesome and underrated city.
The first photo in this post is our first ever group photo with Mike shot by
@atibaphoto at his house. It was taken before Mike was technically in the band, we were doing our first tour with him on guitar and wanted him to feel out if he even liked touring with us before making a decision. I think we popped the question a week or two into the tour and he obviously said yes.
I donāt remember who took the last two photos so Iām sorry for not tagging you, but the first photoset is from the second show of our first tour (also our fourth ever show) in Tucson, AZ. The second one, as mentioned before, is from our second tour, with The Choice. It was taken on our last day of the tour in Portland, OR, our first time there.
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