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DeSimon recalls playing barricaded shows in Washington DC

Original: # DeSimon We’d [...] barricade ourselves inside the building so no one could get in and kill us, then play at a deafenin

Musician DeSimon described the extremes of the band Pitchblende's early days in Washington DC, recounting how they would barricade themselves inside a building so no one could enter and harm them, then play at deafening volume for three hours with all instruments plugged into a single outlet. The anecdote, tagged under punk, noise and post-punk, offers a vivid picture of the city's underground music scene.

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• # DeSimon We’d [...] barricade ourselves inside the building so no one could get in and kill us, then play at a deafening volume for three hours with one light and all the instruments plugged into one outlet. # Pitchblende # Punk # Noise # PostPunk # WashingtonDC # Music #… · 100D · 4

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