Halloween is often celebrated with outrageous costumes, vibrant parades and every brand of candy under the sun. In Gainesville, Florida however, Halloween is transformed into a three day weekend holiday where costumes are arbitrary, punk rock bands replace parades and candy is substituted with gallons of beer. This year, No Idea Records celebrated an enormously successful Fest 8; a diverse mix of all types of punk music brought a huge crowd to central Florida this year. Unfortunately, with hundreds of amazing bands playing in the short span of only one weekend, mixed with unfathomable amounts of beer and cheap whiskey, I was not able to see every band I would have liked to, but I was lucky enough to see some incredible sets.
Off With Their Heads performed live from a bus, for a local tv show Drinking With Ian. DWI, get it! ha! Ah well.. scroll to 22:50 to see the performance. Thanks to Punknews for pointing this out.
Off With Their Heads have unveiled their special effects-laden video for “Fuck This, I’m Out.” The song is from the band’s stellar new album From The Bottom. I think it’s safe to say that this is the video that will get MTV playing videos again. It may even save the music industry. Enjoy it below.
For our Off With Their Heads Band Spotlight, we linked a short but sweet video the band had for the song “Idiot.” The creator of that video, Chemical X DVD, is creating a compilation of videos. The DVD is currently being put together and should see the light of day closer to summer ‘08. Judging from the tenative roster of bands, it should be pretty freaking badass. Check out the impressive list of bands after the jump.
