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ASU rejects anti-Bush concertBy Dennis Welch, Tribune
East Valley Tribune
Updated: 2:00 p.m. ET April 07, 2004April 7 - A national tour advocating the ouster of President Bush has been forced to move its scheduled concert from Arizona State University.

John Ronquillo, one of the students involved in booking the concert "The Punk Voter presents Rock Against Bush," said campus rumors are that politics motivated the university to kill the show.

University officials say that's not true. The concert posed safety concerns, they said.

The show features major punk rock acts such as NOFX, Unwritten Law, The Alkaline Trio, Against All Authority and guest speaker Jello Biafra - formerly of the Dead Kennedys.

The Programming and Activities Board - an arm of the student government -booked the show in early February and planned to hold the concert April 16 on the Student Recreation Field.

But two weeks before the show, ASU officials pulled a use permit.

Howard Taylor, director of recreational sports at the university, said his department concluded that the fields could not safely accommodate the large crowds.

"The event just didn't match the venue," he said.

Efforts to relocate the event at ASU East, ASU West or a parking lot on the south end of the Tempe campus also failed, said Mike Rodriguez, president of the activities board.

Rodriguez said the board offered several alternatives to the university to satisfy safety concerns, including placing a cap on the crowd at 2,000 spectators.

But it didn't work. The show will now be April 16 at the Marquee Theater, 730 N. Mill Ave., in Tempe, said Will Anderson, a music promoter for club. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Instead of a free show, however, concertgoers now have to pay $25.

The move is the latest problem for the tour that has attracted protesters and demonstrations to many of its scheduled tour stops.

Officials with Leave Home Booking - the company in charge of coordinating the tour - would not confirm whether any tour dates had been canceled.

According to its Web site: "Punk Voter is a grassroots coalition of punk bands, punk (record) labels and most importantly punk fans coming together to form a united front in opposition of the dangerous, deadly and destructive policies of George Bush Jr."

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SirStefan32

Why not move it off- campus?

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Dback Jon

They did - now the once free tickets are now $25 to cover costs

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SirStefan32

Well, that's life- If I were in charge of an university, I wouldn't let anybody have a punk concert, pro or anti anybody.

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"Don't try to threaten me Mulder! I've watched presidents die."

"If people would know the things I know, we'd all fall apart."

"Once again, tonight, the course of human history will be set by two unknown men standing in the shadows."

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Dback Jon

Not a fan of the Dead Kennedys, I take it?

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Chaz

I think it is hilarous that a punk band "Against all authority" is against Bush but will probably support John Kerry.


AGAINST ALL AUTHORITY!!!! unless they tell us it's for a good cause

SirStefan32

As the matter of fact, I like Punk- Dead Kennedy's, Ruts. Pistols, Ramones, Clash, etc, but I woulnd't want them on my campus if I were in charge.

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"Don't try to threaten me Mulder! I've watched presidents die."

"If people would know the things I know, we'd all fall apart."

"Once again, tonight, the course of human history will be set by two unknown men standing in the shadows."

Cigarette Smoking Man

WizardOfAz

Really.....

Chaz

Unless they are true to their name.

But let me ask this did we see punk bands against Bill Clinton? Would we? Would we see punk bands against John Kerry?

I am not trying to make a partisan debate here but it seems some people can only see danger from one side of the other but less often from both sides.

Just my unscientific observation.

WizardOfAz

I figured a group called "Against all authority" wouldn't be able to tell the difference between Kerry and Bush.

Chaz

Yea wouldn't "Against all authority" even be against voting in the first place?

Krangthebrain

I grew up listening to punk.

I think YOU are making this partisan. Frankly, most extreme leftists (which most punks are) don't see any difference between Bush and Kerry. Now, they might vote for Kerry because he is the lesser of two evils...but few punks would call themselves "Democrats".

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Chaz

punk voters against Bush sounds partisan to me. I could be wrong, it has happened once before.

Krangthebrain

To be partisan, you have to take one parties side...

Punks couldn't give a rat's butt about the Democratic party.

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“Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with minimum food or water, in austere conditions, day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon. He doesn’t worry about what workout to do—his rucksack weighs what it weighs, and he runs until the enemy stops chasing him. The True Believer doesn’t care ‘how hard it is’; he knows he either wins or he dies. He doesn’t go home at 1700; he is home. He knows only the ‘Cause.’ Now, who wants to quit?”

NCOIC of the Special Forces Assessment and Selection Course in a welcome speech to new SF candidates

On life after football: "I wouldn't mind being a sports commentator. Having my own segment, working for ESPN, my own talk show. Part time trainer. Part time car mechanic. Part time Sprint cell phone salesman. Part time car washman. Grocery store baggage man. Football coach. Model. Actress. Stripper. And I even have dreams of being the next crocodile hunter." - Darnell Dockett