Gawker Goes to a Punk Show

CLEVELAND — On Wednesday night, as Senator Ted Cruz provided the Republican National Convention with its first true spectacle of the week, Cleveland’s punks gathered at Now That’s Class, a dive bar on the city’s west side, to vent their frustration. Vermin Supreme was in attendance, though he did not throw down in the pit.

The front man for the second band, Shirime, a Cleveland band now based in New York, was initially upset with the crowd’s energy. “Are you tired from protesting? Do you need to rest?” he sneered. “I feel like I’m in Williamsburg,” he continued, crossing his arms and frowning. Not wanting to be associated with Williamsburg, several more members of the audience threw themselves into the mosh pit.

Later, during Diva Cup’s set, a fragment of firecracker thrown at the ground and kicked up by a Doc Martin (probably) hit a Gawker correspondent in the face. It was awesome.