Ive been playing in the Phoenix scene for 12 years now (sounds about right anyways) and ive seen it go through ups and downs. For a long time their was alot of awesome local bands and alot of really cool clubs to play. They slowly started disappearing and for a few years it was almost completely gone. There were still bands touring through and playing, and you could still find punks hanging out at the usuall spots on Mill Avenue but the feel of it changed completley. Its slowly getting better, there are alot of DIY venues popping up and some good bands reforming or being started from members of past bands. It still isnt anything like the feel of the old days, but its getting better thanks to alot of the bands supporting each other instead of stabbing each other in the back trying to be the next "Jimmy Eat World" out of AZ.
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