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Spot played a reunion show at ear X-tacy on November 17, 1991 as part of Slamdek’s fifth birthday celebration, the Five Fest. At the party, Matt Ronay asked me if I’d be interested in putting out an Ennui record on Slamdek. Having only seen the band once, I said I’d love to. Since Slamdek was then five years old, it had become a big part of punk and hardcore in general for kids who had been attracted to the scene in those years. The kids who were in Ennui had grown into punk and hardcore with Slamdek as one of their guides. They were as outwardly excited about being on Slamdek as I was about having them, a new and active band, on the label. The band was high school sophomores and juniors; Matt Ronay singing, Lane Sparber on guitar, Forrest Kuhn on drums, and Tim Houchin on bass. | Spot played a reunion show at ear X-tacy on November 17, 1991 as part of Slamdek’s fifth birthday celebration, the Five Fest. At the party, Matt Ronay asked me if I’d be interested in putting out an Ennui record on Slamdek. Having only seen the band once, I said I’d love to. Since Slamdek was then five years old, it had become a big part of punk and hardcore in general for kids who had been attracted to the scene in those years. The kids who were in Ennui had grown into punk and hardcore with Slamdek as one of their guides. They were as outwardly excited about being on Slamdek as I was about having them, a new and active band, on the label. The band was high school sophomores and juniors; Matt Ronay singing, Lane Sparber on guitar, Forrest Kuhn on drums, and Tim Houchin on bass. | ||
Ennui shows were adventures into absurdity. Puzzled looks on the faces in the audience were abundant. Each show had a theme, and the band would decorate the stage with props and they’d dress according to the theme. By the end of each show, usually with the help of friend Ben Brantley, they would completely destroy their stage sets and Matt would do his best to make sure pieces of it came in contact with every audience member. If you walked in after a show was over and there was a mess all over the place, chances were that Ennui had played. | Ennui shows were adventures into absurdity. Puzzled looks on the faces in the audience were abundant. Each show had a theme, and the band would decorate the stage with props and they’d dress according to the theme. By the end of each show, usually with the help of friend Ben Brantley, they would completely destroy their stage sets and Matt would do his best to make sure pieces of it came in contact with every audience member. If you walked in after a show was over and there was a mess all over the place, chances were that Ennui had played. | ||
[[Image:Ennui-show02.jpg|Matt Ronay, Dave Cook, Forrest Kuhn.]] | [[Image:Ennui-show02.jpg|Matt Ronay, Dave Cook, Forrest Kuhn.]] [[Image:Ennui-show01.jpg|Dave Cook and Josh Sachs destory an exercise bicycle.]] | ||
For an October 18, 1991 performance at Audubon Sk8 Park with Sunspring, Undermine, MFBS, and Step Down, it was a Mafia and gangster theme. The band constructed downtown buildings out of cardboard, simulating rough city streets, and they dressed in suits. At Robyn Craxton’s Big Surprise, it was naturally a birthday theme, for which they hung birthday decorations, wore hats, and threw Ben into a birthday cake. An exercise bicycle from Forrest’s house was damaged during antics at an Ennui practice, and the band had to pay for the damage to the bicycle, which they ended up buying. Since Ennui owned a broken exercise bike, the exercise theme was implemented for a May 1, 1992 show at George Rogers Clark Park with Sunspring, Step Down, Sancred, and Shut Out. During the show, Josh Sachs and Dave Cook engaged in an exercise work out and, of course, by the end of the show, totally demolished the bike with baseball bats. For Ennui’s last show, June 21, 1992, at Tewligans with Crain, Diet Sunspring, and Sancred, they created several huge, inflatable bubbles out of garbage bags. The first few songs were performed with most of the band concealed inside these enormous, inflated bubbles. | For an October 18, 1991 performance at Audubon Sk8 Park with Sunspring, Undermine, MFBS, and Step Down, it was a Mafia and gangster theme. The band constructed downtown buildings out of cardboard, simulating rough city streets, and they dressed in suits. At Robyn Craxton’s Big Surprise, it was naturally a birthday theme, for which they hung birthday decorations, wore hats, and threw Ben into a birthday cake. An exercise bicycle from Forrest’s house was damaged during antics at an Ennui practice, and the band had to pay for the damage to the bicycle, which they ended up buying. Since Ennui owned a broken exercise bike, the exercise theme was implemented for a May 1, 1992 show at George Rogers Clark Park with Sunspring, Step Down, Sancred, and Shut Out. During the show, Josh Sachs and Dave Cook engaged in an exercise work out and, of course, by the end of the show, totally demolished the bike with baseball bats. For Ennui’s last show, June 21, 1992, at Tewligans with Crain, Diet Sunspring, and Sancred, they created several huge, inflatable bubbles out of garbage bags. The first few songs were performed with most of the band concealed inside these enormous, inflated bubbles. | ||