wilwheaton

So last night I got to see Bauhaus. This concert is something I've dreamed about since I was a teenager, something I never thought would happen because when I discovered them, they weren't touring, or even still together.

Presumably, everyone who filled up the sold-out Hollywood Palladium was there because they, too, have loved this band for 30 years, and I was expecting something pretty special.

They sounded incredible. They didn't do much of a stage show beyond some really great lighting tricks, but it's Bauhaus, not Maiden, and there was something incredibly cool about Daniel Ash and David J pretty much standing immobile while they tore through every song you'd hope to hear.

But here's the thing that was such a disappointment: two different 40something dudes near me started full on fist fights, for no discernible reason. We were all, like, SERIOUSLY?! Like, we're all in our late forties, we're at a GOTH show, and these guys are going to be super aggro and belligerent? What the actual fuck?

I'm pretty committed to nonviolence, but I will admit to cheering when the woman next to me landed several punches on this one dude's nose, almost certainly breaking it, after he picked a fight with her because ... I honestly don't know. I think, maybe, he kept crashing into her and she kept asking him to stop, or something like that. Oh, and did I mention that he started this fight during The Passion of Lovers? One of the all-time greatest Bauhaus songs ever recorded, and you're seeing it live, in a small venue, and you're going to spend it having a fucking fight? Consensus after the show is that too much beer and probably something like cocaine was involved in this shitty dude's decision making process.

There's always one asshole at a show, no matter where it is or who the act is. But my god it's fucking BAUHAUS on their probably final tour, playing a show that was added because last month's shows sold out so fast. Tickets were not cheap, and these two adult men chose to behave like children.

Did I mention it was Bauhaus, and not an aggro metal or hardcore band? Did I mention that I didn't see a single person under 35 in the audience?

Aren't we too old for this shit?