Negative Fx-modern Problems (2027)

The sweat in the Bradford Ballroom was thick enough to chew. It was March 1983, a night that felt like a funeral for the old guard and a riot for the new. The "art school" crowd was there for , mourning the band's last show because the volume was literally destroying Roger Miller’s ears. But tucked into the corner of the stage, looking like they were ready to bite through a live wire, was Negative FX .

Negative FX would only play five shows in their entire history. They were a flash of white-hot anger that burned out almost as soon as it started, leaving behind nothing but a single self-titled album and the legend of the night they tried to fight a soundboard. Dave 'Bass' Brown from Negative FX | Echoes And Dust Negative FX-Modern Problems

Dave Bass didn’t miss a beat. He stood up, grabbed a heavy cymbal stand, and went over the barricade like a heat-seeking missile toward the sound booth. The "modern problems" of gear safety and hotel regulations didn't matter—only the noise did. The sweat in the Bradford Ballroom was thick enough to chew