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…And the Battle Continues: RX Bandits at the Fonda
Rob Shepyer
June 13, 2022
RX Bandits will always hold a very special place in my heart. At my high school, only a specific few bands and genres bled into our campus from mainstream culture and RX Bandits were beloved by the grade above mine, the class of 2004. The fans of this band were my elders and among them were the most beautiful girls I always had a crush on. From that crush, I developed a shared love for the band and carried that love to various friend groups through high school, then college and beyond. I would smoke pot with college friends, hot boxing my van during road trips to USC just to see RX Bandits play for free. Though we were strangers to the elite campus, we felt like the in-crowd for being true fans of the band. Their best album, “…And the Battle Begun” came out in 2006, one year after I graduated high school but I always wished it came out two years earlier so I could see how those songs could’ve swept the student body. To lay beside your crush listening to that album, would put any two teenagers in the mood to make out. Few bands are able
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Take This: Win Two Tickets to RX Bandits at The Fonda
Janky Smooth Central Command
June 2, 2022
Editor Rob here—This giveaway is special to me. If you were in high school in the early 2000’s, there were many bands and scenes that could’ve taken over the student body. Hardcore, emo, all kinds of music. For whatever reason, RX Bandits put a spell on a large amount of my high school. Their music was always transcendent, they were a sort of Led Zeppelin for our generation but with horns and reggae vibes to boot. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE or ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO RX BANDITS JUNE 5TH AT FONDA THEATRE Step 1- Join Our Newsletter (look for pop up every time you arrive at jankysmooth.com) Step 2 – Tag a Friend in the comment section of our INSTAGRAM or FACEBOOK RX BANDITS Ticket Giveaway Post WINNER WILL BE SELECTED ON JUNE 4TH AT 1PM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION
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