Punk Rock Bowling 2011 – Event recap with photos, videos and commentary

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Coverage of the 2011 event
Punk Rock Bowling 2011 was pretty much off the hook. There is so much coverage that our entire team gathered, video, photos and more. Stay tuned to Big Wheel all through out the week as we start to serve up the coverage... Big Wheel will have stuff you will not see anywhere else. 19 hours of video was shot and over 7000 photos were captured. We probably overwhelmed ourselves with the high goals we set for ourselves, yet the crew did capture some great content. All the bowling action, the main stage shows to the club shows, to many behind the scenes interviews and the Monday afternoon pool party which was a blast.

Editors note: Thank you to the many folks here at Punk Rock Bowling for the positive comments, encouragement and especially the folks that made food runs for our staffers... and YES... the drinks too.... very much appreciated.

Sunday 7pm - May 29, 2011 update
The bowling tournament is now over and after many matches and beers later, the winners are -
Punk Rock Bowling 2011 champions are: BC Smoke Shop
2nd Place: Rockaway Tavern - 3rd Place: Double Down Devils - 4th Place: Team Danza
5th Place: Septic Breath - 6th Place: Tina's Nightmare - 7th Place: Blame It On The  Lane
8th Place: Dirtballs - 9th Place: Cobra Skulls - 10th Place: Northeast Records.

(Photo: Winners of the 2011 Punk Rock Bowling Tournament – BC Smokeshop)

Punk Rock Bowling 2011 Music Festival – Fremont Street – Las Vegas, NV – Day 3

You could tell from the tired, hungover faces that it had been a long weekend already, but Monday was the biggest day of all, and so steadfast fans laced up their boots, grabbed sunscreen and beers and once more headed forth. Those with the fortitude to face the sun, and finagle their way into the venue were rewarded with Reducers SF. Hailing from San Francisco, and boasting more than 15 years of hard rocking, Reducers managed to keep a crowd stacked in front of the stage Read more

Punk Rock Bowling 2011 Music Festival – Fremont Street – Las Vegas, NV – Day 2

Sunday is usually a day where people rest and relax from their busy week, whether it be  from work or school. However, in Vegas on Memorial Day Weekend, everyone was just getting started for the bowling tournament playoffs and Day 2 of the Punk Rock Bowling Music Festival. Headlining the night was one of the most anticipated acts of the entire festival, the Descendents, along with help from Punk Rock Bowling veterans Me First and the Gimme Gimmes and the Bouncing Souls. Read more

Undertones – The Crowd – Sharp Objects – at The Beauty Bar – Las Vegas, NV

Sunday night at Punk Rock Bowling was definitely one of those nights that you would not have wanted to miss! So for those of you who put down your knitting long enough to check out one of the many awesome shows that night, you definitely had an awesome time! That is, unless your girlfriend broke up with you at the show…. Read more

Punk Rock Bowling 2011 Music Festival – Fremont Street – Las Vegas, NV – Day 1

Starting off the first day of 3 days of the music festival portion of Punk Rock Bowling 2011 was Dropkick Murphys, Stiff Little Fingers, Aggrolites, Filthy Thieving Bastards, Krum Bums, Off With Their Heads, The Grim and Dirty Filthy Mugs. As in years past when the Punk Rock Bowling committee puts together these shows they are always trying to keep pace with previous years line ups… and many believe that over the next 3 days, the line ups far exceeded anyone expectations. Read more

Punk Rock Bowling 2011 – Bowling Team Photos

Here are your 2011 Punk Rock Bowling team photos. The staff made a best effort to get a photo of every team and out of the 168 registered teams we managed to capture most of them. Beyond the ones that we are missing, checkout below to find your team, your friend's team or just to look at the bowlers from this years tournament. Read more

Punk Rock Bowling 2011 – Saturday Morning update

Here we are at Saturday morning at 7am after a night of being out all night, it sure was hard to get up. Today would mark the start of the bowling tournament…. you know the other reason we all came to Vegas this weekend. The morning got started kinda rough since there was no in room coffee. Heading down to the lobby we found the first casualty of Friday night laying in the hallway. Read more

Cadillac Tramps – Swingin Utters – Cobra Skulls – at Club Azul Tequila

Last night’s concert over at Tequila Azul nightclub proved to be quite the fire starting grand kickoff of 2011’s punk rock bowling festivities. There to start off the nights madness was none other than SideOneDummy records own Joe Sib, a Punk rock storyteller/comedian of sorts. His brand of comedy stems from his life experiences in and around the Punk scene dating back to the 1980s. Read more

 

Fishbone – Guttermouth – Buck-O-Nine – Scandals – at Country Saloon

With gigs going on all over town … all all excellent bills, pretty much impossible to get to them all. Over at the Country Saloon was a lively crowd that was ready for MAX fun. On the historic Las Vegas Fremont strip The Country Saloon presented The Scandals, Buck o Nine, Guttermouth and Fishbone, kicking off the first of many belligerent nights of Punk Rock Bowling. Read more

Hotel room gig with Hands Like Bricks – Sam’s Town

Let's kick Punk Rock Bowling off right! … with a completely DIY show hosted by the Los Angeles band, Hands Like Bricks!  The hotel room was packed with fans of Hands Like Bricks and the Lysolgang. They decided it would be rad to put on a free show in a hotel room… so they did! Punk as fuck if I don't say so myself…. and a fuckin awesome way to start this weekend off!!! Read more

 

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