(Story by David Bell)
A HARDCORE music gig was suddenly cancelled after the lead singer knocked over a bowl of pears last week.
US mathcore band The Chariot was playing at HQ in Leederville when the musos got a bit mental and danced out of the main stage area and into the front store.
A bowl of pears was knocked over and seconds later HQ management pulled the plug on the gig.
“Who broke the free pears?!” someone called out in the darkness.
The band’s singer then asked the crowd to donate pears to make up for the incident: “if you all have pears you might want to donate them, because I think the show might be done because that bowl fell. But they were tiny pears. So if you have three big pears I’m sure it will be even.”
The crowd called on HQ manager “Dudeman” to turn on the power: “let’s all say sorry: we’re sorry Dudeman!”
In the end a fan offered his nearby house as a venue and The Chariot continued their EP launch there, playing on the rooftop and almost collapsing it.
“It’s still early, let’s take it somewhere else!” the singer announced to riotous cheers.
“Until further notice, come hang out with us over there and maybe we’ll go to his house!”
There’s footage of the whole kerfuffle at youtube channel “dontforgetthedream”
