I noticed a while back that they were playing at the Outside Land festival in Golden Gate Park. Initially, I thought maybe that would be an interesting experience, until I saw that tickets cost roughly $200 each. All that money for one band I actually care about... not so much. Luckily they added a show at a small venue Saturday night after their performance at the festival, and I jumped all over it (good way to save $190).
I noticed one guy standing up near the stage, but he was constantly facing the crowd. Apparently he was security trying to prevent people from getting too energetic and ramming into Mick. His efforts were meaningless because at some point (during an exceptionally wild song), someone smacked his microphone right into his teeth (energy tranfer's a bitch). Mick bent over for a few seconds to regain his composure, and then just jumped right back into the song. I was impressed. Hats off Mick.
After what appeared to be a short set, Mick started calling people up onto the stage. Some dude from the crowd (probably the same guy who hit Mick in the teeth) put his leather hat on Mick... so generous. Mick then instructed everyone to shake their asses as hard as they could for the last verse of the song. As you can see... that tiny stage was packed, and pretty chaotic. The song ended and Mick said "see ya next time!".
Of course they came back for an encore. We were treated to a highly improvised version of Kung Fu. At the end, everyone holding a guitar (of any sort) started going crazy and playing them above their heads. It was pretty clear they were winding down for the finish.
At the same time, the left drummer (yes, I said left drummer... the Dirtbombs have always had 2) jumped up from his seat and started carrying drums into the audience. He then went back for his stool, sat down and started to play without any PA support right in the audience. It was a high-energy ending to an amazing show.
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