Concert Review: Circle Jerks at Tower Theatre – OKC, Oct 14
For one glorious evening, Tower Theatre turned into a wormhole straight to 1981. The leather was cracked, the hairlines receded, and the circle pit spun like a washing machine full of nostalgia and knee braces.
From the moment Keith Morris hit the stage, it felt like a punk rock high school reunion where everyone still fit into their old battle jackets… mostly. The crowd was a swirling cyclone of elbows, Doc Martens, and midlife crisis energy.
Negative Approach opened by screaming directly into the collective soul of everyone within a 5-block radius, and the Adolescents followed with melodic chaos that made this photographer want to dive headfirst into the moshpit.
By the end of the night, the venue smelled like leather, nostalgia, and maybe a hint of Bengay. The Circle Jerks proved they can still outpace bands half their age — and possibly their cardiologists too.
Punk’s not dead; it’s just doing its stretches first.
