If so, we thought that you would be interested to know that we are spearheading a boycott on a club in Grand Rapids MI.  The Club is called Buckin' Beavers and is located at 5401 S. Division.  The reason that we are asking for your support is simple, we believe that the people that run this club are only in the business of "live entertainment" to rape the bands that they get to play there and most importantly YOU - the great people that take the time out of their day to come out and support the clubs and bands that they like.  Our story goes as follows: We arrived at the club about 7:30, and we were told to be there by 8, ok, no problem so far.  They told us where to load in and where to set up, we did.  Then they ran sound check, we still thought everything was fine.
    After sound check, about quarter to ten, we proceeded to go out to the van to make the set list for the evening, suddenly a group of security guys come out and began slinging accusations around like grease pit hash browns.  Now mind you, we are sitting in a well lit parking lot, with the doors open and all of the lights on in the van, and yet they decided that it was their place to "inspect" the van with flashlights and everything.  When they realized that they were barking up the wrong tree, they turned tail and walked back to the club to talk to some other guy.
    At this point, more of them came back and one of them began barking "pack up your shit and get out of here!"  We were just like "What..... Why?"  and he replied with "don't ask questions.... I said pack up your shit and get out of here!".  After a couple of rounds of this, another one of them replied "don't shoot the messenger, we're just telling you what we were told".  So we proceeded inside to find out just exactly what was going on.  Oddly enough, we couldn't even get a uniform response.  We were told everything from "You guys fucked up the sound check" to "You weren't even supposed to be playing tonight".
    Now keep in mind, we drove over an hour to get to this place, and were told that we were going to get $150 for our performance, which was ok by us as we will normally play for free many times a week since we love what we do, we even give away free cd's, T-shirts, etc. at the shows because we want people to have our stuff if they want it, and the people that like us appreciate that.
    So at this point I'm pretty much stunned at what's going on.  We are trying to get our stuff loaded, and some of the guys in the band were understandably pissed off, so security was pretty much swarming, and the cops were called to observe the situation, I guess, not that we had anything to worry about.  But what we did have to worry about was all of the people that said they wanted to come see us that night.  We had just played two shows in that area in the last 4 days or so, and had a good number of people that were wanted to show up at that show.  What happened to them?
    Did the bar let them in, and not tell them that they had pulled the band and just wanted their hard earned money?  Do you think the bar actually told them before hand that they were going to take their cover charge, and let them in expecting to see the band, only to have to spend more of their money on drinks without the entertainment?  Or do you think that they were honest with their "customers", the people that keep them in business, and sacrifice that nights income from the door?OF COARSE NOT!
    In my opinion, this is one place that should be told "We don't want people like you looking out for what you think our needs are!"  I am asking you for your support in giving business to clubs that do look out for the needs of their customers, and avoid giving the dollars that we all work hard for everyday to places that are just there to take your money!  I'm not sure if they are aware of this, but there are many cool places in Grand Rapids that have many great bands for an inexpensive cover and cheap drinks!  I urge you to go to these clubs, instead of "Buckin' Beavers".

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