Best of Austin®

Best Club-closing Event

"Kiss-Offs Kristalnacht" at The Bates Motel

During the final set on the final night of this club's existence, the Kiss-Offs had some severe problems with their planned pyrotechnic display. (Vocalist Travis Higdon ended up in the hospital with second-degree burns.) Meanwhile, a self-appointed demolition crew began deconstructing the place. Naturally, the show ended abruptly, and the cops waded in to restore order and make a few arrests. Why does The Man always have to bring us down??? Who the hell's idea was it to cover the walls of a seedy punk club with tantalizingly fragile mirrors, anyway?