Negative Fx-modern Problems Apr 2026

Two songs in, the ballroom was a sea of flailing limbs. Kids were flying off the stage, boots narrowly missing the expensive microphones the sound man had meticulously leveled for the headliners.

Dave Bass didn’t miss a beat. He stood up, grabbed a heavy cymbal stand, and went over the barricade like a heat-seeking missile toward the sound booth. The "modern problems" of gear safety and hotel regulations didn't matter—only the noise did. Negative FX-Modern Problems

They were the "Boston Crew" incarnate—fast, straight-edged, and aggressively unmelodic. Jack "Choke" Kelly paced the front like a caged animal, his eyes daring anyone to breathe the wrong way. Behind him, was already hammering the kit, using Burma’s borrowed equipment because why bother bringing your own when you're just going to destroy it? Two songs in, the ballroom was a sea of flailing limbs