They subsequently take part in a talent night, win bus tickets to London, break into the punk scene and go on to New York.
These shows are musically eclectic, ranging from hardcore punk to krautrock, and tickets go quick.
Jurors heard how Gadd's fortunes changed after disco and punk rock became popular and ticket sales dropped off.
Sunday afternoon at 3, with Northstar, Chronic Future, Monroe and the Fight, a female-fronted singalong punk band from Dudley, England; tickets are $8 (Sanneh).
Those tickets start at $25. John Cooper Clarke, the British punk poet, returns to the United States for the first time in 30 years to perform at Vinyl on Thursday, April 30.
It was later revealed to be a hoax unaffiliated with Daft Punk and a scam to sell tickets for a nonexistent event.
Tickets for Teachers: A Chicago Tribute to Daft Punk are on sale here, or you can tune in to the live stream on January 28.
Weeknight themes vary from Jamaican Crossover to alternate Amsterdam punk, although headline acts, like the Wailers, require advance ticketing.
Ten years ago, FYF Fest's Sean Carlson was a dewy 18-year-old so eager to throw a punk rock festival that he forgot to charge for tickets.
This spate of festivals hasn't yet become anything like the big-ticket indie-rock circuit, in which every festival lineup looks roughly the same: punk promoters, at their best, are stubborn, utopian and not given to compromise.
