Alex Backwards

In honor of St. Pádraig’s day my band released a punk version of the Irish Rebel Song “Come Out Ye Black & Tans”. This version is dedicated to all people fighting tyranny and imperialism, be it in Ireland, Palestine, Ukraine, Armenia, Kurdistan, Here in America or anywhere in the world where people are standing their ground.

“Our revenge will be the laughter of our children” - Bobby Sands

On Friday September 5th, 2025 the original AOTH! Line up played a show @ Winters Tavern in Pacifica, California, one of our favorite places to make noise. 

We didn’t announce it at the time but this was significant moment for all of us involved as Chad, our bass player and one of the founding members was getting ready to leave for Oklahoma to start a new life with his fiancé. 

For those who don’t really know what we’re about, we’re not just a band that plays music together, we’re all family. We grew up together and see each other as chosen brothers.

So for us this wasn’t just “our bassist is leaving” this was a major change for the band and our personal lives as a whole.

Now of course most normal folks would throw a bar hopping party or something like that but for us taking the stage one more time together and filming it was the way to go!

The whole show was filmed with an IPhone and a Shure MV88 microphone, a raw, psychedelic punk rock testament to our band and music.