After drying myself off from all the spilled beer during the Krum Bums‘ set, I wet my whistle a bit before hunkering down for what was sure to be an intense set from The Unseen.

I’d only seen the guys once before, and it was pretty crazy – this time was no different. Mark Unseen used the crowd as his stage, and enlisted the help of many fans to sing along.

Check out some shots from the night’s set here.

Devo marked the end of festival shows for day one, and immediately I began formulating my plan of attack for the rest of the evening’s events. Across downtown Las Vegas there were punk shows going on, mind you I had tickets to none of them. At the Country Saloon, Detroit Cobras were playing with Throw Rag and The Muffs, while at the Beauty Bar, Kevin Seconds was opening for Gamblers Mark and Cash’d Out. Even though The Crowd and The Gears were calling my name, I decided to go see some old favorites at the Fremont Country Club, where Hard Pipe Hitters, Krum Bums, The Unseen, The Business, and Agnostic Front were playing.

Funny story here – before I headed over to the show, I stopped by my hotel to grab more drinks, and I ran into Mickey Fitzsimmons of The Business in the elevator. He was staying on the same floor as us. I asked him how he was doing, and he proceeded to describe this shitty ordeal of being delayed at airports and checking into the hotel and what not. Bummer, I thought, as I asked him to put me on his guest list. No go. My hopes were not shattered though, and I made my way to the club determined to get in, which I did, thanks to the righteous owner. I missed most of the opening band’s set, but got settled in just in time for Dave Tejas to spit beer all over us.

You can check out some shots from Krum Bums’ set here, and stay tuned for photos from the rest of the night’s bands in the coming days.

After I finished photographing The Weirdos set, and before The Damned stepped up to play, I left the venue to grab some more reasonable libations.

In the street, not only did I find drunken LV debauchery, I also wandered into a live taxi-cab protest on the streets. It’s good to know collective bargaining still exists in the city of sin.

After thoroughly imbibing, I made my way back to the festival just in time to catch The Damned, check out pics here.

Saturday afternoon at Punk Rock Bowling featured a slew of great bands, with the legendary The Damned and Devo rounding the night out.

After The Briggs, and before The Weirdos, was the influential folk-punk band, Swingin’ Utters, whom I’m sure need no introduction.

I am shite with remembering setlists and songs and all that, but suffice it to say, it was classic Utters at its finest. You had Johnny going frickin’ nuts on stage, Darius and the gang jammin’ out, and…well, just have a look at the pics and throw on some “Juvenile Product Of The Working Class”, and it shan’t be too hard to imagine yourself there.

Check out shots from Swingin’ Utters’ set here.

Swingin’ Utters are currently on tour in the US and Canada. Head here to check out when they’ll be passing through your town.

It’s hard to believe that at this time last week, Punk Rock Bowling was over, and I was getting ready to board a plane back home. It seems every year the festivities go by quicker and quicker (or maybe my drunken blurs have become longer), and so, to delay the ‘end’ (and to help me remember!), over the next several days/weeks, we will be sharing with you a collection of photos taken from the festival and club shows, as well as some of its most outlandish attendees.

Although bowling and the PRB music festival didn’t officially begin until Saturday, Friday featured a slew of shows around downtown LV, including Left Alone, Guttermouth, Strung Out, Lawrence Arms, Chris Murray, Suedehead, and Nothington, just to name a few.

It always seems like these after-hours shows are so stressful, as you have to decide how you want to split your time. With other Dying Scene members at the Guttermouth/Left Alone show, I began my night with a little ska and headed to The Beauty Bar to see Chris Murray, before jetting to the Country Saloon to catch the Lawrence Arms.

You can check out shots from Chris Murray’s and Lawrence Arms’ sets right here, and be sure to keep checking back on Dying Scene for photo galleries from the rest of the weekend’s events.