It’s the memory of his wife at The Metro standing in the audience up front waiting for Pegboy to come on, holding up their young toddler to say hi to dad. However, this isn’t the memory that sticks with me. You weren’t going to find anyone kinder or more willing to interact with you if you approached him. He was the nicest person in the punk scene, hands down. I met Pierre a handful of times - once when I was fifteen or so and again at various Pegboy shows. If you were up front and locked eyes with Larry DaMore, odds are your getting grabbed by the shirt and he’s getting in your face to sing, but Pierre - he’s holding it down, making sure the car stays in the lane. He had a cool, calm, stern faced presence on the bass, but it added to the intensity of the show. Prior to the release of the second album, Earwig, Pierre Kezdy joined on bass completing the best line up of the band. It’s the friends whose names you don’t know, but recognize and talk to every time you see them. ![]() It’s the family that you should have been born into. Pegboy is the high school reunion you wish you had. All of my favorite memories of being young and going to shows are locked up in Pegboy and their influence as a band and as people (despite being Sox fans) is indisputable. Pegboy is and always will be my favorite Chicago punk band. Everything great about those bands coalesced into one lean-as-fuck Chicago punk machine. ![]() In high school, I discovered a band featuring the newly ex-Raygun guitarist John Haggarty, as well as members of the Bhopal Stiffs and Effigies. ![]() I felt like I was let in on some big secret that only so many people knew about. I asked the clerk what punk records I should buy and he said “you like Naked Raygun?” I had no idea who he was talking about, so I grabbed JETTISON on cassette, popped it in my Walkman and headed to the Fullerton L station to head up to Belmont. I walked into Wax Trax on one of those Friday afternoons with my Catholic school mullet, denim jacket with the Bad Religion logo painted on the back and high top Chuck Taylors looking for something fresh.
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