Last night two Austin fans jumped Jay at Emo’s after he announced he’d reached the final song of his set. They were apparently upset he was ending after only 40 minutes. Arrests were made. Jay stormed off mid-song, fingers flying, but nobody was peed on. The story’s at Austin360.
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RIP
If only this would happen at every Jay Reatard show, the world would be a better place.
Agreed.
What goddamn morons. What do they expect? Every song of his is, like, a minute and one-half long. Jay Reatard should’ve took ‘em, he’s a big guy. I wouldn’t step to him.
his shows may be short, but i’ve always felt satisfied afterwards.
dude brings it
Yeah, when I saw him open for Dinosaur Jr. he powered through about 12 songs in a 15-minute set.
40 minutes is plenty for a punk show, would beating him up make him want to play more?
40 minutes is longer then he’s ever played when I’ve seen him. Due to Jay’s behavior, this was bound to happen someday. He’s also gotten a bigger profile lately, and that attracts more douchebags. I hope people jumped the dudes that did it after the show.
i dunno…a 40 min set in a warehouse basement or if you’re the opening act is fine and all, but most reatard sized bands charge a good $15-$20 bucks at emo’s. would i be rush-the-stage pissed? probably not, but 40 min seems pretty short. plenty of bands who rock a hell of a lot harder than jay have the stamina to deliver an actual headlining set’s worth of music.
40 minutes for an opening act is rare. Also, tickets were 10 bucks.
Plus, whether bands rock harder or not is not t he issue, Jay is notorious for short, hyper sets (even as a headliner).
please, people need to stop acting like jay reatard’s douchiness is just him being “punk rock.” punching the asshole back and continuing to play would’ve = punk rock, pulling a fugazi and making fun of the dicks, kicking them out, then finishing the show would’ve = punk rock, but playing a too-short headlining set, charging some people who paid money to see you with “assault,” then stomping offstage like a little kid = brat.
and if you’re “notorious” for something, that’s generally not a positive…
He does indeed bring it.
But this kind of thing seems to only happen to him. He can’t get along with other artists, his own bandmates and has gotten in fights with his fans several times. Guy needs to grow up.
I just ate lunch today with one of the guys that “assaulted” Jay Reatard (right after he got out of jail). The way he tells it, they jumped on stage to “rile things up” but never once touched Jay Reatard and instead got in a fight with the Emo’s bouncers. When the police came and they talked to Jay, much to my friend’s dismay, he muttered “yeah, they assaulted me” and my friend was arrested.
i like how you used the word “mutter” in that post
Austin, TX. Anyone surprised? Land of douchebags.
I resent this comment.
The only people who talk like this are:
a) people who have never been to austin
b) people from San Antonio
I’m guessting by your username your A
i’ll resent this one cause i lived in san antonio before going to school in austin. san antonio’s love themselves some austin
Jose from Harlem dared those kids to jump on stage and deck Jay in exchange for free t-shirts.
I’m glad he got jumped. I only wish it was for different reasons.
this is a really funny headline.
I can only pray that Everclear reunites and this happens to that twat Art Alexakis:D He STILL deserves a beating haha.
there’s no excuse for this kind of “fucking with you” violence, but still, Jay kinda brings it on himself. If he didn’t play the asshole character so much all the time, and maybe didn’t celebrate macho stupidity as part of his act, maybe his fans wouldn’t think it was so funny to fuck with him and start fights.
Right. And girls who wear revealing clothing deserve to get raped too, right?
He pissed onstage with the reunited Reatards after his band left his ass. Get shit straight before you try and make little blog headlines. The fact that he said he was assaulted is a huge pussy move considering he used to slap his girl around during the lost sounds days. AND don’t talk shit about Austin, hoe. You must be from Portland or Boulder, some other pretentious town like that.