Video from the Jawbreaker Cover Set at Mary's Place

  • Posted October 30, 2022
Jack Barnett, Brandon Lutmer, Stewart Oakes, and Billy Kulpa performing as Jawbreaker at Mary's Place on October 25, 2025.
Jack Barnett, Brandon Lutmer, Stewart Oakes, and Billy Kulpa performing as Jawbreaker at Mary's Place on October 25, 2025.
The Jawbreaker cover set concert poster, created by Will Pfeifer
The Jawbreaker cover set concert poster, created by Will Pfeifer, my good friend and colleague.

So I played a show for the first time in 20 years. It went OK!

It was my first time on stage since at least 2005, so I was exceptionally nervous. My first time playing at Mary's Place, too. I think we did pretty well. Plenty of missed notes, of course. A lot of out-of-key harmonies. But it was exactly what I was hoping for in a punk rock Halloween set.

We played 10 songs in about 45 minutes. And let me tell you: It was hot up there.

About 160 people attended the show, which felt pretty decent to me considering the venue's capacity is listed at 100.

I have a lot of love, respect, and appreciation for Jack Barnett, Brandon Lutmer, and Stewart Oakes. Those guys are mega-talented musicians, and they took a risk on me being able to hang with them.

Here's the Spotify playlist of our set. Fair warning: This Spotify embed will vanish one day if Lutmer ever deactivates his Spotify account. I guess I'll type out the songs, too:

  • Boxcar
  • Save Your Generation
  • The Boat Dreams from the Hill
  • Bad Scene, Everyone's Fault
  • Fireman
  • Do You Still Hate Me?
  • Accident Prone
  • Sluttering (May 4th)
  • Want
  • Kiss the Bottle

I sang lead on two of the songs. I've embedded those below.

"Kiss the Bottle"
"Do You Still Hate Me?"