From 2001 to 2003 the South Bend, Indiana music scene was assaulted in the most unusual and euphoric way. From the ashes of a few different local bands (Blue Owl Circus, Slater, and The Ninjas) rose the ugly and raw yet oddly mesmerizing and funky bastard step child of the South Bend punk scene: Don’t Shoot … I’m With God. Not content to follow the nearly religious laws of traditional punk rock the members of D.S.I.W.G. (Nate Trimboli, Dusty “Dontshoot” Philipson, Paul Velner, & Mark Onyx) forged their own path and left many stunned and wondering what the heck they just witnes…
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