This Sucks So Hard

[Frank Giaramita]

Travis from Piebald (www.myspace.com/piebald.com) was mugged the other day.
hello my good friends. i have a true story to tell. on tuesday night i was riding my bike from our house in south gate towards the imperial wilmington station that is on the edge of watts. not the safest area, but i have never had any problems before. however, the stars aligned on this particular night and i found myself in the presence of four hood rats who blocked off the street so that me and frankenbike could not get through. i was only about forty feet away from the subway and the police station that sits next to it. i always give people the benefit of the doubt, but i should not have done so on this occasion. by the time i knew i should turn around they were on me. the 'talker' of the group grabs bike and says, "what you got in your pockets?" so i repond, "nothing that you are going to have." and while our convo is happening all his brosefs are putting their hands in my pocket and trying to take my bag off of my back and bike from my possession. so i hold strong and the talker says, "don't make it obvious, dont make it obvious. you dont want me to pull my knife on you." and i respond with swears and fu's and something along the lines of, "i am just trying to get to the subway and get on with my life. get your hands out of my pockets and leave me the f alone." so talker pulls the knife and one of the other hood rats pulls another knife and they have them at my neck. they didn't get my bag off, but they did get the wallet out of my back pocket. talker is still saying, "don't make it obvious," and i am still ranting about how they suck and they should leave me alone. finally a car comes by and they scurry off throwing my empty wallet into the street. they got my duckets but didn't get anything else from me. and no one got a knife in the neck either. the rest of the night i just wanted to throw down with anybody just to get out some physical anger. i have since calmed down but it was a crummy night. no more words.
travis

Submitted by: overoverme

[Rohan Kohli]

Aw, poor Travis. Can't wait to see Piebald again.

[Mitch]

I fucking hate muggers

[NextTheSky]

that's terrible. i'm glad he's okay though.

[VeloriumCamper]

lame.

[ThisCutIsDeep]

You are a very brave man. I would have given them everything i had and pissed my pants. but thats me being girly. you clearly kick more ass than i do. Stay safe kiddo.

[Talib Scottie]

Bummer.

[DroppedUrPocket]

I fucking hate muggers
I totally thought that said something else.

[DroppedUrPocket]

Man, he should have totally just given up his shit. No use being a tough guy when you have 3 (?) dudes on you and 2 knives to your neck.

[The Fix]

this is why you should come back to boston, travis

[Ratherbedead22]

yeah that sucks balls.

[TomAce]

damn, that dudes got some major balls, yo trav, i got your back if you promise to bring the guys to my house and play "we are the only friends we have".

[Frank Giaramita]

I totally thought that said something else.
ME TOO...hahaha.

[DroppedUrPocket]

ME TOO...hahaha.
Hahaha.

[romantic rights]

let's kill 'em

[FOBPrettyNPunk]

It seems that if you're in a band, shit always gets stolen from you.

[YouMadeTheScene]

I'll fucking murder the bastard who touched travis

[theOCEANFLOOR]

holy shit

[bankrom]

suck.

[cavein86]

this guy has balls...good thing he's safe

[reege]

dude, he's seriously like the nicest guy like i'm sure there's plenty of other guys in diff bands that are like full of themselves and assholes, not that being an asshole means you deserve to get mugged, but point being travis of all people double didn't deserve that shit....

[ebakrevs]

this is really weird cuz the only cd ive been listening to lately is "we are the only friends that we have."

word of advice. carry a knife in one of those bags...

[TgE ARTdamage]

man, people are just ridiculous sometimes. I can never understand how so many people become such scum. whatever. glad travis is ok.

[BigBob0579]

Lets get Chuck Norris or Jack Bauer on these fuckers that messed with travis....Long Live PIEBALD!!!

[ocnightmare]

god, i feel bad for this poor guy...get a car! first he got hit by a car on the bike, now he got mugged...poor guy...

[ACA]

Imagine the press if this happened to Pete Wentz....

-ACA

[CaliHGiloveunot]

that's watts for you.....

[looram12]

what a badass

[brockton18]

Sorry bro! Not all blacks (which I'm sure they were) are like that. On behalf of my race I'm sorry

What in the crazy are you talking about? First, not all muggers are black (which your ignorant "i'm sure they were" statement implies). Second, not every person who lives in or near Watts is black. (alternatively implied by your ignorant statement). Third, we don't want you apologizing on behalf of us, we didn't do anything wrong. Fourth, you should be apologizing for yourself and your ignorance.

[Punkdc]

He seems to have the worst luck, and he's an awesome guy. Glad hes safe though!

[piebaldkid42]

he never got hit or mugged on the east coast, thats why travis needs to come back to us!

[xllirikx]

poor guy, i love them to death

[DroppedUrPocket]

What in the crazy are you talking about? First, not all muggers are black (which your ignorant "i'm sure they were" statement implies). Second, not every person who lives in or near Watts is black. (alternatively implied by your ignorant statement). Third, we don't want you apologizing on behalf of us, we didn't do anything wrong. Fourth, you should be apologizing for yourself and your ignorance.
You pretty much hit the nail on the head. It's been concluded time and time again that guy has a brain the size of a peanut.

[Kid Defender]

I'm glad he's alright. Besides Piebald being an awesome band, Travis is one of the coolest guys around.

[Go Analog Baby]

this is why you should come back to boston, travis

That's what I was thinking.

[muddysocks7]

dude, he's seriously like the nicest guy like i'm sure there's plenty of other guys in diff bands that are like full of themselves and assholes, not that being an asshole means you deserve to get mugged, but point being travis of all people double didn't deserve that shit....

double true!

[nizzlefoshizzle]

didnt he get his bike stolen not that long ago, or was that someone else?

nevermind, i found the story, it's here (http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=80938&highlight=stolen+bike+piebald)

[dave vegan]

"duckets." nice.

[Sureshot182]

lame.
major props for the avatar :)

[moonlightcape]

wow i thought the story was going to end with travis bike-less. i hope he's thankful the situation wasnt more worse than it was. they'll get theirs.

[SingleDoubt]

damn, that dudes got some major balls, yo trav, i got your back if you promise to bring the guys to my house and play "we are the only friends we have".
uhhh... that's not a song.

[DSCN1854]

Word on the street is that the "four hood rats" that mugged Travis was either a bodyguard for Hawthorne Heights or part of the Carbon Copy Media/Victory Records crew.

Imagine the press if this happened to Pete Wentz....

-ACA

By now, that guy would have had 10 bodyguards with him. And his rich ass wouldn't be walking in the streets late at night, he'd be in a limo wherever he goes.

[crowquill]

that blows. this example is one of the many reasons why i always carry a knife.

[DroppedUrPocket]

uhhh... that's not a song.
You can play an entire CD.

[TomAce]

uhhh... that's not a song.




hahah wow...are u serious? I meant the whole cd...you are officially an idiot

[gengen]

they need to play bamboozle and play another acoustic set.

[DaveFeelsRight]

Thats why boston sucks.

[SingleDoubt]

hahah wow...are u serious? I meant the whole cd...you are officially an idiot
hmmm... well i've never heard anyone yell out "PLAY DOOKIE!" asshole

[LoserlyFirefly]

That's pretty shitty. At least they didn't stab him to death.

[TranslateTheNam]

am I wrong or is it Piebald with the commercial about the touring bus running off of old frying oil from resteraunts?????

just wondering....

[TomAce]

hmmm... well i've never heard anyone yell out "PLAY DOOKIE!" asshole


prbly not...but then again, would i have them come all the way to connecticut just to play a single song? and what i believe you were trying to do was to make me seem like an idiot that didnt know what i was talking about by your quote "uhhh...thats not a song", when in fact you proved you know nothing, when you go into a thread about piebald and your not even familiar with their most noted work to date...that last response was just a bullshit way to bring the attention off the fact, you just embarassed yourself, get over it, and go lurk a thread you know some shit about...asshole

[bowarrowapple]

fuckin pimp.. i love travis and piebald

[NationalProduct]

thats fuckin ghetto, it was rad you told them to fuck off and shit, i probably would have been like Dave Chappel on the episode where is like "i cant stop crying, i just shit myself" haha

[Rufio21]

this is why you should come back to boston, travis

true

[screamoutmyname]

That sucks... I'm glad he didn't just fork over his stuff though.

Hoodlums need a slap in the face every now and again.

[wtfemokid]

who lives in watts!? lolol. go home trav.

[SingleDoubt]

prbly not...but then again, would i have them come all the way to connecticut just to play a single song? and what i believe you were trying to do was to make me seem like an idiot that didnt know what i was talking about by your quote "uhhh...thats not a song", when in fact you proved you know nothing, when you go into a thread about piebald and your not even familiar with their most noted work to date...that last response was just a bullshit way to bring the attention off the fact, you just embarassed yourself, get over it, and go lurk a thread you know some shit about...asshole
no, i know nothing about "we are the only friends that we have" despite the fact that i pointed out that Piebald has never recorded a song by that title. god damn, just choke already.

[indie_ira]

am I wrong or is it Piebald with the commercial about the touring bus running off of old frying oil from resteraunts?????

just wondering....

you are correct

[SingleDoubt]

you are correct
its very cool. aaron came by our school and showed off how everything works in the van and how the grease is converted. amazing stuff.

[killthepilot]

travis' true hollywood stories

[BrandNizzle182]

lol, i can just see travis talking shit to these muggers. he weighs, what, 90 pounds?

piebald fucking rules! 'karate chops for everyone but us' is my theme song.

[upherskirt]

haha im glad i moved from there i used to live right by southgate. i never knew he lived so close.

[crit]

piebald rules. travis is the man. fuck those kids.

[catchmealone]

Gotta agree with everyone, Piebald are the fuckin shit, I love that band.

And I'm down to join anyone who wants to hunt those muggers down and beat some ass. I'm just thankful they didn't get Frankenbike.

[TheNumberOneFan]

Imagine the press if this happened to Pete Wentz....

-ACA

nothing against pete, but that's so true

and kind of sad...

i really feel bad for travis though, but i like how he worded it, it made me laugh a little

[Redsox255]

i'd throw down for travis anyday

[eatmeplz]

I would have pulled out my nunchucks and once they backed off, started throwing ninja stars.

[asamovie]

hahahahah frankenbike.