Gregg Deal is present. The Native American artist based in Colorado Springs works in performance art and other mediums to disrupt preconceived notions of Indigenous culture. He uses his presence in spaces to garner reactions.
In its heyday about two decades ago, Skelletones was West Michigan’s hot spot for young, emerging rock bands to strut their stuff, many of them performing for enthusiastic, jam-packed audiences for the first time ever.Not only that, it was the first area venue to host future punk, hardcore, metalcore and post-hardcore stars such as Against Me!, August Burns Red, mewithoutyou and Russian Circles.And for teens from Grand Rapids to the lakeshore, it was one of the only places that under-age