Culture Clash

Unfortunately I have not had an experience where two cultures have clashed like our professor.  I did however experience one of the most bizarre culture clashes a few years ago.  My former band was playing a gig in Asbury Park at the Stone Pony, and my band has a lighter, jam-band sound.  We were sandals, light jeans and t-shirts or some flannels.  Normally, I would not have thought about what I was wearing, but the opening band was of a completely opposite music culture.  Skin tight, black jeans, with even tighter shirts, spiked hair, piercings and make-up was the attire of the other band and the crowd they brought.  It was some of the loudest music I had heard, and their fans danced with such anger, that most of our fans retreated back to the bar to sit and watch from afar.  Our peaceful, hippyish friends and fans emerged to the front of the room once my band took the stage, and it was a reversal.  The crazed fans of the other band couldn't hand the light, flowing music with harmonies and happy lyrics.  I have never seen two groups of people so completely different, who have been brought together for a similar experience.  Everyone was there to support their friends, or to see a great show.  Little did we all know, that we would be sharing the venue with our exact opposites.  To this day, I still wonder who the man or woman was that thought it would be a good idea to book my band and the punk-rockers from Delaware at the same show.